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Members speak at final meeting of the New Media Roundtable

At the final meeting of the New Media Roundtable, TechRepublic members share their insights on QuickTime and Macromedia Flash as streaming technology options.I now call to order the final meeting of the New Media Roundtable. TechRepublic created the New Media Roundtable to provide both a forum where members could express...

Tags: Digital music, Digital media, Jeff Yocom, Apple QuickTime, New-Media Roundtable, comScore Media Metrix, New-Media

Technical articles 2001-06-12

Where does QuickTime fit into the streaming technology picture?

When should you consider QuickTime as a streaming technology option? Executive Contributing Editor Jeff Yocom answers that question in this week?s New Media Roundtable.As I’ve spent the last few columns looking at streaming technology options, some Roundtable members have let me know that they don’t think I have given Apple’s...

Tags: Digital music, Digital media, Jeff Yocom, Apple QuickTime

Technical articles 2001-06-05

helloNetwork provides Java-based streaming alternative

If you're looking for a streaming media format that doesn't require users to install a specified media player, check out helloNetwork's Java-based technology. This week's edition of the New Media Roundtable explains how the technology can work for you.When you are looking at streaming technology options for your company, don’t...

Tags: Web site development, Programming languages, Media players, Digital media, Web technology, Digital music, Web browsers, Jeff Yocom, helloNetwork, Java

Technical articles 2001-05-29

Gartner: Lighting and sound clearly important to Webcasts

Webcasts and videoconferences require special lighting and sound production considerations. This Gartner Research Note explains how a minimal investment in conference facilities can affect the success of your new media production in a big way.One of the five crucial Webcast questions I discussed in last week’s New Media Roundtable column...

Tags: Digital media, Jeff Yocom, Webcast, Lou Latham, Roundtable TechMail, Gartner Inc.

Technical articles 2001-04-24

TechRepublic survey yields advice on streaming video

Jeff Yocom translates the results from the TechRepublic Streaming Video Survey into three guidelines to ensure success for your streaming video projects.More than 400 TechRepublic members took time out of their busy work lives to participate in the TechRepublic Streaming Video Survey, and I extend my gratitude to each and...

Tags: Web site development, Marketing research, Web technology, Jeff Yocom, survey, optimum length, streaming video, video

Technical articles 2001-03-27

Implementation issues top wish list of new media topics

Members of the New Media Roundtable told us the digital media topics that are most important to them, and we listened. Learn more about the new media issues that members selected for upcoming Roundtable coverage.When we launched the New Media Roundtable earlier this year, I told you that the IT...

Tags: Web site development, Web technology, Digital media, Jeff Yocom, streaming media, Roundtable, New-Media Roundtable, media topic, new media topic, New-Media, Roundtable Agenda Poll

Technical articles 2001-03-20

Seeking IT success as streaming media moves to the enterprise

In this New Media Roundtable interview with iBEAM's Jim Denney, Jeff Yocom explores some of the misconceptions IT pros often bring to streaming media projects and finds out how organizations can increase the odds of streaming media success.The biggest worry that most IT staffs have at the inception of a...

Tags: Web site development, Web technology, Digital media, information technology, Jeff Yocom, streaming media, Jim Denney, iBeam

Technical articles 2001-03-13

The Holy Grail(s) of streaming video

Streaming video is all over the Web, with everybody and their grandmother Webcasting seminars, news, etc. As the First Knight of the New Media Roundtable, Executive Contributing Editor Jeff Yocom goes in quest of the Holy Grails of streaming video.Streaming video has arrived, but questions abound regarding its value due...

Tags: Web site development, Corporate communications, Web technology, Digital video, Digital media, Holy Grail, Jeff Yocom, International Data Group, Webcast, streaming video, video

Technical articles 2001-03-06

New Media Roundtable Quarterly Update: Winter 2001

If your organization needs to energize your new media strategy, you've come to the right place. Executive Contributing Editor Jeff Yocom sizes up streaming media, reviews events shaping new media policy, and gets Gartner's take on the Napster ruling.In this first edition of the TechRepublic New Media Roundtable Quarterly Update,...

Tags: Web site development, Web technology, Channel management, Broadband Internet, Jeff Yocom, ZCast.tv, information technology, Quarterly Update, New-Media, Web

Technical articles 2001-02-27

Welcome to the New Media Roundtable

TechRepublic cofounder Jeff Yocom is launching a weekly column, the New Media Roundtable, to help CIOs and other IT leaders track the trends in streaming video and audio as well as other emerging forms of new media.Viewing DVD-quality movies live over the Internet is still a pipe dream, but streaming...

Tags: Advertising & Promotion, Corporate communications, Web site development, Web technology, Jeff Yocom, New-Media Roundtable, New-Media

Technical articles 2001-02-20

If software is dead in the desert at Demo 2000, what about your career?

TechRepublic Content VP, Jeff Yocom, came away from Demo 2000 convinced that software deployment as we know it is on the way out—and he's wondering what that means for IT careers.This week, 1,200 people paid $2,100 to spend two solid days watching demos of new products deemed the hottest on...

Tags: Sales force automation (SFA), Tools & Techniques, Channel management, Web technology, career, Jeff Yocom, Demo 2000, ThinkFree.com Corp., software, Web

Technical articles 2000-02-10

Additional Resources

Can you take your customers seriously and laugh about them?

Is it possible to laugh about your work and do it properly as well? Is it necessary to be totally straight faced about your end users in order to provide the correct level of service? Jeff Dray explores these questions. by Jeff Dray

Tags: Customer, Jeff Dray, Help Desk, Call Centers, It Operations

Blog posts 2008-07-07

Resist bad decisions that will waste your client's money

If you're in a position where you believe a client's time and money is going to be wasted because of mismanagement or micromanagement by another consultant, Jeff Davis offers advice about what you should do. by Jeff Davis

Tags: Consultant, Leader, Client, Leadership, Management, Jeff Davis

Blog posts 2008-07-03

Take advantage of wireless connections on the road

This sample chapter, taken from Jeff Duntemann's Wi-Fi Guide, Second Edition, discusses how Wi-Fiworks and how to locate and use hotspots on the road. Learn how Wi-Fi works and how you can take advantage of wireless connections away from home.This sample chapter from the Jeff Duntemann's Wi-Fi...

Tags: Chapter, Wireless LANs, Wi-Fi, Wireless

Book chapters 2005-10-21

Fixing the fault, fixing the customer

Jeff Dray finds that it's easy to get caught up in the fix for a problem and forget to focus on the user's other concerns. What should you do when you fix a problem but still have an unhappy customer? by Jeff Dray

Tags: Customer, Training And Certification, Jeff Dray

Blog posts 2008-06-15

Require help desk analysts to make the most of down time

During this 16-minute podcast, help desk guru Jeff Davis and TechRepublic Section Editor Bill Detwiler explore the issue of help desk time management. Should help desk analysts be allowed to do whatever they want when they're not answering and documenting calls? Or should they be asked to...

Tags: TechRepublic Inc., Jeff, Help Desk, Call Centers, It Operations

Download resources 2006-05-02

See Windows Home Server and Sonos in action

on10.net has a new video series called "Show Us Your Tech" where they let Microsoft employees show off the technology they are using in their homes. The first video in the series shows off Jeff Sandquist's Windows Home Server which we covered here, Sonos Digital Music System...

Tags: Microsoft Windows Home Server, Server, Video, On10.net, Corporate Communications, Microsoft Windows, Marketing, Operating Systems, Software, Shawn Morton

Blog posts 2007-11-01

Get some answers on Ubuntu Linux with this review and interview with Jeff Waugh

Contributor Jaqui Greenlees had a few problems with his attempt to install Ubuntu Linux so he decided to confront one of the developers for some answers. Not all Linux distributions are the same. In fact, each distro has its own personality and presents its own set of...

Tags: Ubuntu, TechRepublic Inc., Jeff Waugh, Ubuntu Linux, Linux, UNIX, Open Source, Operating Systems, Software

Download resources 2006-04-28

Top support tech resources: Best of Jeff Dray

Jeff Dray has been in the help desk and tech support field for more than 15 years and has shared his experiences and expertise in numerous TechRepublic articles. Here's a sampling of some of his practical, often-droll advice on a variety of tech concerns. Topics include: 10 things to...

Tags: Network, Tech, Jeff Dray, Help Desk, Call Centers, Networking, It Operations

Download resources 2007-05-03

Take advantage of wireless connections on the road

Learn how Wi-Fi works and how you can take advantage of wireless connections away from home.This sample chapter from the Jeff Duntemann's Wi-Fi Guide, Second Edition discusses some Wi-Fi points to keep in mind when networking on the road. The chapter covers the following topics:Finding Public HotspotsHotspot Networks and AggregatorsConnection...

Tags: HotSpot, Jeff Duntemann, networking, Wi-Fi, Wi-Fi Guide, wireless, wireless connection

Download resources 2005-10-21