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- How do I... Share a PowerPoint presentation for comments and changes?
- Most of us don't have the creative expertise to put together a professional presentation without a little help. In fact, many people within your organization may view your presentation before it gets a final stamp of approval. You could meet with colleagues in a conference room so everyone can comment...
- Tags: Author, Microsoft PowerPoint, PowerPoint Presentation, News, Presentation, Send, Review, Microsoft Office, Office Suites, Software, Susan Harkins
- Blog posts 2008-02-27
- SolutionBase: Block unwanted network access with PacketFence
- PacketFence does, via open source, what many applications costing hundreds to thousands of dollars do. Jack Wallen explains what makes this system a fully viable solution for a variety of situations. Recently, I spent a good amount of time installing the open source Network Access Control system...
- Tags: PacketFence, Network, Open Source, Registration, Author, Authentication, Machine, Option, Security, Networking, Jack Wallen
- Technical articles 2007-12-19
- SolutionBase: Take a NAP to secure your network
- Searching for a way to prevent misconfigured clients from using your company's network resources? Scott Lowe assists you in your research by presenting three product options in the world of Network Access Proctection. The scenario: A sales person toting a less than well-protected corporate laptop on business spends...
- Tags: NAP, Solution, Network, Open Source, Author, Network Access Protection, Cisco NAC Appliance, Packet Fence, Networking, Scott Lowe
- Technical articles 2007-12-17
- SolutionBase: Configuring Network Access Protection for Windows Server 2008
- In this installment of the TechRepublic series on Microsoft Network Access Protection, Rick Vanover takes a deep look at the server configuration for Windows Server 2008. All of the various roles and communication sequences for the MS-NAP implementation need plenty of planning...
- Tags: MS-NAP, DHCP, Microsoft Access, Role, Network, Microsoft Windows Server, Implementation, Policy, Author, Server, DHCP Server, Remediation Network, Figure H, Microsoft Windows, Networking, Microsoft Windows Server 2008, Servers, Operating Systems, Software, Hardware, Rick Vanover
- Technical articles 2007-11-29
- SolutionBase: Get familiar with alternative Linux desktops
- Desktop customization in Linux is very flexible; from the ultra-modern KDE and GNOME window managers to with the likes of Fluxbox and AfterStep, there's a Linux desktop to suit everyone. Jack Wallen covers some of your Linux desktop options. Linux has proven amazingly flexible: after nearly 10...
- Tags: Desktop, Application, Menu, Linux Desktop, Window, Toolbar, Author, Entry, Workspace, Icon, Exec, Desktop Customization, AfterStep, Fluxbox Fluxbox, Construction, Desktops, Linux, Hardware, Operating Systems, Software, Jack Wallen, Fluxbox
- Technical articles 2007-11-15
- SolutionBase: Gnumeric and KSpread offer spreadsheet application alternatives for Linux users
- In the word of general office spreadsheet needs, Microsoft Excel and OpenOffice.org Calc are probably considered the big guns, but the possibilities don't end with those two tools -- at least not when you're using Linux. Two alternative spreadsheet applications in particular stand out: a piece of the KOffice suite...
- Tags: Gnumeric, KSpread, Processor, Linux, Author, KOffice, Spreadsheet, Tool, Spreadsheet Application, KSpread KSpread, Figure G, Script Edit Function, Gnumeric Let, Productivity, Jack Wallen
- Technical articles 2007-11-07
- SolutionBase: Making sense of SonicWALL's product line
- With nearly one-million SonicWALL security appliances distributed worldwide, it's important that IT professionals understand the fundamentals of working with the SonicWALL OS. In this article, Erik Eckel introduces the different SonicWALL products you may encounter. SonicWALL routers and firewalls are proving capable and effective devices within small and...
- Tags: SonicWALL, Appliance, Firewall, Device, Author, Connection, VPN Client, PRO Equipment, PRO 2040, PRO 3060, PRO 4100, PRO 5060, TZ 150, TZ 170 SP, TZ 180, TZ 190, Firewalls, Network Security, VPNs, Ethernet, Intrusion Prevention, Security, Telecommunications, Networking, Erik Eckel
- Technical articles 2007-10-30
- SolutionBase: Getting to know GNOME
- Linux has come a long way from the early, oft-crashing days. GNOME is now one of the primary desktops for the Linux operating system; not only is it highly customizable, but it is amazingly stable. Jack Wallen explains why Linux -- running GNOME -- is a viable desktop alternative. ...
- Tags: Desktop, Panel, Linux, Application, Window, Author, GNOME, Layout, Panel Properties Window, Figure C, WindowList Applet, Application Launcher, Nautilus, Open Source, Jack Wallen
- Technical articles 2007-10-23
- SolutionBase: 'Konquering' the desktop with KDE
- If fear of a windowless environment has kept you from running Linux, KDE may be your answer. Jack Wallen explains what you'll find running a windowing environment such as KDE on your Linux workstation. A task bar, a menu, clickable icons, a system tray, and a customizable look...
- Tags: KDE, Desktop, Panel, Menu, Mouse, Window, Author, Microsoft Windows, Icon, Panel Let, Kasbar, Desktops, Open Source, Hardware, Jack Wallen
- Technical articles 2007-10-22
- SolutionBase: Run Internet Explorer on Linux
- Even Linux devotees may need to use Internet Explorer on occasion for tasks such as testing Web design or JavaScript. Brian Smith shows you how to get Microsoft's browser running on Linux. Most Linux users would be appalled by the idea of attempting to contaminate a Linux installation...
- Tags: Console, Author, Microsoft Internet Explorer, Wine, IEs4Linux, Web Browsers, Linux, Internet, Operating Systems, Software, Brian Smith, Internet Explorer
- Technical articles 2007-10-11
- SolutionBase: Deploy Vista images across the network
- Business Desktop Deployment 2007 is a vast improvement over previous image deployment tools that Microsoft created. Once you've built the images, you've got to get them deployed. Brien Posey shows us how it works. Business Desktop Deployment 2007 (BDD 2007) helps speed the deployment of Windows...
- Tags: Deployment, Screen, Workstation, Network, Checkbox, Idea, Author, Microsoft Windows Vista, Computer, Option, Business Desktop Deployment 2007, GUID, Figure F, Microsoft Windows, Brien M. Posey MCSE, Microsoft Windows Active Directory, Productivity, Operating Systems, Software
- Technical articles 2007-09-20
- An XHTML and CSS book that throws beginning developers a bone
- Reading the actual Web standards can be a bit confusing, so a book that delivers the information in an easy-to-read manner is appealing. HTML Dog: The Best-Practice Guide to XHTML and CSS by Patrick Griffiths promises to give you everything you need to know to create Web pages, while observing...
- Tags: Developer, Web, Introduction, CSS, Author, XHTML, Patrick Griffiths, Tony Patton
- Blog posts 2007-09-05
- 10 overrated business books (and what to read instead)
- The recent BNET feature package on business books offers a great rundown of titles that may be overhyped or underrated. Particularly entertaining is an article that takes a chunk out of such iconic titles as In Search of Excellence and The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People. Along with a...
- Tags: Author, Title, Jody Gilbert
- Blog posts 2007-08-30
- What is your SQL Server backup strategy?
- Most database administrators DBAs know what it's like to be called away from home or dinner or even awakened in the middle of the night to answer a page or a cell-phone call concerning some type of database disaster. These are the times you're glad that you have a systematic...
- Tags: Strategy, Database, Microsoft SQL Server, Author, Backup, Server, Backup Device, Steven Warren
- Blog posts 2007-08-28
- SolutionBase: Build a powerful CMS with BrowserCRM
- BrowserCRM helps you quicklycreate a powerful and flexible CMS. Jack Wallen takes an in-depth look at how to configure it.
- Tags: Author, Bookmark, BrowserCRM, CMS tool BrowserCRM, Content Management System, E-mail, Jack Wallen, licence, Link, Online Communications, Tool, User, Window
- Technical articles 2007-08-27
- SolutionBase: Configure Asterisk to support a T1 PRI connection
- Setting up an Asterisk PBX server won't do you much good if you don't connect it to the outside world. In this article, Brian Smith shows how to configure Zaptel drivers and connect an Asterisk PBS to a T1 line.
- Tags: Asterisk, Open source, VoIP, Channel, Phone, Author, Context, Extension, Option, Asterisk PBS, Zap Module, Telecom & Utilities, Networking
- Technical articles 2007-07-23
- SolutionBase: Designing a basic Asterisk VOIP system for SIP clients
- Asterisk can be a powerful VoIP solution, but configuring it can be tricky; there are no fancy point-and-click GUIs. Brian Smith shows you how to configure Asterisk by fine-tuning the appropriate configuration files.
- Tags: Asterisk, Open source, VoIP, Configure, SIP, Phone, Author, Context, Configuration, Client, File, Macro, Office, Extension, Asterisk VOIP, Extension Definition, Session Initiation Protocol (SIP), Emerging Technologies
- Technical articles 2007-07-17
- Essay: "Star Wars fans hate Star Wars"
- From Jive magazine, we get one of the best, most causticly honest analyses of Star Wars fandom I've ever read. It perfectly sums up the complex battle between adoration and anger most Star Wars fans myself included feel toward the franchise. There is a diabolical...
- Tags: Star Wars, Author, Jay Garmon
- Blog posts 2007-06-25
- The ultimate science fiction book meme
- Once again, SFSignal has content so good I simply must steal it: A comprehensive SF book meme. Below are my answers. Feel free to copy and paste your own responses in the comments thread, or in your own blog space just be sure to give SFSignal attribution.Science Fiction, Fantasy or...
- Tags: Author, Fantasy, Books-A-Million, Asimov, Dozois, Ender, Blogging, Games, Storage, Internet, Personal Technology, Hardware, Jay Garmon
- Blog posts 2007-02-16
- One man's definition of science fiction
- Author S. Andrew Swann has posited a discrete definition of science fiction as opposed to other genre work, like fantasy, superheroes and horror found via SFSignal: "SF is SF because the author consciously or instinctively believes that the universe runs by predictable and knowable laws. In addition, the author's world,...
- Tags: Star Wars, Author, Fantasy, Science Fiction, SF, Author S. Andrew Swann, Jay Garmon
- Blog posts 2007-02-09
