Browsing Category: "Computers and Technology"
Software As A Service - A Guide To Transforming Your Software Product Into A Service
Computers and Technology April 23rd, 2008
There is growing market demand for more economical and efficient enterprise applications to an ever-expanding global market. The combination of the ubiquitous Internet and the availability and legitimacy of open source software is creating substantial opportunities and economies for software vendors to deliver Software as a Service (SaaS).
Software as a Service is a model in which the software vendor provides an Internet hosted version of their application (in house or at a managed 3rd party site) that is accessed by customers from the website and paid for on a per-use, per-project or subscription basis.
Become Your Hard Drive Doctor?
Computers and Technology April 23rd, 2008
Hard drives are the main data storage areas of a computer. There are a lot of delicate electrical and magnetic instruments in a hard drive. For the purpose of maintaining these hard drives, it is important to understand their working. The hard drives contain a read/write head and a spindle motor. This head receives electrical impulses from the CPU and writes the information onto hard disk clusters through a magnetic field. Any kind of tampering with this equipment or with the computer in general can damage the head and cause it to crash. This damages the drive permanently.
As a recent article shows, virtualization is taking over in a big way. This technology allows better use of system resources by allowing multiple operating environments on a single physical hardware platform. More specifically, it is the creation of one or more virtual instances of a “guest” operating system on top of a “host” operating system, or in some cases directly on top of a specialized software layer. It allows numerous virtual machines, either standard PCs or servers, to operate and appear as independent machines when in fact they’re operating off of a single hardware platform.
When God Created, There Was No Struggle, Disease, Violence Or Death - Not Until Sin Entered
Computers and Technology, Uncategorized April 12th, 2008
Although we live in this world for a time, this world is not our home, and man knows this. We are created for Communion with the Creator. That is why man has this desire to pray. There is a series of articles on Creation and this is related.
Man can rise far above the animals, and man can also sink far below the animals.
Man can experience so many things which animals cannot - in language - culture - in asking questions - in thinking - in prayer - in his mental and emotional life.
Becoming a Cisco Certified Network Associate (CCNA) is not going to be easy. Which makes it a wonderful feeling when you pass your exam and obtain your CCN certification. But you are not going to be able to complete this without getting the much needed and necessary CCNA certification training.
At Last, A Solution To A 16 Year Old Problem With Label Printers
Computers and Technology April 2nd, 2008
For over 16 years, users of desktop label printers have been agonizing with the constant need to manually change label rolls just so they can print different sized labels. Were talking about the little desktop label printers here, like the Dymo LabelWriter. These small label printers connect up to a PC or Mac and enable the user to quickly print a single label, or labels by the hundred.
Social Networking And The Trustvirus - Introducing Quechup
Computers and Technology, Home and Family March 28th, 2008
Social networking is a phenomenon. From the early days of Myspace and Livejournal, to the more modern Facebook, Linkedin, and so on, social networking is the way many of us stay connected online.
Over the years, social networking services built up a form of trust with their users. Many would not think twice at joining the latest and greatest networks when the email invites showed up in their inbox. As of Aug 31, 2007, those carefree networking days, where users had no problem forking over their email address and password to invite their friends, may be over. If not over, at the least users will be much more wary than before. For this new era of skepticism, we can thank Quechup.
Make Proposals Stand Out With Custom-designed Stencils Using Visio
Computers and Technology March 26th, 2008
Business proposals are the executive’s primary tool for attracting new clients and expanding your business. The savvy executive knows that prospective buyers often sift through tens of proposals every day, and after a while they all start to look alike. You know that you need to use every tool in your arsenal of skills to make your proposal rise to the top. When your goal is to put your proposal in the best light and make it attractive to a potential buyer, it pays to use custom-designed icons, templates and stencils. Microsoft Visio makes it easy to create one-of-a-kind designs that are sure to draw the favorable attention of your client.
