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Microsoft Great Plains: Getting New Users Licenses – Annu...

Microsoft Business Solutions Great Plains, Solomon, Navision, Axapta, Microsoft CRM require existing customer to be on active service contract: enhancement program. Minimal maintenance plan gives you free new software version (however upgrade itself, if it is done by your MBS partner is not free). If you are outside of USA/Canada: Mexico, South America, UK, South Africa, France, Australia, Ne. . .

Office Chairs for Big and Tall People

Big and tall office chairs are available to those individuals that need them. When you head off to look for them, you will find quite a large selection of them right here, online. You will find no shortage of great looking ones either. They will be comfortable and reliable. They will be ergonomically correct for your body type. And, they will be the right office chair for you. Many of th. . .

7 Ways To Save On Your InkJet Printing Costs

Inkjet printers are not only getting better, they're also getting less expensive. Why is that?The inkjet printer manufacturers have built their business around the supplies rather than the printer itself. They make the printers as inexpensive as possible, sometimes selling them at cost, or less and making long term profits from the inkjet cartridges.Manufacturers regularly warn about using gene. . .

Guide to Selecting an Office Chair

Selecting a good office chair is an important decision. If you intend to spend a lot of time in your office chair, it’s probably the equivalent to purchasing a mattress for your bed. Think about how much time you’ll spend in the chair each day. It could be as much as 8-12 hours. If that’s the case, you definitely want to make an informed decision. Listed below are some general guidelines to ass. . .

Virtual Assistant – Questions Answered

What is a Virtual Assistant?A Virtual Assistant is a person or persons with whom businesses and individuals outsource administrative and technical tasks. Virtual Assistants work from their home office. Virtual Assistants are entrepreneurs. A Virtual Assistant is a qualified, skilled individual who makes your business their business. Why should I outsource to a Virtual Assistant?Virtual As. . .

The Big Bang Theory - Evidence Start of Cosmos and Human ...

What is The Big Bang Theory! What do we mean when we talk of The Big Bang Theory? In Concept The Big Bang Theory would mean something related to the start of the Cosmos... the beginning of the Evolution itself.The Big Bang Theory came to be accepted by scientists only about three decades ago as an irrefutable fact of Creationism. Does it mean that it is only The Big Bang Theory which gave birth. . .

Microsoft CRM USA Nationwide Remote Support

Remember old good days when your company probably had Great Plains Dynamics? If you are in San Francisco Bay Area – you had local Great Plains Software partner consulting company, who served you basically coming onsite and charging you four hours minimum, even if the problem deserved 5-min fix? This was at the end of 20th century and remote support technologies were not very advanced – Citrix. . .

Google Sitemaps 7 Benefits You Can't Ignore

Google Sitemaps enables Webmasters to Directly Alert Google to Changes and Additions on a Website and that's just one of 7 Benefits. Telling search engines about new pages or new websites use to be what the submission process was all about. But major search engines stopped using that process a long time ago.Google has for a long time depended on external links from pages they already know abo. . .

Is Your Music Player Spying On You?

In today's times spyware is a very serious issue and all computer users should be aware of the possible damage it can cause. It is estimated by well known industry insiders that nearly 90% of all computers are infected with some kind of spyware. This no surprise as spyware programs can be highly contagious and spread from computer to computer via emails and network exchanges rapidly.Spyware's m. . .

Is Something Missing From Your Keywords Research? (Part 2)

In my previous article, I raised the issue that proper keyword research must take into account countries. The reason for that was that the demand for keywords can vary between countries. I gave examples of that fact using the Overture keyword tool.To support my argument (that we need to be aware of countries when doing keyword research), I gave 2 reasons:1. it will help us determine which count. . .

Fed Up With FM - Podcasting

If you are fed up with listening to your local FM station and the mass of inane adverts that punctuate each show, or, if you crave interesting spoken word programmes that are written and presented by excited, knowledgeable enthusiasts, then Adam Curry's "Daily Source Code" podcast may just be just what your a looking for. Adam is one of a rapidly increasing group known as "podcasters", whose sh. . .

Social Considerations for Artificial Intelligence

Social Considerations for A.I. (Artificial Intelligence)According to Dennis Gorelik, a single perceived weakness of an AIS (meaning, an artificial intelligence society, consisting of computers trained to 'think') is that it was not born through natural selection as human beings are. But one could view whether this is a disadvantage or an advantage from a couple of sides. Within human natural se. . .

Uninstall Windows Media Player 10 and Start Enjoying Your...

Windows Media Player 10 has been full of bugs from Microsoft since they offered it as a download from their site. Windows Media Player 9 was nice and simple. Windows Media Player 10 is way too complex and feature-rich that it has taken away from the simpleness of version 9 and ruined itself. Another great media player is Winamp but we won't go into that right now.If you have installed Windows M. . .

RSS Support in New Microsoft Windows Vista

Microsoft Corp. says that the next version of its Windows operating system will have built-in support for RSS, an increasingly popular way to get news and other information channeled straight to a computer.RSS, short for Really Simple Syndication, hasn’t broken into widespread use yet, but the world’s largest software maker believes it will become a mainstay.“We really believe that RSS is key t. . .

The Most Simple Way to Mask Your Email-address

We all know that spammers are looking for your email-address. You can mislead them easily in order to prevent receiving spamming emails. The most simple way to do this is by providing your email-address as a logo.The most easy way to do this is by going to www.cooltext.com and click on "logo". Follow the instructions and you will have a logo or picture instead of text. Spying software cannot de. . .

Types of Web Site Hosting

First of all we must determine the meaning of the word “hosting”. So, what is hosting?Hosting origins from the word “host” which has different meanings that are familiar to you. Hosting means providing place for your website on the web hosting company’s servers and makes it viewable in the Internet and floating it.Why can you once need hosting?Imagine that you have created a website and now you. . .

The Quickest Way I Know To Secure Your PC-Safety In 7 Eas...

Can You Prevent Spyware, Worms, Trojans, Viruses, ... To Work When You Switch Your Pc On ? I Can And I Do It On A Pro-active Basis. Surfing Means More And More To Stay Invisible, To Be Clean From The Inside And To Prevent Installment Of Malicious Software (So Preventing Unwanted Communication From Inside To Outside And From Outside To Inside). How do you stay invisible while surfing? Of course . . .

Remote Deployment of Surveillance Spyware Software

Contrary to popular belief computer users are at a great risk of being invaded by spyware and other surveillance software from remote areas. Normally, people were unconcerned with surveillance software because it was assumed it could only be installed with physical access. Several surveillance software and spyware providers are now advertising remote deployment software that can be installed . . .

Online PowerPoint Presentation – Convert PowerPoint to Flash

Although we don’t know whether Microsoft ever envisioned such a big market about PowerPoint on its first release. Today this software is impacting profoundly on education and corporation’s activities in the way that nobody could ignore. With a wealth of visual and audio effects people rely on it to express their ideas, plans more intuitively with more effective communication outcomes.One of mos. . .

How to Save The World’ is an Example of an Individual Per...

Recently I have been having a look at a list of blogs that a colleague gave me, all of which have links to RSS feeds. This means if you download RSS software off the Internet you can automatically receive new posts in your Reader from the blogs that you subscribe to. Most subscriptions are free to read, as people generally would basically like to communicate and share their ideas with others. T. . .

Nobody Reading Your Blog?

So you got a your own weblog. Everything looks great, you have nice layout, some nice pictures and last but not least excellent articles.You also update your blog on a regular basis but nobody seems to read it ! You start to think where did I go wrong. Well if your blog is really good you just need to be patient. Also make sure you submit your blog to directories specialized in blogs and search. . .

The Future Of Next Generation Weblogs

In the earlier days having a blog was an instant hit. People who embraced writing web logs from the beginning, did get a lot of extra exposure. Now the mass is jumping on a train which already left the station some time ago.The success of the first blogs explainedThe first blogs on the web were non commercial and that was the first ingredient for their success. Second, web logs are quality cont. . .

The Hidden Power of Online Manual

Writing software manuals is boring, isn’t it? We often think: “My software is easy to use. The user interface is intuitive. Why should I waste so much time for writing the document which nobody reads anyway?” Sometimes it’s true – I’ve never read the WinZip or Internet Explorer manuals – everything seems clear without explanations. Nevertheless, even if your manual doesn’t help to your software. . .

How To Overclock A Processor

Q : What is over clocking? Overclocking is when you make your system processor run faster that its normal speed. This has many advantages and dis-advantages. Advantages : This is obvious, your system will run faster Dis-Advantages : Your hardware is likely to have a less life span. Your components will run at higher temperatures and there is an increased chance your system will overheat and cra. . .

Take Advantage Of Internet Phone Calls (VOIP)

Voice Over IP (VOIP) is a relatively new technology. Voice Over IP allows people to leave behind the old and very traditional analogue phone networks and now adapt in favor of the very new and very progressive Internet-based calling system infrastructure. Using this technology for your communications actually works out cheaper for you in the long run as it means you won't need to pay for calls . . .

Everything You Need To Know About Spyware and Malware

You are at your computer, checking out software on EBay. The computer is really sluggish, and you are not running anything else. You click on a link, and BLAM you are redirected to a search page you’ve never heard of and the “back” button won’t work.You’ve got Spyware! Just what is “Spyware?” The word brings to mind exploding pens and shoe phones. In fact, software makers have struggled to defi. . .

How To Pick a Hosting Company

If you are seeking a new hosting company let me give you some words of wisdom because I have been through a few. One company even went belly up in the middle of the night giving me no notice. That was disastrous for me as well as my customers. If you are tired of hosting companies with poor service and excessive downtime then get ready to print this page out. First thing first, you might ta. . .

5 Sure-Fire Ways to Make More Money on eBay

Have you ever dealt with a salesperson or a waiter who gave you unbelievably good service? How about someone who didn't seem to care about you one bit?Which of those people would you go back to the next time you needed to make another purchase or eat another meal?I'm willing to bet you would go back to the business or person who gave you great service. Have you ever considered that this same pr. . .

Regain Internet Privacy from Spyware

The majority of computers connected to the internet today are infected with some sort of spyware. The prevalence of internet use has made the growth of spybot, adware, spyware, Trojans, keyloggers and other malware fast and easy. Each form of surveillance software invades users’ privacy through numerous methods so they can gather information about people’s internet and computer activities. U. . .

Beating Adware, The Sneakiest Software

Promoters of adware, software that shows advertising on a user's computer, use some cunning tricks to get you to install their software on your machine. Here's what to look out for.Adware is, by definition, something reasonable people don't want on their computers. That's why malware can't just come out and ask people to install it. Often, the computer owner is completely unaware of it being in. . .

Cool New Search Engine On The Block

If you log on to PayPerClickSearchEngines.com you'll find they list over 600 different pay-per-click search engines operating online. In fact, some online sources report that over 1,000 "search engines" of various size and popularity operate in the U.S. alone. With so much competition among sites to capture the search traffic that Google.com and Yahoo.com seem to dominate like 800 lb. Gorillas,. . .

Niche Software Steals Microsoft's Thunder

When you think of software and personal computers (PCs), you think Microsoft.The global software giant dominates the PC market in both penetration and pocketbook.It seems you can't go a single day without seeing at least one news story and several advertisements for Microsoft or a Microsoft product.But that doesn't mean Microsoft dominates in every corner of the market; in fact, as the software. . .

Microsoft Great Plains Payroll module customization scena...

It is now common thing when large corporation selects mid-market ERP or so-called standard functionality MRP solution as its corporate accounting system. Microsoft Business Solutions Great Plains is very good candidate. As all MBS ERPs it has MS SQL Server 2000/2005 database platform and allows you to deploy customizable and altered solution, serving large corporation HR department. If you u. . .

ERP System of the future: Database, Business Logic and In...

We will base our prognosis on our Microsoft Business Solutions ERP consulting practice: Microsoft Great Plains, Navision, Axapta, MS CRM. Also we’ve analyzed Oracle products: Oracle Financials, JD Edwards, PeopleSoft, and IBM Lotus Notes Domino. The trends could be seen in both: so-called functional consulting, dealing with overall system implementation and user training and customization – c. . .

Midsize Business ERP – Great Plains Standard vs. Professi...

If you are in the growing mode and reach the point when you need to move away from old accounting application and incorporate something, which could be considered as industry standard ERP, you should know general direction and where to look for additional information. Microsoft Business Solutions gives you several ERP packages to choose from: Microsoft Great Plains Standard/Professional/Small . . .

Removing Some Spyware Is Like Treating Cancer

Spyware - Removing Cancer From Your System Do you know the difference between spyware prevention and spyware removal? These functions are not the same. Not all spyware is the same. Most work like a malignant cancer, spreading into everything, or a benign tumor, sticking around in one place. The main operations of spyware are to steal, search, destroy, report, expose, change or track. Many peopl. . .

Microsoft Great Plains Customization Tools – overview

Former Great Plains Software Dynamics/eEnterprise, and currently Microsoft Business Solutions Great Plains was initially designed in the earlier 1990th as the extendable and modular application with its proprietary tool: Great Plains Dexterity, written in C programming language as a shell. This was popular tendency those days –compare with SAP ABAP or Navision C/Side. Great Plains has additio. . .

PAL’s Spyware Removal Tool

Once spyware, adware, keyloggers, Trojans and other malicious codes have installed themselves onto your computer the consequences are seemingly endless. Not only do they record and send off information about your internet habits, online purchases and other computer usage information, they can also tap into private information such as credit card and social security numbers. Each time a comput. . .

How Free Scripts Can Create Security Problems

With the Internet entering our lives in such an explosive manner, it was inevitable that Internet security issues would follow as well. While credit card frauds are an offline security problem that has been carried over to the Internet as well, spamming and phishing are uniquely Internet security hazards.Spammers are an Internet phenomenon that have been given great encouragement by the distrib. . .

Advertising "Click Fraud" Rampant Online?

"Pay-per-click," by far the most popular form of online advertising, recently came under fire as charges of rampant "click fraud" gather steam on the Web. Google and Yahoo! earn the majority of their money through sales of advertising to tens-of-thousands of online merchants, companies, and professional. In fact, some estimate that 99% of all Google's revenue comes from advertising sales. Unfor. . .

Five Proven Ways To Increase Internet Sales

There are hundreds of ways that you can promote your online business or website, some more effective than others. These five proven methods will help you to generate traffic to your site and also to generate income into your wallet. 1. One thing that appeals to everyone is “free.” If it is free people will take it. Think of the samples of cheese given away at grocery stores. Do you really want . . .

Securing Your Accounts With Well-Crafted Passwords

In the past I’ve never really paid much attention to security issues when it comes to user names and passwords. Frankly I figured it was all a lot of overblown hype. This led to an unfortunate incident that involved my website being attacked, apparently by a skillful youth with a propensity for mischief.The main security flaw with my website was probably the simple fact that the username and pa. . .

Cisco Certification: The Most Important Cisco Study You'l...

All of us are familiar with the pyramids of Egypt. These magnificent structures have stood for thousands of years, withstanding extreme heat and other factors that would bring down an ordinary structure. When we look at these pyramids, we instinctively look toward the peak. We tend to do the same with the Cisco Learning Pyramid. If you're not familiar with this, Cisco uses a pyramid to illustra. . .

OCR Software-- Optical Character Recognition or Optical C...

Optical Character Recognition (OCR) refers to a software technology and processes that involve the translation of printed text into computer searchable text. Done correctly, OCR enables users to search for and retrieve individual words contained within a file or page. In addition, when a set of files is indexed, users are able to search for keywords across an entire document library and retriev. . .

Microsoft Great Plains, Navision, Axapta – selection cons...

During the years of our consulting practice, which comes back to East Europe in mid 1990th and then continues in the USA, Brazil, New Zealand, Australia, Oceania, Germany, Canada – we would like to orient you – business owner, IT director or software programmer. Selection process can take several months and you may end up with non-Microsoft solution. We will give you our Microsoft Business So. . .

Video Game Violence...What Do You Think About It?

Ever since video game designers were able to put red pixels on their imaginary characters that had recently deceased, there have been people crusading against their subversive ways. The outrage at video games seems to be cyclic, fading very briefly before exploding into the public eye once more with renewed frenzy. The controversy seems to have sparked up again in recent times, with numerous cr. . .

The Unavoidable Spyware Threats

Spyware and adware are used for advertising purposes for companies to collect data about users and send out annoying advertisements. Adware is used on banner ads in exchange for part of the revenue from sales but often time, along with adware, spyware is also installed. The downloads that allow spyware to be installed do so by notifying users in the long user agreement that most everyone igno. . .

Microsoft CRM Lotus Notes Domino Connector FAQ

Microsoft Business Solutions CRM and IBM Lotus Notes Domino, being two groupware products from competing software development leaders, however could coexist within one organization computer network and even work together in collaboration. There maybe multiple reason why corporation would use both products: licensing, commitment to IBM Lotus Notes as legacy product, risk balancing – staking on . . .

Microsoft CRM Integration with Lotus Notes Domino: messag...

IBM Lotus Notes Domino and Microsoft CRM (Client Relation Management) from now on can work in tandem. Microsoft CRM Lotus Notes Domino connector from Alba Spectrum Technologies provides seamless messaging in MS CRM through Domino. Our customers suggest future direction for the connector. Considering our consulting practice experience in MS CRM and Lotus Notes customization, upgrade, integrat. . .

WiFi vs. WiMax

Wi-Fi vs. WiMax – Wi Do I Care?Wi Fi Fo Fum, I think I smell the blood…oops wrong tale. This story doesn’t involve giants, but it does involve giant leaps forward in technology that will affect us all.The other day I was watching two kids play. Each had a tin can up to their ear and they were speaking to each other on the ‘phone’. Talk about technological leaps. Yes, the string that I used as a. . .