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Oracle Development: JDeveloper 10G – Java, J2EE, EJB, MVC...

In 2004 Oracle, Inc. made its new step toward J2EE application development simplification, releasing new RAD Oracle JDeveloper 10G. First of all JDeveloper 10G is targeted to rapid web application building, utilizing all the achievements of J2EE World: web service, EJB, MVC frameworks, XML, etc. Oracle JDeveloper 10G allows you to conduct all full development cycle for complex system – from UML. . .

Improving SQL Performance

How do you know how much hardware is really needed by your applications? And what do you do when your applications are overloading your system? The answer lies with improving your SQL performance. You have to tune your hardware SQL server and monitor performance, all of which will be explained as clearly as possible on this page. The first thing to do when you want to improve your SQL performan. . .

Powerful Image editor at par with Adobe Photoshop

RahmanImager 2.0 delivers must-have imaging features and tools for professional photographers, web and graphic designers with hundreds of retouching filters, sleek interface and support for a staggering number of image formats. It is one of the best alternatives to expensive and complex image editors like Adobe Photoshop, Paint Shop Pro etc. RahmanImager 2.0 is an industry standard image editin. . .

What Is Web Hosting?

Web hosting can easily be described as a computer with information accessible to the general public. Just as your computer has files on it, your hosting account will have files on it…web files. Even though the concept is similar, your hosting account is not a full computer. You buy small or large portions of space on these computers known as “Servers”. So now you know the basics.Let’s go a step. . .

Microsoft Great Plains migration from one SQL Server to a...

Microsoft Great Plains has tens thousands of installation across the USA as well as in Australia, New Zealand, Spanish speaking South America, UK, Poland, Middle East and South Africa. It is on the market since 1994 when Great Plains Software released its Graphical Mac and Windows based Accounting system – Great Plains Dynamics. Now, in post-recession time we see thousands of clients world-wi. . .

10 Easy Steps to a Useable Website

Building a useable website can seem daunting. Here is a quick guideline to help you on your way.1.It’s all about your contentTo get your website listed appropriately the content of your website needs to be nested between the tags. This way it gets read by the search engines. Your content also needs to be unique and get your point across.What is it about your product or service that is better a. . .

Microsoft Great Plains Multicurrency

Microsoft Great Plains is main Microsoft Business Solutions accounting package for the US market, where multicurrency issues are rare. However even US companies may have branches in foreign countries where they use Great Plains. Microsoft Great Plains is also in use in Spanish speaking Latin America (in Brazil both: Navision and Microsoft Great Plains are present), UK, Australia, Canada and S. . .

Spam Filters & Blockers: The Solution To Unsolicited Email?

Spam is a term that, for the vast majority of us, has a very negative connotation. How could it be different when the average Internet user gets over 50 pieces of junk email per day? Moreover, research indicates that by 2006 the average internet user can expect to receive at least 5,000 pieces of spam per year. That sure is a giant amount of spam!None of us want to waste our time, our bandwidth. . .

BitDefender Pushes Security Updates To Linux Mail Servers

The 1.6.1 generation of BitDefender for Linux Mail Servers was enriched today with three more dedicated products, BitDefender for , -Milter and Postfix mail servers, and with a generic SMTP proxy scanner, designed to be compatible with most other mail servers running on *nix systems.The released products feature, among other things, a brand new technology, entitled “Update Pushing” which allows. . .

Microsoft Great Plains Consultant Selection – overview fo...

Microsoft Great Plains is main Microsoft Business Solutions accounting package for the US market. If you are mid-size of small company, or cost control is really an issue for you, then you should look for the most cost efficient solution and select consultant or Microsoft Business Solutions consulting partner accordingly. We would like to give you some hints on the selection options and proce. . .

Learn How To Safely Backup Your Hard Drive

We all know that we should back up our system as soon as possible.But if you're like most of us,you will get to it tomorrow.The problem is that tomorrow rarely ever comes until you experience a serious computer failure and then its too lake. Taking the time to backup your data or entire hard drive is not as painstaking as it may seem.And the rewards of doing so will be great should your system. . .

Plug and Play Resource Allocation

Your computer has many devices connected to it. Your key board is a device. Your mouse is a device. Your modem is a device. Even a port, like a USB port, is a device. You can add a device to your computer by installing it into an expansion connector on the the motherboard of the computer. In order to operate, resources need to be allocated to the device. One of the most important resources a d. . .

Mjmls.com Offers a New Advertising Venue

After conducting months of research towards developing an online Marketplace, Mjmls.com initiated beta-release of a new Classified Advertising Venue (http://www.mjmls.com). With several modifications to the Mjmls Website, users will now see the Classifieds as the main page at Mjmls.com. The original Web Directory, has been moved to a Sub-domain on the server, but is still available for Webmaste. . .

Microsoft Business Solutions: ERP, CRM, RMS for small and...

Microsoft Business Solutions has good combination of ERP, CRM, Retail Management applications to cover all the needs for small, mid-size and even large company. These are ERP: Microsoft Great Plains, Navision, Axapta, Solomon, Small Business Manager; CRM: Microsoft CRM and Navision CRM; Retail Management: Microsoft RMS and Navision Retail module.You should know that these products were not init. . .

Enhance Your Digital Photos Using Photoshop CS

As more and more people are buying digital cameras and uploading their photos onto their PCs, people are starting to experiment with what things they can do to their photos to enhance them, cut out unwanted people from their photos, or take the people in their photos and place them on a different background. The enhancements you can carry out on your photos are endless. In this article I will g. . .

Microsoft Great Plains – consulting in the post-recession...

Microsoft Great Plains is main Microsoft Business Solutions accounting package for the US market. Microsoft Great Plains is now in the transition to become portion of one of the Microsoft Business Suites – probably Microsoft Financials and Microsoft Logistics. Here we would like to describe new directions for emerging and future consulting practice from both client and consulting company side. . .

Microsoft CRM Integration: Siebel Email Attachments Impor...

Microsoft CRM – CRM answer from Microsoft Business Solutions has aggressive pricing, going down and making it affordable for small companies. We see cases when Microsoft CRM replaces such traditional CRM systems as Siebel. It is not necessary, that clients decided to replace it themselves – they may be victims of their systems – the example: Great Plains had alliance with Siebel several years. . .

Improving the ROI of Web Directory Submissions

Submitting your web site to web directories is a great way to build high-quality inbound links, increase your PageRank, and improve your SERPS.The Internet now features a large number of both general purpose and specialized directories. The specialized directories focus on a specific topic or region.Unfortunately, submitting your web site to the plethora of available directories requires a sig. . .

Data Recovery The Easy Way

It's a fact of life that bad things happen to good people's data every now and then. And when it does, too often the victim is not prepared for it. Is that the case with you? Are you prepared in advance for a complete loss of critical files and data on your computer or on your computer network?If you aren't prepared in advance, you will most likely have to use a data recovery service or data re. . .

The Best Data Recovery Choice For You

The best defense against a loss of data is a really solid and faithful backup routine of important files to reliable media. It's also a good idea for the media to be removable and portable if possible so that even if something happens to your whole computer for any reason, the data is protected by being in a totally different physical area.OK, so that is the best solution to data loss. But wha. . .

Cisco Certification: Taking Your First Certification Exam

You’ve studied hard; you’ve practiced your configurations; you’ve used your flash cards over and over again; and finally, the big day is here. Your first certification exam!For many Cisco certification candidates, their first exam is the CCNA Composite exam or one of the two exams that make up the CCNA, the Introduction To Networking exam or the ICND (Interconnecting Cisco Networking Devices) e. . .

Cisco Certification: Becoming A Truly Valuable CCNA

I've been active in the Cisco Certification track for four years, working my way from the CCNA to the coveted Cisco Certified Internetwork Expert title, and during that time I've conducted job interviews and casual conversations with hundreds of CCNAs and CCNA candidates.The CCNA is an exciting beginning to your Cisco career, but just having the certification simply isn't enough. A recruiter o. . .

Cisco CCNA Certification: Don't Overreact To Exam Version...

CCNA Certification: Don't Overreact To Exam Version ChangesWhenever a Cisco exam version changes, there's always a lot of chatter about it on the web. The CCNA exams are no exception.One comment I see often goes like this: " I hear Cisco is going to change Intro / ICND / CCNA exam versions soon, so I'm not going to start studying yet. I'll wait until the new exam comes out." Do not let this . . .

Advantages and Disadvantages of VOIP

Is your phone bill getting out of sight, like ours did? We were disconnected from Verizon, so we looked elsewhere. What we found was Voice-Over-Internet Protocol (VOIP) services through our cable. So far, we have liked the services we have received, and we would like to share the advantages and disadvantages of switching to VOIP.Advantages of VOIP servicesYou get to make free long distance call. . .

Classifieds with Localized Shopping

The Mjmls Classifieds, http://www.mjmls.com, received a modest improvement, with the utilization of a new GoLocal™ Feature. After several months of, “Beta-Testing,” various localization models, the Mjmls staff decided to implement a feature allowing users to sort advertisements by State or browse on a National level, using a simple, “Dropdown-menu”. IT Developer, James Park, http://www.geodesic. . .

Coping With Information Overload

It's been said that the average New York Times Sunday edition contains more information than a person in 15th century England was exposed to during their entire lifetime. In the information age, our minds get bombarded daily with so much data that we start filtering it out as a self- defense mechanism. On the Internet, the information overload gets so severe that it seems to bring out the ADD. . .

Toolbars, Desktop Search and Mac Users

Desktop Search, Toolbars and Mac UsersThese days, it seems everyone is releasing a Toolbar and Desktop search, from Google and MSN to Search Engine Optimization companies and Internet Service Providers. As none of these are being released for the Mac platform, it has left many of us Mac users wondering why.Contrary to popular opinion, most software today does release a Mac version. With Apple’s. . .

The Search Engine Showdown

If you're anything like me, you have a favourite search engine and you're loyal to it. You never use any others (which made this research difficult for yours truly), insist yours is the be-all and end-all and you even go so far as to deny any shortcomings it may have. But is your search engine truly the best? Inspired by a great article at the BBC News (BBC News: Search Wars), we decided to com. . .

New Year's Netiquette Resolutions

Happy New Year! New attitude? New habits? How about 10 Little New Year's Netiquette Resolutions?Almost every New Year's resolution is based on improving attitudes and changing habits. From loosing weight to getting out of debt to trying to live a happier life, almost each of us has some sort of conversation with ourselves in regard to the New Year and changes we have the control to make. If we . . .

5 Ways To Super Saving Internet Shopping

5 ways to super savings when shopping on the internet. Save at least 200 dollars for 1000 dollars of shopping– that is 20% of the total money spent. With common sense and little prudence you can save hundreds of dollars on your holiday shopping bills. From my past experiences, I have chosen the five best practices that will give you the maximum savings. Peruse them, put them into action and ema. . .

Microsoft Business Solutions Great Plains, Navision, CRM ...

Microsoft Business Solutions products: Microsoft Great Plains, Navision, Microsoft CRM, Microsoft RMS are now serving not only to small and mid-size, but also large clients, plus they maybe reasonably priced solution for the branch of multi-national corporation. This raises question of supporting Microsoft Business Solutions product installation remotely and internationally. We do not questio. . .

The Year of Spyware

In retrospect, the year 2004 made significant milestones that will forever change the future of internet spyware related issues. Various spyware issues were addressed and a fast growing market evolved around spyware. Prior to the past year, spyware was a term that could refer to almost anything Internet-related (from innocuous cookies and applets to keyloggers and hacker exploits) and was large. . .

Microsoft Great Plains Project Accounting - overview for ...

Microsoft Great Plains – now it is one of the four ERP solutions, owned and promoted by Microsoft subdivision – Microsoft Business Solutions: Microsoft Great Plains, Navision, Axapta and Solomon. Pretty interesting mix and of course, each product has its own realization of Project Accounting. We would like to give you short overview of Project Accounting module, coming with Microsoft Great Pl. . .

Cisco Certification: Configuring CHAP on ISDN

Introduction To ISDN, Part IV: Configuring PPP CHAP AuthenticationIn part III of this ISDN tutorial, we learned that PPP has two main methods of authentication that Cisco certification candidates need to know how to configure: PAP and CHAP.PAP has very few advantages over CHAP. PAP passwords are carried over the line in clear text, which in today’s world is a very bad idea. PAP configuratio. . .

Cisco Certification: Debug and Show commands for ISDN

The major reason I recommend getting your hands on real Cisco equipment rather than a simulator is that real Cisco routers give you the chance to practice and learn show and debug commands.The knowledge you acquire from debugs is invaluable. Frankly, it’s this knowledge that puts you above the “average” CCNA who doesn’t have that hands-on experience. Watching debugs in action also gives you a. . .

Cisco Certification: How To Build Your Own Home Lab

CCNA and CCNP candidates hear it all the time: “Get some hands-on experience”. From my personal experience climbing the Cisco certification ladder, I can tell you firsthand that there is no learning like hands-on learning. No simulator in the world is going to give you the experience you will get cabling and configuring your own routers.Whenever I mention this to one of my students, they always. . .

Laptop Computers Instigate Classroom Revolution!

Have you noticed that laptop computers are beginning to dictate what happens in the classroom? Additionally, mobile technology is changing where learning takes place. This is especially true as laptops are entering the educational arena in ever increasing numbers. Yet not all educators are quick to jump on the notebook bandwagon. They are waiting to see if laptop use is truly changing learning . . .

Does Your Event Need To Be Live?

There are many choices to make when it comes to Webcasting: live vs. on-demand, audio vs. video, and more. So here are some of the questions you’ll need to ask yourself before deciding which way to go. Live versus On-Demand Although broadcasting an event live may be necessary for breaking news or a corporate announcement, it is also much more expensive than broadcasting it later. When, where an. . .

Data Binding in TierDeveloper

INTRODUCTIONOne of the most powerful aspects of .NET and Windows Forms is data binding. Data binding is the process of associating user interface (UI) elements with a data source to generate a visual representation of data. Two types of data binding are available for Windows Forms: Simple Data Binding and Complex Data Binding.Simple data binding allows you to bind one data element to a control.. . .

Is your CRM (Customer Relationship Management) system doo...

“Right, People. Let’s blast out that mail campaign we’ve been planning for so long.”It’s time to put your trusty CRM software to work; to let it earn its keep. You run a search of people and companies you want to target. You soon realize something’s wrong when your list is far smaller than anticipated. A quick check reveals many profiles/categories have not been filled in, impacting your search. . .

Great Plains Sales Order Processing and Invoicing Module...

Microsoft Great Plains – main Microsoft Business Solutions application for US and Latin American (except Brazil, where MBS promotes Navision) markets is built with multiple modules. In the case of Sales automation you – software selection specialist should consider two Microsoft Great Plains modules: Sales Order Processing (SOP) and Invoicing. You should understand the difference between the . . .

Microsoft Business Solutions Partner – consulting in the ...

We are group of Chicago and Houston based Microsoft Business Solutions Great Plains, Microsoft CRM, RMS and Navision consultants who saw the economic boom at the end of 20th century and then deep recession, which hit high tech and telecommunication sectors with extreme severity.In our opinion this recession ended the era of old days IBM style of high tech sales techniques, when you had sales di. . .

DVD Recorders: Getting Started

IMO, these sd work 'like a VCR' as far as recording and playback. There are models w/ harddrives, VHS players, etc. built in, but to me that's overboard.Bells and WhistlesThe VHS option is not bad, but you most likely already have one you can plug into the inputs of the DVD recorder.I have a DVD recorder for archiving TiVo shows as opposed to accessing my TiVo from my PC. This is nice because i. . .

Avoid, Shun, Thwart, Prevent, and then Filter Spam

Email is rapidly becoming the standard means of communication among businesses, associates, and even friends. While many people have now been using the internet and email for years, there are thousands of new users on the internet each day. With inexpensive web hosting, free email services, and the blog burst upon us, getting your own slice of the internet pie has never been easier.Whether you’. . .

Amazing Secrets Of A Free Traffic Generation MASTER

Without traffic to your website, you're not going to make any money in your online business (unless you're able to tap into someone else's traffic). For many websites... especially new sites, one of the fastest, surest ways to drive traffic to the site is pay per click search engines. The RISK in using pay per clicks is that you don't know how well that traffic is going to convert before you've. . .

Arm Yourself Against Snoops With Spyware Counterintelligence

Spyware is the cyber-equivalent of a peeping Tom. No one would think of sitting by while someone hide in the bushes watching their every move, so why do so many allow spyware snoops to moniter them online? In some cases the answer is simple. They may not even know that they are being watched.Spyware comes in all shapes and sizes. It can simply be annoying or it can be downright dangerous. The m. . .

Microsoft Great Plains Integration Manager – working with...

Great Plains Integration Manager advanced programming, working with text files, aggregation, unionizing, VB scripting, translationMicrosoft Business Solutions main middle market ERP application - Microsoft Great Plains has multiple integration options: MS SQL Scripting (stored procedures and views), ADO.Net programming, Microsoft SQL Server DTS packages. You certainly can deploy such SDK tools. . .

Configuring Basic Cisco Router Security

Network security is a hot topic today, and will only increase in importance in the months and years ahead.While most of the attention is paid to exterior threats, there are some steps you can take to prevent unwanted Cisco router access from within your organization.Whether you want to limit what certain users can do and run on your routers, or prevent unauthorized users in your company from ge. . .

Creating a Backup Plan

Your company's data may be its most important asset. Imagine a large corporation with millions of dollars of account receivable and account payable data stored on their network. A fire causes massive data loss. How much work would be required to re-create the lost data? Without backups, the company may not survive the disaster. Choosing a backup media is important, but in this article I'll focu. . .

How To Choose A Fire Wall Software Program

In the real world a "fire wall" is a fireproof wall that is built to stop the spread of fire from one part of a building to others. In the Internet world a firewall has a similar purpose in that it stops the spread of harmful viruses and attacks from entering your home or office network. Because of the ever-increasing threats that are appearing on the Internet you no longer have to be in busine. . .