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- Company Upgrades Operating System, Addresses Security Challenges
- As a producer of construction materials such as crushed stone, sand and gravel, Vulcan Materials Company operates over 300 quarries, plants, and facilities. Maintaining desktop and portable computers in the company's IT environment presented a challenge because many of these locations use slow network connections as well as some dial-up...
- Tags: Security, Portable Computer, Operating System, Microsoft Corp., Notebooks, Microsoft Windows XP Service Pack 2, Modems, Productivity, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Components
- Case studies
- Ultralight-er than Air
- Apple Inc. announced an addition to their portable computer line during this month's MacWorld Expo: the MacBook Air. As I watched this entry into the "ultralight" laptop space, my thoughts turned to some of my issues with mobile computing, and why I'm not looking forward to providing Air support. ...
- Tags: Portable Computer, Laptop Computer, Computer, MacBook Air, Productivity, Notebooks, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, William Jones
- Blog posts 2008-01-27
- University Enriches Teaching, Boosts Staff Productivity, and Reduces IT Work
- The University of Iowa includes 11 colleges and dozens of academic departments, each with its own technology needs. Many have elected to upgrade their desktop and portable computers to the Windows Vista operating system, to take advantage of the more advanced media capabilities and the Windows Aero user experience. Teachers...
- Tags: Portable Computer, Information Technology, University, Microsoft Windows Vista, Computer, University Of Iowa, Microsoft Windows, Notebooks, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Productivity, Operating Systems, Software, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets
- Case studies 2007-06-01
- Geek Trivia: Lapping the competition
- What was the first portable computer labeled a laptop? Conventional wisdom among the IT crowd holds that the laptop computer is a derivative of the desktop PC, but students of computing history know that, in many respects, the reverse is true. In fact, the earliest laptop ...
- Tags: PC, Dynabook, Notebooks, Jay Garmon, PRODUCTIVITY, Desktops, laptop computer, computer, Geek Trivia Newsletter, Portable Computer, Cassini, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets
- Technical articles 2007-05-08
- Protect portable computers with full-volume encryption
- It's important for hardware and software vendors to develop ways to help prevent thieves from accessing that data even if they manage to gain physical possession of the computer. One such solution is full-volume encryption. The security risks inherent in the increasingly ubiquitous nature of mobile computing have...
- Tags: Deb Shinder, PRODUCTIVITY, Notebooks, SECURITY, computer, operating system, encryption, portable computer, thieve, SMB Strategies Newsletter, Data, Microsoft Corp., Small And Medium Business, Trusted Platform Module, BitLocker, Ultimate, Smb/Sme
- Technical articles 2007-03-19
- New Operating System Helps Global Construction Company Maintain Data Integrity
- The IT Department must manage the integration of new companies into the Kingspan IT network, and the challenges that come with expansion. Data integrity is essential and must not be compromised - whether it is on servers, desktop computers, or portable computers - so security is paramount. In preparation for...
- Tags: Portable Computer, Operating System, Microsoft Corp., Computer, Data Integrity, Productivity, Microsoft Windows, Notebooks, Digital Rights Management (DRM), Operating Systems, Software, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Security
- Case studies 2006-12-01
- Geek Trivia: Lapping the competition
- Quibble with the quibble.The baud Bd rate is a measure of the [i]symbol[/i] rate; and, a symbol can encode for more than 1 bit.Therefore:1) Bd is not in any way a measure of any characteristic of the phone line, or any other physical media; and,2) Bd is [u]equal[/u] to [i]or[/i]...
- Tags: Modems, Notebooks, DMambo, computer, Osborne 1, hard drive, portable computer, battery
- Discussion threads 2007-05-09
- Understanding Battery Life in Portable Computers
- An important first step in maximizing battery life is to choose a portable system that is equipped with a mobile processor designed with power management in mind. It is also important to enable operating system and device power management capabilities. Dell continues to drive industry initiatives and technologies that can...
- Tags: Dell Computer Corp., Power Management, Portable Computer, Battery, Computer, Engineering
- White papers 2005-04-01
- Master file system security in Windows
- In the opening of Chapter 4 of Securing Windows Server 2003, author Mike Danseglio explains, "The use of long-term computer data storage, whose benefits are numerous, raises special security consideration for the system administrator: how do you protect data so that only the intended user has access while ensuring some...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows Server, Microsoft Windows Server 2003, permission, security, user access, computer, data storage, database, file system, portable computer, storage, system administrator, Chapter 4, Mike Danseglio, Securing Windows Server 2003, tool, benefit
- Download resources 2005-07-13
- Lock IT Down: Create security policies to address telecommuting trouble spots
- Most of the problems related to telecommuting can be solved by thinking through the ramifications of telecommuting before you put a program in place and establishing clear policies to address them. These include compensation policies, conflict of interest policies, policies that address liability issues, and a broad range of security...
- Tags: computer, Deb Shinder, information technology, Physical Security, portable computer, security, telecommuting, telecommuting program
- Technical articles 2003-04-16
Additional Resources
- Audacity Portable (dmg)
- Portable Audacity OS X is the Audacity audio editor packaged as portable application so you can carry around with you on any portable device, USB thumb drive, iPod, portable hard drive, memory card, other portable device also on your internal hard disk as long as it has 13.2MB of free...
- Tags: Hard Drive, Portable Device, Apple Mac OS X, Apple Mac OS, Operating Systems, Software
- Software downloads 2006-11-22
- FileZilla Portable (exe)
- FileZilla Portable formerly Portable FileZilla is the popular FileZilla FTP client packaged as a portable app, so you can take your server list and settings with you. You can place it on your USB flash drive, iPod, portable hard drive or on a CD and use it on any computer,...
- Tags: Flash Memory, Productivity, Digital Music, Digital Media, Personal Technology, Consumer Electronics
- Software downloads 2008-05-28
- Sudoku Portable (exe)
- Sudoku Portable is the entertaining and addictive Sudoku puzzle game packaged as a portable app, so you can play on the go. You can place it on your USB flash drive, iPod, portable hard drive or a CD and use it on any computer, without leaving any personal information behind.
- Tags: Sudoku Portable, Flash Memory, Games, Productivity, Digital Music, Digital Media, Personal Technology, Consumer Electronics
- Software downloads 2008-04-24
- BonkEnc Portable (exe)
- BonkEnc Portable is the popular BonkEnc packaged as a portable app, so you extract, convert, and encode your audio files just about anywhere you go. You can place it on your USB flash drive, iPod, portable hard drive or a CD and use it on any computer, without leaving any...
- Tags: PortableApps.com, BonkEnc Portable, Flash Memory, Productivity, Digital Music, Digital Media, Personal Technology, Consumer Electronics
- Software downloads 2008-04-24
- Jooleem Portable (exe)
- Jooleem Portable is an easy to learn puzzle game packaged as a portable app. You'll spend hours playing this simply addictive game. You can place it on your USB flash drive, iPod, portable hard drive or a CD and use it on any computer.
- Tags: Jooleem Portable, Games, Personal Technology
- Software downloads 2008-04-28
- Eraser Portable (exe)
- Eraser Portable is a secure data removal tool that runs directly from your iPod, USB thumbdrive, portable hard drive or any other portable media. You can plug it right into any Windows computer and use it just like you would on your own. It is a repackaged version of the...
- Tags: PortableApps.com, Eraser Portable, Productivity, Microsoft Windows, Advertising & Promotion, Digital Music, Digital Media, Operating Systems, Software, Marketing, Personal Technology, Consumer Electronics
- Software downloads 2008-04-24
- PuTTY Portable (exe)
- PuTTY Portable is the popular PuTTY telnet and SSH client packaged as a portable app, so you can connect in to your systems on the go. You can place it on your USB flash drive, iPod, portable hard drive or a CD and use it on any computer, without leaving...
- Tags: PuTTY, PuTTY Portable, Telnet, Flash Memory, Networking
- Software downloads 2007-06-22
- Audacity Portable (exe)
- Audacity Portable is the popular Audacity audio editor packaged as a portable app, so you can take your audio files along with everything you need to edit and record on the go. You can place it on your USB flash drive, iPod, portable hard drive or a CD and use...
- Tags: PortableApps.com, Audacity Portable, Flash Memory, Productivity, Digital Music, Digital Media, Personal Technology, Consumer Electronics
- Software downloads 2006-11-22
- 7-Zip Portable (exe)
- 7-Zip Portable is the popular 7-Zip packaged as a portable app, so you can take your file archiver with you and work with your compressed 7z, ZIP, GZIP, BZIP2, TAR, RAR files and more on the go. You can place it on your USB flash drive, iPod, portable hard drive...
- Tags: 7-zip, PortableApps.com, 7-Zip Portable, Flash Memory, Productivity, Digital Music, Digital Media, Personal Technology, Consumer Electronics
- Software downloads 2008-04-24
- Open Menu+ Portable (exe)
- Open Menu+ Portable is an open source portable application launcher. After being installed on a flash drive, Open Menu+ will launch when the drive is plugged into a computer. You can use it to launch any portable applications you have on your flash drive. Open Menu+ Portable will save all...
- Tags: Application, USB Flash Drive, Open Menu+ Portable
- Software downloads 2008-01-17
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