Outlook tip: Stop fighting PST fires
Do you struggle with PST files? You're not alone. Robert Sparnaaij, author of the popular HowTo-Outlook Web site calls managing PST files "true hell." You break roaming if you store them on local drives, but you shouldn't store them on network drives. Investing in a proper server-side archiving solution that allows you to disable the use of PST files will earn back the investment quite quickly.
Developing an IT scorecard
Development of an IT scorecard is often a "once in a career" event for IT managers, says Robert Ryan, co-author of The Business of IT. Here he offers 6 must-dos for successfully developing an IT scorecard for your organization.
Bend Windows 7 to your will
Windows 7 is more helpful than any previous operating system at transferring settings and getting things running. But not everything will work exactly like it did before. Here are a few tools that help fix what used to work for you in XP or Vista.
Seven Windows 7 keyboard shortcuts
Bookmark this page now. You're going to want it when it's time to give your mouse a break.
Use data mining techniques to detect fraud
The basic premise of Benford's Law is that certain leading digits in any random set of data will appear in a specific non-uniform manner or in a certain frequency -- anything that is outside that frequency indicates a non-compliant anomaly. There are some great tools out there that can let you apply Benford's Law to your data, including Microsoft Excel.
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Open Source Changes the Software Acquisition Process
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Sidekick: The Good News & the Bad News
Either way you look at it Microsoft Data Center management did not follow standards or best practices in this failure. In which case it makes me wonder more about the outsourcing of corporate data much less personal data.
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