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| My Experience - Making a Vision into Reality |
| Disclaimer: All the thoughts expressed are my views only! Your perception might differ...
1. How different is product development?
2. What are the fundamentals of building a product?
3. How do I know that I'm at the wrong end of building the product?
4. Will you start building two products, if given a second chance?
5. All of a sudden I go blank, what should I do?
6. But my project is running on a delayed schedule, what do I do?
7. Pitfalls in putting out milestones?
8. Testing? what?
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| 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 users, it may help to you. Publish your manual online and turn its hidden power into the real benefits More.. |
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| 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 was making good progress and taking market over from Symantec PCAnywhere. Today, when Microsoft Terminal More.. |
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| What You Must Know About Spyware Right Now |
| Spyware is like the new technological nuclear weapon on the internet. Spyware can not only damage the health of your computer but it can also steal your personal identity other personal information. Spyware is software that is hidden inside legitimate downloads that you come across on the internet. An example would be the growing number of file sharing programs and free mobile ring tone advertisements that you come across on the internet. If you have teenagers in your household, it's imperative More.. |
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| Four Easy Ways To Prevent Spyware |
| How would you like to prevent spyware and adware from getting into your computer? You need to stop adware and spyware before it gets into your files. That way you're protecting your private information such as passwords, credit card numbers and other documents that you don't want to share with anyone.
Spyware and adware removers are important because they clean your computer of malicious files. But the best thing you can do is prevent spyware from ever being installed in the first place. Here a More.. |
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| Kick-Ass Performance For Your PC? Its Easy |
| Is your PC is slow and wimpy? Then you need some PC steroids - software applications that will cleanse the registry, optimize RAM and make that puppy fly. Here is what you should start with.
Ace Utilities
Ace Utilities is a set of system-maintenance and optimization utilities for enhancing Windows performance. Tools include Unneeded File Remover, for regaining valuable disk space; Registry Cleaner, for preventing application crashes; Startup Organizer, for preventing spy applications from runn More.. |
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| Reloading Windows XP |
| If you have been running Windows XP for a couple of years or more you may find that it is not running quite as quickly and smoothly as it was when you did your first install. I am constantly 'evaluating' software and uninstalling and reinstalling beta software on my computer and have always gradually become more and more disappointed after nine months to a year with the performance of my PC. So I regularly do a backup and reinstall all my software, including Windows.
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| Microsoft Axapta, Navision or Great Plains: ERP Selection for Large Corporation |
| If you would like to pick something from Microsoft, or its ERP subdivision - Microsoft Business Solutions, and in case of large public company, you should consider these three: Axapta, Navision or Great Plains. We are not talking about Solomon here, because it is recommended for project organization. You should probably be aware about specific product life cycle (or is it new or mature one on the market), database platform, average implementation cycle, typical customization requirements, rich v More.. |
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| Screenshots Vista Windows |
| Features
Additionally, Vista will include many other new features.
Aero
Vista will include a completely re-designed user interface, code-named Aero. The new interface is intended to be cleaner and more aesthetically pleasing than previous Windows interfaces. The most visible addition to the interface is the sidebar (however this feature has been removed in the last alpha release), an area at the side of the screen consisting of tiles which display dynamic information about whatever window is cu More.. |
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| Behave, Word, Behave! |
| If you copy something from a Web site or elsewhere... or you reuse a document and the formatting is making you crazy with its weirdness, then stop the insanity. The first option to make the document behave loses some of the formatting. You can always undo the changes if you don't like it by pressing CTRL+Z. To dump some of the formatting, press CTRL+A to select all and then select "Normal" from the style drop-down box in the left corner next to the AA as shown in the picture. This changes some o More.. |
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| Microsoft Great Plains Nationwide Remote Support |
| ERP Consulting industry is on the way to serve clients nationwide and even worldwide, when the client is multinational corporation. There are several reasons to specialize in remote support. In this small article we'll give you these reasons and the advantages of remote installation, customization, integration, programming, reporting.
? Remote Support Technologies. These technologies are well known and we will just mention them: VPN, Citrix, Remote Desktop connection, Microsoft Terminal Service More.. |
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| Hear It in Digits |
| Music downloads are off the charts! We're listening to digital music in the digital era.
The driving force behind the phenonmena is the technonolgy called MP3. This is the technology that has changed the music industry. MP3 is an acronym for Motion Pictures Expert Group Audio Layer III. MPEG is the standard for audio or video compression that makes any files smaller with no loss of quality.The standards were set in 1992 by the Industry Standards Organisation, beginning with MPEG-1 which was use More.. |
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| Create ASP in Minutes |
| DBxtra goes ASP
Getting to the information hidden within corporate databases has always been a problem for all levels of an organization.
IT shops are constantly being pushed to produce more while having little time to accommodate reporting requirements.
This translates into deadlines being pushed back, insufficient turnaround times, outdated information, and lost opportunities.
DBxtra can drastically cut into the time required to extract information from corporate data sources and liberate More.. |
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| Dashboard Widgets for Windows |
| For a windows user like me, just can watch with envy the new eye candy features in Mac OS X and wondering how I can have the same feature on my belove windows.
Before Apple introduce dashboard in their latest Mac OS X, most of mac users already can have widget on their desktop using Konfabulator by Pixoria Inc. "Konfabulator is a JavaScript runtime engine for Windows and Mac OS X that lets you run little files called Widgets that can do pretty much whatever you want them to. Widgets can be alar More.. |
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| Software Tools To Help Your Business Sell More |
| Sales are all about leverage, because there is only so much you can do on your own. But, with the help of these simple tools, you can easily double, triple and quadruple your productiviting and make more sales.
PhoneTray Dialup
PhoneTray Dialup allows you to receive and screen phone calls while you are online. The program uses your V.92 modem and Call Waiting service from your phone company to detect an incoming call. If you have Caller ID on Call Waiting, also called Call Waiting ID or Visual More.. |
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| Passwords Used In Microsoft Word Documents |
| You would like to protect your documents, wouldn't you? Reasons may vary but the problem is the same - you need to protect your Microsoft Word documents from unauthorized editing or viewing. What document protection features does Microsoft® Office Word 2003, a part of Microsoft Office Professional Edition 2003 provide?
Microsoft Word features for document protection. Microsoft Word offers three types of password protection.
1) Password to open requires a password to open a document. By assi More.. |
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| Software Upgrades Arent Always the Best Move |
| When my daughter was getting into AOL instant messaging (AIM) and using all the cool add-ons, I looked for more as it's a great way to learn about extending applications. While doing research, I learned that if you wanted to use AIM themes, you don't want to upgrade to AIM 5.9. A post at MyThemes suggests sticking with or downgrading to 5.5. MyTheme shows what steps to take, should you prefer to stick with 5.9. The post also shows where to download 5.5 and how to downgrade back to it. Furthermor More.. |
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| Mozilla Vs. Firefox |
| For those who are unclear on the differences between the Mozilla package (Netscape is also comparable to Mozilla except they're two different companies) and Firefox / Thunderbird, here it is:
* Mozilla is a complete package meaning it comes with email, browser, address book, newsgroup, and chat applications integrated.
* FireFox is a stand-alone browser application. It doesn't have email built-in. There is a chatzilla extension available.
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| Microsoft Great Plains, Navision, Axapta - Selection Considerations |
| 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 Solutions products serving point of view.
? Small, midsize or large business. In our opinion - this was th More.. |
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| String in Java |
| Handling character strings in Java is supported through two final classes: String and StringBuffer. The String class implements immutable character strings, which are read-only once the string has been created and initialized, whereas the StringBuffer class implements dynamic character strings. All string literals in Java programs, are implemented as instances of String class. Strings in Java are 16-bit Unicode.
Note : In JDK 1.5+ you can use StringBuilder, which works exactly like StringBuffer More.. |
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| Microsoft CRM Data Import FAQ |
| Microsoft CRM has built-in conversion tool, however you should probably first try third party conversion tool, such as Scribe. It is relatively expensive and has bunch of importing capabilities, that you might never use and need. Scribe allows you to map objects in source and target, when source is ACT! for example. If you are just realized the need to load data into CRM - please research Microsoft CRM import tool and Scribe. Here we will describe other option and possibilities
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| The Truth: Netzero 3G |
| We've all seen the ads on TV for Netzero 3G. You know the ones, "speeds so fast you sworn it was broadband" Well if your using it, you may not think it really is. We're going to break down the truth behind, Netzero 3G.
Netzero explains the idea of their service perfectly. It can be found on the 3G website, but is hidden, you have to push the "More Details and Limitations" button at the very bottom. To save you some time here's what it says?
"Speed reference based upon comparison to nationally More.. |
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| Open Source Concepts: Dual Licensing Explained |
| We were recently faced with a decision: either to let a program that took us one year to code die, simply because we do not have enough time to maintain it, or make it open source.
Open source looked like a good idea for while, but there was one problem. We wanted to keep the software under our control and to be able to make money selling it later. And let us just be honest and admit it: we wanted monopoly over our software and why not? It took us one year to write the software, and its documen More.. |
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| Helping Newbies Understand Professional Software |
| The Windows registry is a huge database that ensures normal computer operation. Installing and uninstalling software can make your registry a mess, leading to decreased PC performance and causing computer crashes. Find out how you can fix this and other problems yourself.
Registry Mecic
Registry Medic uses a highly intelligent engine to scan your computer's registry for invalid registry entries. With the click of a button, you are able to repair or remove registry entries that refer to a file More.. |
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| Do You Know These Facts About Spyware ? |
| Imagine something that follows you home and sets itself up in your house. It eats your food, enjoys your drinks, reads everything you bring home or purchase. It runs up your phone bills and no matter where you go, it can follow you and takes notes on everything you do.
Generically labeled spyware, your stealth visitor is a program or set of programs designed to track your Internet activity. And, while it hasn't gone as far as above, it can and will make your life uncomfortable.
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| How to Tell You Have Spyware, Ad-ware or Viruses |
| Usually, the easiest way to tell you have spyware is because your PC is running at a reduced speed. The other way to check is to hit CTRL+ALT+DELETE and hit task manager (if you have windows service pack 2. If you have before SP2, then this should automatically bring up the task manager).
Once the task manager is open, check your running processes under the "Processes" tab. If you see a lot of strange processes running you don't recognize, you likely are infected with spyware, ad-ware or viruse More.. |
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| Should I Use Windows Update? |
| Should one use Windows Update?
This topic has good and valid arguments on both sides. Some would say keeping your windows up to date is essential in keeping it free of the newest, worst viruses and the like. Others would say that updating your windows is overemphasized, unneeded and a waste of time.
In the future, Microsoft will have ways of detecting whether your version of windows is actually store-bought, or pirated. With so many copies of pirated windows on the market, such a move by Micro More.. |
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| Corporate Accounting System: Microsoft Great Plains - Overview |
| Corporate ERP/MRP selection might be tough one, especially considering very turbulent ERP world and fierce competition between Microsoft Business Solutions (Great Plains, Navision, Axapta, MS CRM), Oracle (Oracle Financials, PeopleSoft, JD Edwards), IBM (including Lotus Domino), SAP, Microsiga (Brazil, Portugal). We recommend you, IT director of large corporation, make your home work and decide on Microsoft or Java/EJB/J2EE platform (however you should consider vendor dependence minimization, an More.. |
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| Assertion in Java |
| Assertion facility is added in J2SE 1.4. In order to support this facility J2SE 1.4 added the keyword assert to the language, and AssertionError class. An assertion checks a boolean-typed expression that must be true during program runtime execution. The assertion facility can be enabled or disable at runtime.
Declaring Assertion
Assertion statements have two forms as given below
assert expression;
assert expression1 : expression2;
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| The XP Firewall Isnt Enough |
| You might think you don't need a firewall because windows XP has one built in, but read on for a plain-english explanation why this isn't enough.
Before broadband and cable connections were common most people didn't need a personal firewall because they weren't connected to the Internet for extended periods of time.
Every computer that connects to the internet has an IP address. This is like a sort of phone number, and is issued either to an individual computer or to a "gateway" that connects More.. |
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| ERP System of the Future: Database, Business Logic and Interface |
| 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 - customization tools, open vs. proprietary technologies, etc. Our ideas are addressed to large corporate bu More.. |
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