Archive for May 12th, 2007

HTML - Do We Need To Learn It?

In this article I am going to answer the question as to whether or not we need to learn HTML. This rather long answer will surprise you, but hopefully by the article’s end you will understand why. See, this isn’t an easy question to answer and there are many points of view.
First of [...]

PowerPoint as a Visual Aid ? To Use or Not to Use

PowerPoint is a strong program with a plethora of useful and special features. It is also almost expected from a presenter — but, unfortunately, often with dread. I am not suggesting that we shouldn’t use PowerPoint. Just remember it is a tool, and only a tool. Used properly, it is your friend. Yes, visuals are [...]

The Email Alternative: Using An Extranet For Online Document Sharing

Why is an extranet better than email for sharing documents? The answer is simple: email is perfect for one-to-one communication, but not ideally suited for groups engaged in project collaboration.
Most e-mail programs provide little – if any – effective way to prioritize your messages and attachments. Everything arrives in the same place, in the order [...]

In Depth Software Development Strategies, Tip 2: Variable Naming Conventions

The next fundamental programming tip I can offer you is naming your variables appropriately. I find that a majority of logic or compile errors are caused by a misuse of variable names.
Here are some examples of bad naming conventions:
1. dim newvalue as Integer
2. int x = 0;
3. JLabel label1 = new [...]

In Depth Software Development Strategies, Tip 1: Commenting

I’ve spent the past couple of days learning a new computer language, PHP. I’m currently in the process of developing an online management system, and after a careful anaylsis PHP seemed to be the right language to develop with.
So I have been going through some tutorials and looking at lots of coding examples. As a [...]

Patch Management

Patch management often presents conflicting demands on IT organizations charged with ensuring system security while optimizing system reliability and integrity. Because the time between discovering a system vulnerability and the emergence of an attack is declining, IT organizations are under pressure to apply patches before adequate testing, and without system downtime. A sound patch [...]

About Spyware and its Removal

Now days you might have take notice of a threatening word “Spyware”. Spyware software is becoming annoyance for the companies. Spyware is likely to be verified as a great damager to the companies. It is not so noticeable like spam and virus assaults to the systems. Spyware could be destructive and cause financial losses.
Spyware, it [...]

Business Intelligence: Accelerate Your Business Performance

Business intelligence is the process of gathering information from the business. The gathered business information is transformed into knowledge using business intelligence. Business intelligence will ease the decision making process, helps in understanding the customer taste and market trends. To run the business successfully one should have the comprehensive business knowledge and understanding [...]

Making the Business Case for OpenOffice

If you have been using a computer for very long, you are
well aware of Microsoft Office’s big stranglehold on
business productivity software.
After all, what kind of communication, mailing or
other business document ISN’T created by typing in Microsoft
Word, adding and subtracting in Microsoft Excel or
publishing a presentation in Powerpoint?
Microsoft Office has become [...]

Software Requirements Analysis

When a Software product has to be developed, one of the first tasks in the Project Manager’s schedule book is Requirements Analysis.
What is Requirements Analysis?
Simply put, Requirements Analysis process aims to identify and document the customer’s requirements for a proposed system.
A trained software practitioner called the Requirements Analyst(RA) communicates with knowledgeable user(s) to understand [...]

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