[TechRepublic] How to choose an Office 365 enterprise plan

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How to choose an Office 365 enterprise plan Ian Hardenburgh looks at Microsoft's Office 365 suite and the various enterprise plans available. Here's some insight into the costs and benefits of moving Office apps to the cloud. Read more Resource of the day Best Practices for Implementing a Data Warehouse on Oracle Exadata Oracle offers three types of compression on the Oracle Exadata Database Machine; basic compression, OLTP compression (component of the Advanced Compression option) and Exadata Hybrid Columnar Compression (EHCC). With OLTP compression, just like standard compression, Oracle compresses data by eliminating duplicate values in a database block. Read how Oracle Exadata Database Machine can achieve optimal data loading performance here. Additional TechRepublic resources   How to create and destroy an Amazon Machine Image (AMI) Nick Hardiman walks you through the steps of the AWS wizard -- this time to create and then destroy a virtual machine. Read more How to price cloud services Thoran Rodrigues offers tips on setting a pricing structure for cloud services from a provider's perspective. Understanding this model will also help cloud service users find the right agreement. Read more Protect data in the public cloud with encryption tools Tajudeen Abubakr looks at both existing and emerging data encryption tools which can help protect data in the public cloud. Read more Google+ brings productive chatting, sharing, and hanging-out to the enterprise Google+ could become your preferred tool for communicating with your immediate team and slicing and dicing your network at large. Read more Adobe Photoshop now in the Mac App Store: Why it's significant Erik Eckel hails the addition of Adobe's Photoshop software to the Mac App Store for its convenience and also as a sign that the era of boxed software is near its end. Read more Office suite alternatives for Android tablets Donovan Colbert takes a close look at several Office suites for Android tablets, including Polaris Office, Documents To Go, OfficeSuite Pro 5, and Google Docs as a native app or via a web browser. Read more Featured multimedia   Cracking Open the Samsung Galaxy Tab 8.9 Bill Detwiler cracks open the Samsung Galaxy Tab 8.9. Inside this Android tablet, he found hardware from Samsung, Texas Instruments, and Broadcom. View on site Today's recommended downloads Itanium Slip Sliding away (IBM) Enterprise 2.0: Taking Collaboration to the Next Level (IBM) Effect of UPS on System Availability (American Power Conversion (APC)) Increase The Efficiency Of Power Distribution In Your High-Density Data Center (Eaton) Remote support for PCs, Macs and Smartphones (LogMeIn) Connect with TechRepublic The 20 best apps for the iPad The iPad has its limits, but it's really good at a few basic functions. Here are 20 useful apps that play to the iPad's strengths. Geeky TechRepublic galleries New York Comic Con 2011: Costumes and cosplay BlizzCon 2011: Serious gamers unite Toronto Zombie Walk and undead wedding SteamCon III: Costumes of Steampunk enthusiasts Seattle hosts the very first GeekGirlCon

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[TechRepublic] How to choose an Office 365 enterprise plan

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How to choose an Office 365 enterprise plan Ian Hardenburgh looks at Microsoft's Office 365 suite and the various enterprise plans available. Here's some insight into the costs and benefits of moving Office apps to the cloud. Read more Resource of the day Free Download: Important Power Considerations for Virtualized IT Environments Is your data center ready for virtualization? Determine whether your infrastructure can handle today?s more efficient, yet more power-hungry, servers. Additional TechRepublic resources   How to create and destroy an Amazon Machine Image (AMI) Nick Hardiman walks you through the steps of the AWS wizard -- this time to create and then destroy a virtual machine. Read more How to price cloud services Thoran Rodrigues offers tips on setting a pricing structure for cloud services from a provider's perspective. Understanding this model will also help cloud service users find the right agreement. Read more Protect data in the public cloud with encryption tools Tajudeen Abubakr looks at both existing and emerging data encryption tools which can help protect data in the public cloud. Read more Google+ brings productive chatting, sharing, and hanging-out to the enterprise Google+ could become your preferred tool for communicating with your immediate team and slicing and dicing your network at large. Read more Adobe Photoshop now in the Mac App Store: Why it's significant Erik Eckel hails the addition of Adobe's Photoshop software to the Mac App Store for its convenience and also as a sign that the era of boxed software is near its end. Read more Office suite alternatives for Android tablets Donovan Colbert takes a close look at several Office suites for Android tablets, including Polaris Office, Documents To Go, OfficeSuite Pro 5, and Google Docs as a native app or via a web browser. Read more Featured multimedia   Cracking Open the Samsung Galaxy Tab 8.9 Bill Detwiler cracks open the Samsung Galaxy Tab 8.9. Inside this Android tablet, he found hardware from Samsung, Texas Instruments, and Broadcom. View on site Today's recommended downloads The Forrester Wave: Mobile Collaboration (Box.net) Assessing Data Center Performance with Criticality and Tier Levels (American Power Conversion (APC)) Webcast: 10 Benefits of Next Generation Network Security Strategies (GFI Software) Webcast: Human Capital Management Trends and Innovations (TechRepublic) Appliance Power: Crunching Data Warehousing Workloads Faster And Cheaper Than Ever (IBM) Connect with TechRepublic The 20 best apps for the iPad The iPad has its limits, but it's really good at a few basic functions. Here are 20 useful apps that play to the iPad's strengths. Geeky TechRepublic galleries New York Comic Con 2011: Costumes and cosplay BlizzCon 2011: Serious gamers unite Toronto Zombie Walk and undead wedding SteamCon III: Costumes of Steampunk enthusiasts Seattle hosts the very first GeekGirlCon

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[TechRepublic] Only novices daisy-chain switches

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Only novices daisy-chain switches If you support so many network nodes that multiple switches are required, technology consultant Erik Eckel encourages you to do it right. Read more Resource of the day 10 Ways to Stretch your Storage Budgets in Virtualized, Consolidated Environments Oracle offers a complete portfolio of best-of-breed storage products and business-ready storage solutions that optimize performance, maximize data protection and reduce the total cost of ownership for Oracle databases, applications and heterogeneous data management. Download this whitepaper to read more about suggestions for IT decision-makers looking to get more bang out of their storage bucks. Essentials to take when visiting a data center This seven-point checklist of what IT consultants should take to a data center will help them reduce delays and return trips to the office. Read more Celoxis: A feature rich and affordable PM tool Brad Egeland says there's a lot to like about the Celoxis online project management tool. Get details in his review of the PM software. Read more Additional TechRepublic resources   10 things to consider when venturing out on your own Walking away from a regular paycheck to join the ranks of the self-employed requires a huge leap of faith -- and quite a bit more. Read more DIY: Install and configure your Cerb5 help desk Cerb5 is a powerful and flexible help desk solution that is particularly a good option for small shops that only have one or two users connected to the system at one time. Read more How to negotiate what you want out of life Almost every activity in life is a form of negotiation. In this blog John provides seven tips for leveraging business negotiation as a life skill. Read more Installing Windows 7 from USB As netbooks get more popular and optical drives become less and less of an assumption, there are many times when a USB install of an operating system is a far better choice than the old DVD/CD we know and love. Read more Use your smartphone for slideshow presentations Deb Shinder suggests some Android, iPhone, and Windows Phone apps that can help create or simply enhance your next presentation. Read more DIY: Serve up your small business with Amahi Jack Wallen thinks Amahi Home Server would appeal to some small businesses. He walks through the simple process of installing the distribution. Read more Five free CMS tools for do-it-yourself Web site builders When it comes to content management systems, you have a number of good options. Here are five powerful -- and free -- CMS tools worth checking out. Read more Featured multimedia   Jason Hiner's 10 best tablets of 2011 New tablets have hit the market week after week throughout 2011, but here are the 10 best that are worth your attention, and your money. View on site Cracking Open the Samsung Galaxy Tab 8.9 Bill Detwiler cracks open the Samsung Galaxy Tab 8.9. Inside this Android tablet, he found hardware from Samsung, Texas Instruments, and Broadcom. View on site NASA images: Desktop wallpaper from outer space Some of the best desktop wallpaper available comes from the final frontier, where no one has gone before. View on site Today's recommended downloads Download IDC Marketscape for Desktop Virtualization 2011 Report Best Practices for Implementing a Data Warehouse on Oracle Exadata SOA and Business Practices: Making the Connection Complimentary Whitepapers: Oracle Exalogic Elastic Cloud IT Transformation Through Innovation Perennial favorites   Sanity saving tips for newbie IT consultants My early years in IT consulting: What I did and didn't do well 18 maxims of successful IT consulting 10 signs that you aren't cut out to be an IT consultant The 20 best apps for the iPad The iPad has its limits, but it's really good at a few basic functions. Here are 20 useful apps that play to the iPad's strengths. TechRepublic newsletters   Get product reviews, tech news analysis, tips, and more in the following TechRepublic newsletters. Automatically sign up today! TechRepublic Australia Wrapper Web Designer The Enterprise Cloud Tablets in the Enterprise Google in the Enterprise App Builder 10 Things Geeky TechRepublic galleries New York Comic Con 2011: Costumes and cosplay BlizzCon 2011: Serious gamers unite Toronto Zombie Walk and undead wedding SteamCon III: Costumes of Steampunk enthusiasts Seattle hosts the very first GeekGirlCon

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[TechRepublic] Only novices daisy-chain switches

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Only novices daisy-chain switches If you support so many network nodes that multiple switches are required, technology consultant Erik Eckel encourages you to do it right. Read more Resource of the day 5 Steps to Telecom Transformation This paper addresses 5 steps to increase business productivity through new technologies while continuing to diligently manage costs. Essentials to take when visiting a data center This seven-point checklist of what IT consultants should take to a data center will help them reduce delays and return trips to the office. Read more Celoxis: A feature rich and affordable PM tool Brad Egeland says there's a lot to like about the Celoxis online project management tool. Get details in his review of the PM software. Read more Additional TechRepublic resources   10 things to consider when venturing out on your own Walking away from a regular paycheck to join the ranks of the self-employed requires a huge leap of faith -- and quite a bit more. Read more DIY: Install and configure your Cerb5 help desk Cerb5 is a powerful and flexible help desk solution that is particularly a good option for small shops that only have one or two users connected to the system at one time. Read more How to negotiate what you want out of life Almost every activity in life is a form of negotiation. In this blog John provides seven tips for leveraging business negotiation as a life skill. Read more Installing Windows 7 from USB As netbooks get more popular and optical drives become less and less of an assumption, there are many times when a USB install of an operating system is a far better choice than the old DVD/CD we know and love. Read more Use your smartphone for slideshow presentations Deb Shinder suggests some Android, iPhone, and Windows Phone apps that can help create or simply enhance your next presentation. Read more DIY: Serve up your small business with Amahi Jack Wallen thinks Amahi Home Server would appeal to some small businesses. He walks through the simple process of installing the distribution. Read more Five free CMS tools for do-it-yourself Web site builders When it comes to content management systems, you have a number of good options. Here are five powerful -- and free -- CMS tools worth checking out. Read more Featured multimedia   Jason Hiner's 10 best tablets of 2011 New tablets have hit the market week after week throughout 2011, but here are the 10 best that are worth your attention, and your money. View on site Cracking Open the Samsung Galaxy Tab 8.9 Bill Detwiler cracks open the Samsung Galaxy Tab 8.9. Inside this Android tablet, he found hardware from Samsung, Texas Instruments, and Broadcom. View on site NASA images: Desktop wallpaper from outer space Some of the best desktop wallpaper available comes from the final frontier, where no one has gone before. View on site Today's recommended downloads Webcast: Google Apps and the Retail Industry (Google) Increase The Efficiency Of Power Distribution In Your High-Density Data Center (Eaton) Storage Monitoring: A Tool For All (IBM) Webcast: The Perfect Storm - Drive Customer Satisfaction Up and Costs Down (Citrix Online) Enterprise Modernization Made Simple (IBM) Perennial favorites   Sanity saving tips for newbie IT consultants My early years in IT consulting: What I did and didn't do well 18 maxims of successful IT consulting 10 signs that you aren't cut out to be an IT consultant The 20 best apps for the iPad The iPad has its limits, but it's really good at a few basic functions. Here are 20 useful apps that play to the iPad's strengths. TechRepublic newsletters   Get product reviews, tech news analysis, tips, and more in the following TechRepublic newsletters. Automatically sign up today! TechRepublic Australia Wrapper Web Designer The Enterprise Cloud Tablets in the Enterprise Google in the Enterprise App Builder 10 Things Geeky TechRepublic galleries New York Comic Con 2011: Costumes and cosplay BlizzCon 2011: Serious gamers unite Toronto Zombie Walk and undead wedding SteamCon III: Costumes of Steampunk enthusiasts Seattle hosts the very first GeekGirlCon

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