Five ways IT pros can use social media to propel the business forward
By Toni Bowers | March 2, 2011, 5:39 AM PST I hear a lot from IT managers who get ticked off a little by the emphasis in media circles about the need for innovative thinking in IT. None of them deny the need, but most of them exist in reactive mode, and wouldn't have the time to innovate even if they had the resources. So along comes commercialized IT — smartphones and social media — and managing a company's IT feels like cat herding. It becomes a dichotomy. IT folks, who love technology, almost resent the rate and manner in which new …
Five tips for using PowerPoint 2010 for online training
By Katherine Murray | February 25, 2011, 11:30 AM PST PowerPoint 2010 includes a great new broadcast feature that enables you to host virtual training sessions live on the Web, based on a PowerPoint presentation you create. The broadcasting is just part of the picture for successful training, though. This article introduces some ideas to help you engage your participants and improve your training over time. 1: Plan for engagement Think back to the best training session you've ever attended. What were the key elements? Chances are, the cont…
10 ways to e-publish with Linux
By Jack Wallen | February 14, 2011, 2:24 PM PST As a writer, I always am looking at new and better ways to get my words to the public. And since I write fiction as well as technology pieces, it's in my best interest to know how to get my books into the hands of readers. In today's market, the publishing industry is in a serious swing away from the traditional routes. With the major improvements in e-readers, more and more users are migrating away from the old standard hardcover/paperback books to digital formats. This has been a boon f…
2010 Trends in Open Source Systems Management
Zenoss conducted surveys on systems management in 2006, 2007, 2008 and 2009 to determine systems management usage trends among IT professionals who attended the USENIX Large Installation System Administration (LISA) conference. These results have been compared against data gathered from the Zenoss user community. Here are some of the findings and observations of the survey for 2010: * More than 50% of all respondents managed more than 100 devices and defined their roles as Network Operations, Server Management or Engineering. * More th…
10 hot areas of expertise for IT specialists
By Debra Littlejohn Shinder | February 11, 2011, 1:45 PM PST My recent article 10 Ways to become an IT superstar generated a lot of feedback. Quite a few IT pros out there apparently want to increase their visibility (and paychecks). One thing that drew a lot of attention in the piece was the advice to specialize. Okay, readers replied, but what area should I specialize in? They wanted to know which subsets of skills are the easiest to master and/or which ones will deliver the most bang for the buck. So in this follow-up, I'll look at some…
Edukasi: Membuat server webcast
Sering ikut dalam webcast yang biasanya disediakan oleh Internet? Pernah terpikir untuk membuatnya? Ternyata sangat mudah ! 1. download software BroadCam Streaming Video Server dan klik install. ( http://www.nchsoftware.com/broadcam/index.html ) 2. setelah aplikasi terpasang, ikuti setting untuk mengenali input-input yang ada, seperti webcam 3. kita perlu sedikit setup untuk koneksi agar bisa diakses dari Internet. Kita bisa menggunakan IP yang disediakan oleh ISP, atau menggunakan dynamic dns untuk pointing ke server/komputer kita. 4. Kem…
TechRepublic: 10 tech trends to watch in 2011
What do IT shops really think about the cloud? Where will companies invest this year? Which tech areas will become the next big vendor battlegrounds? Technology evolves rapidly, and that evolution is driven by the market, which means a new product or platform will be successful only if the IT community fully recognizes and adopts it. There is a lot of buzz right now over cloud services adoption, platform vendor battles, and shifting technology investment strategies, but, what happens in 2011 — and what doesn't — will be determined by actu…
Mengenal ICT dalam Edukasi
Silahkan ikuti e-Learning yang disiapkan oleh UNESCO Bangkok ini, sangat simple dan menarik, bahkan ada certificate nya. UNESCO Bangkok with funding support from Japanese-Funds-In-Trust (JFIT) has published an e-learning CD-ROM containing two modules. * Module 1: ICT in Education Essentials: provides learners with essential information about ICT in education and aims to promote common understanding about the topic in the education sector. * Module 2: ICT in Education Decision Making: helps learners to consider the different factors inv…
Masuk klasifikasi manakah Data Center Anda?
Tier pada Data Center Design data center berangkat dari kebutuhan yang ada, untuk kemudian didefinisikan berbagai perlengkapan IT yang diperlukan beserta pemilihan teknologi berbarengan dengan designs infrastruktur data center yang lain. Ada 4 tier dalam perancangan data center yang setiap tier nya menawarkan tingkat availabilitas yang berbeda disesuaikan dengan kebutuhan suatu data center menurut TIA 942 (Telecommunication Industry Association ). Berikut diberikan tabel spesifikasi setiap tier pada data center : PARAMETER TIER I -B…
When Reality Hits ITIL - Implementations
Is implementing ITIL really simple? It is easy to hear about ITIL from a consultant or read from a blog or even attend an ITIL course, but the hardest part comes while implementing those processes in an environment. Each and every organization is different; they vary with people, processes, environment, type of support they provide, help desk and much more. This white paper is intended to help the IT managers to self assess their help desk and its maturity level in order to implement the right process at the right time. http://www.manageengine…
New LMS from Instructure Goes Open Source
A Utah-based company has fired a warning shot across the bow of learning management system (LMS) companies, including market leader Blackboard, with the announcement that it's turning its new LMS into open source. Instructure has publicly released the source code to its Canvas learning management system, which was launched in 2010. Currently, 26 institutions have signed contracts with Instructure, including 17 within the Utah Education Network. The company said that more than 100 other schools are currently evaluating its application. &quo…
"Netbook" dengan Material Ramah Lingkungan
KOMPAS.com — Mempertimbangkan spesifikasi teknis saja rasanya tak cukup dalam memilih netbook. Kini, perlu dipertimbangkan apakah material netbook yang akan dibeli cukup ramah lingkungan. Sebab, apa gunanya spesifikasi bagus jika proses produksinya ternyata merusak alam. Bagaimana caranya memilih netbook dengan material yang ramah lingkungan? Hasil Greenpeace Electronics Survey 2010 mungkin bisa memberikan panduan. Greenpeace menilai berbagai perangkat produk dengan kriteria yang ketat. Berdasarkan hasil survei itu, Acer TravelMate Timel…
(E-Education) Manajemen Lab Komputer
Seringkali sangat mudah membangun laboratorium komputer. Cukup membeli komputer, memasang koneksi Internetn, jaringan LAN dan LCD Projector, kemudian jadilah Lab Komputer. Namun sering kali dalam pelaksanaanya, kita kurang memperhatikan efektifitasnya. Guru yang mengajar di depan kelas sering kali kurang mendapat perhatian dari anak muridnya karena terfokus perhatiannya kepada tampilan di depan komputer nya, dan ini membuat proses belajar mengajar menjadi kurang efektif. Oleh karena itu diperlukan aplikasi yang mengambil alih tampilan komputer…
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