Videos

Rootkits are a serious threat. Rootkit-based botnets unleash seas of spam, and the most dangerous rootkits allow attackers to steal corporate and individual financial information. In this IT Dojo video, Bill Detwiler covers five things you should know about rootkits in order to keep your network safe and malware free. Once you’ve watched this IT Dojo video, you can find a link to the original TechRepublic article and print the tip from our IT Dojo Blog.

TechRepublic’s Sonja Thompson suffers through pesky allergies to bring your this week’s TROLOV — that’s TR Out Loud on Video — which highlights the top discussions and members on the boards.

To listen to this week’s TR Out Loud as just an audio file, download the mp3.

Whether it’s through consolidating a data center, deploying software appliances or streaming applications, virtualization will bring dramatic change to IT over the next decade. In this IT Dojo video, Bill Detwiler discusses five things you should know before going too deep down the virtualization rabbit hole.

Once you’ve watched this IT Dojo video, you can find a link to the original TechRepublic article and print the tip from our IT Dojo Blog.

One of the side effects of the information age is that personal privacy has become a major concern for average citizens. And IT often bears much of the responsibility for safeguarding privacy and protecting personal information. This episode of Sanity Savers for IT executives discussed some of the ways that privacy concerns are influencing the standard operating procedures of the IT organization.

It was the Presidential election week in the United States, and so this TROLOV — that’s TR Out Loud on Video — captured some of the hot political posts that topped the boards. For those of you who are saturated with politics, there is plenty of distraction in this episode as well.

To listen to this week’s TR Out Loud as just an audio file, download the mp3.

Virtualization is having a major impact on IT infrastructure, and its influence will likely grow in the next 5-10 years. Thus, there are some basic principles about virtualization that all IT leaders should understand, as this episode of Sanity Savers for IT executives explains.

If you administer computers running Windows (or any other OS for that matter), updating and patching your OS should part of your regular maintenance routine. Unfortunately, Windows XP sometimes gets stuck in Update mode, even after you’ve applied your patches. In this IT Dojo video, Bill Detwiler shows you how to get rid of those annoying yellow shields that Windows sticks in your system tray after an update gets stuck.

Once you’ve watched this IT Dojo video, you can find a link to the original TechRepublic article and print the tip from our IT Dojo Blog.

Big egos and a lack of foresight kill lots of companies — both small and large. However, IT leaders can learn from their misguided decisions and glean a some important lessons to keep their IT departments — and ultimately their companies — from suffering the same fate. This episode of Sanity Savers for IT executives discusses some of the most common bad decisions that can hurt good companies.

Happy Halloween from TROLOV (that’s TR Out Loud on Video)! It doesn’t matter if you observe this holiday, have a sweet tooth, or enjoy a good fright, this episode will still give you all the elements you’ve come to know and enjoy. Okay, so I also threw in a couple treats for all of your tricksters out there, including Flip video footage of Tammy and Sonja in downtown Louisville.

To listen to this week’s TR Out Loud as just an audio file, download the mp3.

TechRepublic’s moderator, Tammy Cavadias, was at TechRepublic’s Mothership in Louisville, KY, this week. It was the perfect time to get her in front of the camera! Tammy and Sonja Thompson recap the weekly highlights at TechRepublic, plus have a little fun in the process.

To listen to this week’s TR Out Loud as just an audio file, download the mp3.

In this week’s episode of TROLOV — that’s TR Out Loud on Video — you’ll learn what discussions and members were most active on the boards, the difference between camera snapshots and video, the proper way for a dog to eat spaghetti, and much more.

To listen to this week’s TR Out Loud as just an audio file, download the mp3.

This episode of TROLOV — that’s TR Out Loud on Video — captures some of the weekly highlights from TechRepublic, including the top discussions and most active members on the boards.

To listen to this week’s TR Out Loud as just an audio file, download the mp3.

The new, improved, fast, and dirty TROLOV — that’s TR Out Loud on Video — highlights the top discussions, the most active members, Tammy’s moderator rant, and TR community participation in under eight minutes.

To listen to this week’s TR Out Loud as just an audio file, download the mp3.

If you don’t really trust Vista’s built-in tools or just like to have additional copies of your really important files, Vista includes a powerful, but hidden directory replication utility, called Robocopy that makes backing up files a snap.

In this IT Dojo video, Bill Detwiler shows you how to access Robocopy and how to create a custom command-line script that backs up files to an external hard drive.

Once you’ve watched this IT Dojo video, you can find a link to the original TechRepublic article and print the tip from our IT Dojo Blog.

As companies try to get the most for their IT dollar, they may consider using offshore resources for some of their IT needs. But having part of your team on the other side of the world can be challenging, to say the least.
This episode of Sanity Savers for IT executives sets aside all of the political and career debates involved with offshoring and provides some practical advice for those who have to make it work.
This includes some tips and strategies you can pass along to your project managers to help them prepare for an offshore relationship and be more effective in their interactions.

It’s the conversation we all dread: Talking to an employee whose behavior is having a bad effect on the team. Whether the issue is punctuality, work ethic, or worst of all, hygiene, the conversation is rarely pleasant. This episode of Sanity Savers for IT executives offers a few tips that will help you make these tricky conversations more comfortable and effective.

Did you know that you can map a virtual disk in Workstation 6 right from the graphical user interface (GUI)? Instead of powering up the virtual machine (VM) to copy and paste data between the guest and the host OS, you can simply map a virtual disk to the host computer and perform your maintenance, etc.

This video blog provides you with an example.

Have you ever started the day with great ambitions and then realized at the end that you didn’t get anything done? It happens to everyone, but it happens to some people more often than others. That’s where time management skills come in. This episode of Sanity Savers for IT executives shares some popular tricks for making the most productive use of your day.