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- Photos: The top 10 business technology products of 2007
- This is a gallery of the 10 most important business technology products of 2007 from TechRepublic's Tech Sanity Check. by Jason Hiner
- Tags: TechRepublic Inc., Jason Hiner, 10 things, top 10, Photograph
- Image galleries 2007-11-25
- Another 10+ tips for keeping your writing sharp and professional
- Your job focus may be technical, but you can't completely escape the burden of writing tasks: e-mails, status reports, performance evaluations, RFPs, and system documentation, to name just a few possibilities. If your writing experience has been limited, you could probably stand to brush up on those skills -- especially...
- Tags: Tips, Career, 10 things
- Blog posts 2007-08-02
- 10 things you can do to increase performance in Vista
- Windows Vista has some great new security and functionality features, as well as cool eye candy, such as Aero transparency, Flip 3D, and other graphical tricks. But all this comes with overhead that may lead to a performance hit on anything less than a top-of-the-line supercomputer.If you find Vista's performance...
- Tags: 10 things, Tips
- Blog posts 2007-08-01
- 10+ keyboard shortcuts for entering special characters in a Word document
- A PDF list of 80 Word 2003 keyboard shortcuts is available as a download.In 10 Word annoyances and how to turn them off, we looked at how to shut down a number of Word's automatic changes. Turning off certain options relieves you of some of the unexpected and often unwelcome...
- Tags: 10 things, Shortcuts
- Blog posts 2007-07-27
- 10 telephone blunders that could hurt your image
- This information is also available as a PDF download.In part one and part two of a previous article, I discussed e-mail blunders. Frankly, I was shocked at the heavy positive response to that article. I guess everyone is as annoyed as I am at the practices I described there. To...
- Tags: 10 things, Career
- Blog posts 2007-07-25
- 10 things you should know about managing IT projects
- IT projects can be daunting, especially to the novice. It's relatively easy to propose a solution, but much more difficult to implement the desired performance levels on time for the right price. This list will help IT pros bring organization, professionalism, and goal-oriented progress to the projects they manage.This entry...
- Tags: 10 things, Project management
- Blog posts 2007-07-25
- 10 midyear resolutions for IT managers
- More than half the year has gone by, and some of those promising New Year's resolutions made at the start of 2007 have probably been forgotten or abandoned. Good intentions are easily lost in the constant competition between project deadlines, operational requirements, and the occasional need to sleep.A while back,...
- Tags: 10 things, Career, IT management
- Blog posts 2007-07-25
- 10 things you should know about creating a resume for a high-level IT position
- This list is based on the article "Eight resume tips for the experienced IT pro." It's also available as a PDF download.Building a resume that targets an upper-level IT position, such as architect or consultant, requires a different approach than creating a resume to land an entry-level tech job. Although...
- Tags: Career, 10 things
- Blog posts 2007-07-24
- 10 wording blunders that make you look stupid
- This information is also available as a PDF download. Last year, I put together "10 grammar mistakes that make you look stupid." Some readers vehemently disagreed with my comments including a couple of folks who pointed out that grammar should have been grammatical in the title. But most of them...
- Tags: Career, 10 things
- Blog posts 2007-07-23
- 10 tech skills you should develop during the next five years
- This information is also available as a PDF download. If you want a job where you can train in a particular skill set and then never have to learn anything new, IT isn't the field for you. But if you like to be constantly learning new things and developing new skills,...
- Tags: Network administration, Career, 10 things
- Blog posts 2007-07-23
- 10 ways to monitor what your users are doing with company computers
- This information is also available as a PDF download.Like it or not, network administrators these days must take on the added task of playing Big Brother -- monitoring employees' use of the computers and network. Even if the company's management philosophy allows for some private use of company equipment, you...
- Tags: Security, IT management, 10 things
- Blog posts 2007-07-20
- 10 ways to decline a request for free tech support
- This information is also available as a PDF download.Requests for free tech support often catch you off guard, and your first instinct is to accept the task. But taking on a free support job is often a significant commitment and can be a real headache. When someone makes an unwelcome...
- Tags: 10 things, Support, Career
- Blog posts 2007-07-18
- 10+ tips for keeping your writing sharp and professional
- Writing abilities are among the most important business skills for a CIO, senior IT manager, or any IT person seeking a promotion. Yet the rules of good writing are often elusive. This list covers some of the critical areas you should keep in mind when writing anything from a lengthy...
- Tags: Tips, Career, 10 things
- Blog posts 2007-07-17
- 10 physical security measures every organization should take
- This information is also available as a PDF download.Every general computer networking class teaches the OSI and/or DoD networking models, and we all learn that everything begins at the bottom, with the physical level. Likewise, when it comes to IT security, physical security is the foundation for our overall strategy....
- Tags: Security, 10 things
- Blog posts 2007-07-16
- 10 things you should know about Microsoft Expression Web
- Microsoft recently released Expression Web, which replaces the venerable FrontPage HTML editor and Web site design tool. Expression Web has come a long way from its FrontPage roots, but it still maintains much of the ease of use that allowed FrontPage to be used by so many new Web content...
- Tags: Web design, 10 things
- Blog posts 2007-07-16
- 10 things you should know about developing soft skills to advance your IT career
- These suggestions are based on the article "Five tips for developing the soft skills IT pros need," by Carla Firey. It's also available as a PDF download.Most IT support professionals know that the development of technical skills is fundamental to their careers. But learning about the subject matter is only...
- Tags: 10 things, Career
- Blog posts 2007-07-16
- 10 things you should know about being a great IT manager
- This information is also available as a PDF download. IT managers can easily get caught up in day-to-day operations and activities and lose sight of important management behaviors. Whether you're a new or seasoned manager, the following suggestions can help you be a great IT manager.#1: Spend time and money...
- Tags: IT management, Career, 10 things
- Blog posts 2007-07-16
- 10 things you can do to create better documentation
- This blog entry is also available as a PDF from the TechRepublic download library.Let's be honest. No one wants to write about it, read about it, or actually have to do it. I'm talking about documentation, usually defined as the second-to-last step in the Project Life Cycle. Although documentation can...
- Tags: Programming and Development, 10 things
- Blog posts 2007-07-13
- 10 obscure Word tricks that can expedite common chores
- Over the years, successive versions of Word have introduced some solid innovations, some mind-boggling changes-for-change's-sake, and a few usability-crushing "enhancements." But through it all, one thing has remained constant: Buried within Word are lots of cool tricks that not too many users have discovered. These are small things--shortcuts that, in...
- Tags: Tips, Support, 10 things
- Blog posts 2007-07-13
- 10 things you can do to create better documentation
- This blog entry is also available as a PDF from the TechRepublic download library.Let's be honest. No one wants to write about it, read about it or actually have to do it. I'm talking about documentation, usually defined as the second to last step in the Project Life Cycle. Although...
- Tags: Documentation, Application Development, 10 Things
- Blog posts 2007-07-13
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