On ZDNet: Fight Windows tax with a penguin stick
294 Resources for

service

  • Subscribe to this listing via:
  • RSS
  • Email
Show All Related Tags Did you mean broadband Internet (648 results), customer service (516 results), Service Level Management (437 results), QoS (406 results), Microsoft Windows XP Service Pack 2 (400 results)more...
Show Fewer Related Tags Did you mean broadband Internet (648 results), customer service (516 results), Service Level Management (437 results), QoS (406 results), Microsoft Windows XP Service Pack 2 (400 results), Internet Service Provider (385 results), service provider (190 results), United Parcel Service of America Inc. (155 results), denial of service (147 results), Enterprise Service Bus (99 results), MMS (79 results), distributed denial of service (75 results), Microsoft Windows XP Service Pack (63 results), business service management (58 results), U.S. Postal Service (40 results), application service provider (38 results), consulting service (23 results), JMS (23 results), ADSI (17 results), Service Component Architecture (16 results), XML Web Service (15 results), ASP.NET Web Service (10 results), cable company (10 results), Active Directory Service (10 results), authentication service (7 results), U.S. Secret Service (7 results), broadband service (6 results), communications service provider (4 results), construction service (4 results), telephone service (3 results), Congressional Research Service (3 results), auction service (1 results), credit card services (1 results), payment service (1 results), telecommunications service provider (1 results), AT&T WorldNet (1 results)fewer...

TechRepublic Resources

Deciphering the term "SOA"
SOA stands for Service Oriented Architecture. It's one of those acronyms you see bandied about all over the place. But what does it really mean? Here's my best guess and some SOA resources. by John Sheesley
Tags: SOA, Service, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Web Services, Middleware, Enterprise Software, Software, John Sheesley
Blog posts 2008-07-18
Tweak Windows Vista services the right way
Greg Shultz shows you how to create a snapshot of the current state of the Microsoft Windows Vista services on your system and explains how you can take advantage of this technique when tweaking services. by Greg Shultz
Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista, Service, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Software, Greg Shultz
Blog posts 2008-06-18
Log Linux services with runit
In a previous tip, we looked at the runit program and how it can be used to supervise services, such as sshd. Each supervised service is controlled via a run script, similar to an init script for a system service. This run script does one thing: prepares for and starts...
Tags: Service, Svlogd, Logger Logger, Linux, Open Source, UNIX, Operating Systems, Software, Vincent Danen
Blog posts 2008-05-12
Use runit to supervise Linux services
Traditional Linux systems use SysV init for starting the system: running init scripts to start and stop services and also to manage system runlevels and one-time startup scripts. The problem with using a SysV init system is that services are also treated as one-time startup scripts. When init starts the...
Tags: Service, Linux, Open Source, UNIX, Operating Systems, Software, Vincent Danen
Blog posts 2008-05-05
See how the Java API for XML Registries works
Web application developers must deal with a number of distributed registries, each with its own API or protocol. Sometimes specifications overlap; this is the case with Electronic Business using Extensible Markup Language ebXML, eCo Framework, and Universal Description, Discovery, and Integration UDDI. The Java API for XML Registries JAXR aims...
Tags: Registry, UDDI, Java, Client, XML, Service, Organization, JAXR, JAXR API, RegistryService, BusinessQueryManager, findOrganizations Method, Peter Mikhalenko
Blog posts 2008-04-30
Take service management to new levels in Windows Server 2003 and Windows Server 2008
The sc service controller command manages Windows services from the command line. This can be integral to any semi-automated failover mechanism, service watchdog, or a mass update that requires some configuration to the service. For Windows Server 2003 and Windows Server 2008 environments, the sc command takes...
Tags: Service Management, Microsoft Windows Server, Service, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows Server 2003, Microsoft Windows Server 2008, Servers, Operating Systems, Software, Hardware, Rick Vanover
Blog posts 2008-04-29
IT Dojo: Five services you can turn off in Windows Server 2003
Disabling unnecessary Windows Server 2003 services can strengthen your server security. Unfortunately, there are over 100 services to consider. In this IT Dojo video, Bill Detwiler shows you how to disable Windows Server 2003 services and discusses the following five services that you may want to turn off: 1...
Tags: Microsoft Windows Server, Information Technology, Service, Microsoft Windows Server 2003, Microsoft Windows, Servers, Operating Systems, Software, Hardware, it dojo, Strategy, Management, windows server 2003, microsoft, security
Videos 2008-04-29
Close unneeded ports on Unix/Linux systems
Earlier this month, I provided some tips on how to use netstat and other tools to list open ports and listening services on a number of different operating systems. As pointed out in the previous article, "10 security tips for all general-purpose OSes," shutting down unnecessary services (and closing...
Tags: Grep, PPP, Network, Linux System, Service, Unix, Tool, Linux, Servers, Networking, Operating Systems, Open Source, Software, Hardware, Chad Perrin
Blog posts 2008-04-23
List open ports and listening services
As mentioned in the article, "10 security tips for all general-purpose OSes," you should turn off any services you don't actually need so that they will not become avenues of attack for security threats. Ten specific services for Microsoft Windows were mentioned in my later article, "10 services to...
Tags: Linux Distribution, Network, FreeBSD, TCP, Unix System, Service, Tcp/Ip, UNIX, Operating Systems, Open Source, Linux, Networking, Software, Chad Perrin
Blog posts 2008-04-15
6 strategies for building dynamic business applications with SOA and rules technology
  What happens when your business changes and your applications don’t change to support it? Existing applications must be updated or completely rewritten, and cobbled together to try to keep up with the new and always changing demands of the business....
Tags: Application, Small And Medium Enterprise, Information Technology, Business Application, Web Service, Business, SOA, Rule, Service, Logic, Decision Logic, Dynamic Business Applications, Decision Service, Term Decision Service, Business Rule Engine, Figure B, WSDL Service, Bottom Line Application Development, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Smb/Sme, Web Services, Middleware, Strategy, Enterprise Software, Software, Management, Rik Chomko
Blog posts 2008-04-15
Out-of-band authentication with Authentify offers compelling service
Application Service Provider ASP company Authentify presents a unique extra factor of critical authentication applications. For most authentication situations, simply a username and a password are involved. Authentify provides a service that adds a step to the transaction -- a telephone call is made to the expected person attempting to...
Tags: Phone, Service, Authentication, Authentify, Telephone Number, Security, Rick Vanover
Blog posts 2008-03-31
PBX to redundant servers: Thoughts?
Last summer, my IT department assumed responsibility for the campus PBX and associated services. The PBX is a rock-solid Nortel Meridian switch. However, rock-solid doesn't necessarily mean that the switch is the right long-term solution for the College. For a variety of reasons that I won't go...
Tags: Solution, Phone, Nortel Networks Corp., Voice, IP, Server, PBX, Pingtel Corp., Service, SIPxchange, Telephony, Telecom & Utilities, VOIP, Networking, Telecommunications, Scott Lowe
Blog posts 2008-03-04
Dealing with vendors: Read before signing on the dotted line
In my last post, I talked about various lessons that I learned in the course of my company's relocation to a new premise. Today, I'm going to talk about my relationship with the vendor hired for Internet, voice, and WAN services during that relo. Read before signing...
Tags: Service, WANs, Internet, Team Management, Transportation, Network Technology, Networking, Telecommunications, Management, Paul Mah
Blog posts 2008-02-29
Are you prepared to Google your medical records?
Often one of the challenges in health care from the provider’s standpoint is the ability to develop a holistic view of the patient in order to see clearly what the foundations of an illness or condition are. The patient who presents with chest pain, difficulty breathing, and tingling down...
Tags: Google Inc., Patient, Health Care, Medical Record, Service, Vertical Industries, Benefits, Healthcare, Enterprise Software, Software, Human Resources, Tricia Liebert
Blog posts 2008-02-29
How private is your Web-based service?
As I have said many times before, the two major components of security are privacy and control over your resources. Each of these plays a part in the other. Remote Web-based service providers are generally concerned about controlling their resources. Using such a Web-based service means that...
Tags: Web, MSN Hotmail, Privacy, Service Provider, Service, Business Services, E-mail, Channel Management, E-mail Providers, Security, Online Communications, Marketing, Internet, Chad Perrin
Blog posts 2008-02-15
Yet another Blackberry outage hits North America
For the second time in ten months RIM has suffered a 'major service outage' in North America that affected about eight million subscribers but the service was restored a few hours later.  BlackBerry received a black eye last April when the mobile email service failed for almost 48 hours.  A smaller outage was also...
Tags: Mobile, Server, RIM BlackBerry, Outage, Service, Manufacturing, Advertising & Promotion, Handhelds, Marketing, Hardware, Tim Malone
Blog posts 2008-02-11
Amazon's SimpleDB makes it easier to work with data
When you develop Web-based services, it can be difficult to achieve the goal of simplification. Working with the plethora of Web services offered by companies such as Google and Amazon provide plenty of examples, but these examples utilize complicated code to use the valuable services. This is why I was...
Tags: Combination, Data, Domain, Amazon.com Inc., RDBMS, Service, Wikipedia, SimpleDB, SimpleDB Service, Databases, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management, Tony Patton
Blog posts 2008-01-28
Security news roundup: January 20
Here's a collection of recent security vulnerabilities and alerts, which covers a new vulnerability discovered in Winamp, a security update from Citrix, a report on more rootkits vectoring in on the MBR, a new vulnerability in Skype, a remote code execution vulnerability in Microsoft Excel, and a heap overflow bug...
Tags: Winamp, Vulnerability, Problem, Citrix Systems Inc., Skype Technologies S.A., Microsoft Corp., Service, Flaw, Winamp 5.52, Call Manager, Rootkits, Security, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Office, Spyware, Adware & Malware, Office Suites, Software, Paul Mah
Blog posts 2008-01-21
Cisco plans Software as a Service offering with EOS
Cisco Systems announced its Entertainment Operating System EOS, a portal to let content developers create communities around content and pay the host based on revenue collected from ads. An excerpt from ITWorldCanada: "It's going to be the first play that bundles together three things that media companies need...
Tags: Software-as-a-service, Idea, Cisco Systems Inc., Service, Entertainment, Entertainment Operating System, Social Networking, Online Communications, Marketing, Advertising & Promotion, Arun Radhakrishnan
Blog posts 2007-12-13
Cellphone service helps you quickly locate a public bathroom
If you're traveling in Westminster, and your bladder is incredibly full, there's a text message service that will help you find the closest toilet. According to Reuters: Anyone who sends the word "Toilet" to 80097 will receive a reply giving details of their nearest public...
Tags: Toilet, Cell Phone, Service, Cellular Phones, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Sonja Thompson
Blog posts 2007-12-05


IT Help Desk Survival Guide, Third Edition
TechRepublic's IT Help Desk Survival Guide, Third Edition provides tools and recommendations to help you better manage help desk services, improve end-user support, troubleshoot frustrating hardware issues, identify quick fixes to vexing Windows problems, and help users make the most of Microsoft Office 2003.
Buy Now
IT Professional's Guide to Policies and Procedures, Third Ed
Whether you're creating policies for management, training, personnel, support, privacy, Internet/e-mail usage, security, or inventory, you'll meet the needs of your entire enterprise with this one download!
Buy Now

Introducing SmartPlanet