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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.



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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.



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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.

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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.

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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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