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The $64,000 Question and big data

How do you achieve a proper balance between business case-driven results and pure data experimentation which yields actionable information? Read more →

How to respond to a malware incident

When malware is suspected don't jump the gun on diagnosis and countermeasures. Follow these best practice guidelines to ensure an appropriate and measured response. Read more →

Ubuntu 13.10: It just works

Find out why Jack Wallen thinks that Ubuntu 13.10 is a solid, reliable platform that just works. Do you agree? Read more →

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Nick Hardiman // October 15, 2013, 1:21 PM PST

The big data challenge: Extracting actual business value

You've got the tools and the power of the cloud to capture big data, but figuring out what you want from it and how to extract it is the final, crucial challenge.
Brien Posey // October 15, 2013, 12:49 PM PST

Five utilities for a better PowerPoint

Get more from your PowerPoint presentations with these five additional applications.
Brien Posey // October 15, 2013, 12:26 PM PST

Five Apps: Make better PowerPoint presentations

Get more from your PowerPoint presentations with these five additional applications.
Jack Wallen // October 15, 2013, 11:42 AM PST

Configure your WAMP server with ApacheConf Pro

See if ApacheConf PRO is software that would be useful to add to your web admin toolkit.
Erik Eckel // October 15, 2013, 9:41 AM PST

iMac vs. a comparable Windows box: The TCO lowdown

Erik Eckel explores the true cost differential between a Mac desktop and an equivalent Windows business-class all-in-one computer.

Duane Craig // October 15, 2013, 8:53 AM PST

Making MEAP seem like magic

Magic Software puts choice into the Mobile Enterprise Application Platform (MEAP) arena by including native, hybrid, and HTML5 mobile development options.
Will Kelly // October 15, 2013, 8:50 AM PST

VMware Workstation 10 and Player 6 Plus meet multiple virtualization requirements

VMware Workstation 10 is ready to meet a number of routine and special desktop virtualization requirements for today's enterprises.
Will Kelly // October 15, 2013, 8:49 AM PST

Seven qualities of a collaboration platform power user turned admin

The centralized IT administrator may give way to a person on the project team who steps into the site admin role. Here's what to look for to spot that person.
Steve Ranger // October 15, 2013, 8:32 AM PST

Supercomputer aims at archaeology, engineering and health projects

Researchers have just powered up one of the UK's most powerful supercomputers - and they're going to keep it very busy.
Andy Wolber // October 15, 2013, 7:40 AM PST

Quick Tip: Update your Slides to the new default 16x9 standard

Update your slides to the new default widescreen standard and enhance your next presentation.
Toni Bowers // October 15, 2013, 6:37 AM PST

Learning to let go: How to delegate effectively

While letting go may be uncomfortable to managers at first, here's a delegation dilemma plan that teaches you how and when to exercise your delegation muscles.
Alfonso Barreiro // October 15, 2013, 6:01 AM PST

How to respond to a malware incident

When malware is suspected don't jump the gun on diagnosis and countermeasures. Follow these best practice guidelines to ensure an appropriate and measured response.
Jack Wallen // October 15, 2013, 5:54 AM PST

Ubuntu 13.10: It just works

Find out why Jack Wallen thinks that Ubuntu 13.10 is a solid, reliable platform that just works. Do you agree?
James Sanders // October 15, 2013, 4:45 AM PST

Huawei UltraStick: A creative solution for the lack of expandability

Huawei's UltraStick, a HSPA+ (3G) modem on a standard-sized SDIO card, is a very creative solution to a growing problem in consumer electronics: the lack of expandability.
Michael Kassner // October 14, 2013, 12:04 PM PST

Malcovery Security: The company spammers and phishers hate

When a start-up company helps take down several major online spam and phish operations, it's time to look at what they are doing right.

Jack Wallen // October 9, 2013, 12:54 PM PST

10 signs it's time to let an employee go

For some it's tough to let an employee go, even when the signs are obvious. If you see these behaviors, prepare to make a personnel move.
Tom Mochal // October 1, 2002, 12:00 AM PST

Weigh the value of achieving PMP certification

Can a Project Management Professional (PMP) certification help consultants or others involved in project management stay ahead? What does a PMP certification tell a potential client or employer? Here'...
John McKee // September 5, 2011, 10:55 PM PST

It's time to cowboy up

To cowboy up means that when things get tough you have to get up, dust yourself off, and keep trying. Executive and leadership coach John M. McKee says that it's time for leaders at all levels to do j...
David Davis CCIE // October 27, 2005, 10:06 AM PST

Learn additional uses for Cisco IOS access control lists

Network administrators typically use access control lists (ACLs) to stop traffic or permit only specified traffic while stopping all other traffic. While this is the primary use of ACLs, there are man...
Paul Mah // December 23, 2008, 4:01 PM PST

A closer look at femtocells

Femtocell technology has been hailed as an alternative to deliver the advantages of fixed mobile convergence. Poised for commercial launches by Telcos around the world in 2009, we take a closer look ...

Toni Bowers // June 6, 2010, 9:09 PM PST

Is perfectionism killing your career?

In a time when adaptability is the name of the game for success, the rigidity of perfectionism may be an unwanted trait.
Guest Contributor // September 13, 2000, 12:00 AM PST

Pass the paste: How creative exercises make training stick

Using glue and construction paper as a teaching tool may seem more fitting for a kindergarten class than a technical class for adults. But these basic school tools can also be used to create lesson pl...
Jeff Davis // March 7, 2000, 12:00 AM PST

Talking Shop: When is a help desk call really an emergency?

Help users understand the true meaning of the phrase IT emergency
Jay Garmon // August 21, 2006, 2:39 AM PST

Caffeine withdrawal, day 8

Caffeine withdrawal, day 8
Mary Richardson // April 12, 2005, 6:58 AM PST

Change the default font in your Word documents

If your client asks that all reports be in a specific Word font, you may grow weary of having to change the font each time you open a Word document. Check out how easy it is to select and set a defaul...
Toni Bowers // October 8, 2013, 8:13 AM PST

How to deal with the brilliant, but problematic employee

Do you have that one brilliant, irreplaceable employee who brings so much to the table but who seems to have been raised in a barn? Here's why you need to do something.
Seb Janacek // November 1, 2012, 8:55 PM PST

Apple shake-up: Why Cook has dished Ive a bigger role

The most intriguing move in Apple's management changes adds software to hardware guru Jonathan Ive's design brief. But whether Apple CEO Tim Cook has chosen wisely will only become clear with iOS 7 or...
Guest Contributor // August 12, 2002, 12:00 AM PST

Use dashboards to define and communicate project status

Project managers, are you looking for a more concise way of conveying mission-critical information than long project status reports? Dashboards offer an easy and accurate way to share essential inform...
Steven Warren // April 14, 2008, 4:42 AM PST

How do I resurrect the Run command in Windows Vista?

If you still have not forgiven Microsoft for eliminating the Run command in Windows Vista, don't fret. You can bring it out of extinction fairly quickly with these steps.
Jim McIntyre // June 4, 2003, 12:00 AM PST

Safely delete Linux files with libtrash

Deleting files in Linux usually pushes you to the point of no return, with no hope of retrieving any files you may have accidentally deleted. But there is a way to get deleted files back, thanks to th...