Videos

Drew Martin, CIO of Sony Electronics, talks about the convergence of content and consumer electronics. He explains the company’s move to hook up its Bravia TVs with Internet connectivity so consumers are able to stream movies
instantly.

Achieving professional success as an IT leader is challenging enough during the best of times, but during a recession you need to really think strategically to stay at the top of your game. This episode of Sanity Savers for IT executives shares five tactics that can help.

Windows administrators often need to track down network traffic, or errant processes and then match that to network traffic. In this video, Bill Detwiler demonstrates tools that can help you find out what process is using a particular port on Windows Server. 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.

Is it June yet? Well, since it’s not, here’s another TROLOV — that’s TR Out Loud on Video — to pacify the TR mob. This episode contains the usual suspects, plus a few more photo contributions from the TR community.

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Being recognized in your field can make you more valuable in your current job and more marketable when you look for a new job. This episode of Sanity Savers for I-T executives shares several practical strategies to help you increase your visibility and raise your professional profile as an IT leader.

If you’re working with image files in Windows Explorer, using the thumbnail view can make your job a bit easier–especially if the filenames aren’t very descriptive. In this video, Bill Detwiler shows you a handy trick that can make viewing files as thumbnails a bit faster in both Windows XP and Vista. 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.

TR Out Loud on Video — or TROLOV — is back in action this week with another great show. Catch up on the hot discussions of the week, see which members are burning up the boards, and find out what kind of entertainment was sent in by the TR community.

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If you want to succeed as a leader, you can only do it by setting up your team members to succeed. And if your team consists of knowledge workers and IT managers, you need to develop a special brand of leadership — one that continually challenges them and allows them to solve problems independently. This episode of Sanity Savers for IT executives shares a few tips to help you guide your team to peak performance.

Understanding how an enemy can penetrate your defenses is critical to effectively protecting your network. In this video, Bill Detwiler discusses the five phases of successful network penetration and covers ways to defend against each type of attack. 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.

Busy IT professionals know that every little shortcut is important. Simple hacks help you customize your tools to fit your work habits–saving you valuable time. Bill Detwiler shows you a quick Windows XP Registry hack that adds the Copy To and Move To commands to your Explorer context menu. 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.

The TR community that has been enjoying the NCAA basketball tournament should certainly enjoy this episode of TROLOV — that’s TR Out Loud on Video. Aside from a little March Madness, TROLOV also covers the weekly highlights at TechRepublic, including the top discussions and members on the boards.

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Fujitsu’s PalmSecure palm vein authentication technology can help you harden your high-security locations. At CES 2009, Bill Detwiler saw a demonstration of an access control system that combines the PalmSecure scanner and a keypad.

Fujitsu’s PalmSecure technology offers several advantages over other biometric security devices, like fingerprint scanners. But those advantages don’t come cheap. At CES 2009, Bill Detwiler saw a demonstration of a PalmSecure-enable mouse being used to access Windows.

Just like Windows and Linux, the Cisco IOS has its own list of commands to manipulate files, and it’s critical for Cisco network administrators to be very familiar with them. Bill Detwiler goes over some basic Cisco file commands and shows you how they can help you keep your network running smoothly. Once you’ve watched this video, you can find a link to the original TechRepublic article and print the tip from TechRepublic’s IT Dojo Blog.

In this episode of TROLOV — that’s TR Out Loud on Video — find out about the TechRepublic Community Event in Louisville, Kentucky, on June 26th, 2009. We want our members to come help us celebrate TechRepublic’s 10-year anniversary!

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People love to sue businesses, and since so much evidence is now created or stored on computers, lawsuits invariably require the involvement of IT. Thus, here are the most important legal terms that all IT leaders need to know.

Business lunches can be a valuable business tool. Unfortunately, you might be surprised at some of the stories about disastrous lunch meetings. Here are suggestions for how to keep your lunch meetings useful, productive, and professional.

One of the hottest trends in business software is the concept of service oriented architecture (SOA). This episode of Sanity Savers for IT executives looks at some of the important SOA fundamentals and examines the benefits of implementing it.