Broken technologies, tuning up the help desk, the vacation that wasn't

10 Things TechRepublic Member | December 16, 2011

Editor's note We've all encountered mainstream apps that are aggravating, unreliable, ill-conceived, and useless. Check out Jack Wallen's list of top offenders and then jump into the rant-a-thon and share your own favorite-hate technologies. -- Jody 10 technologies that are just plain broken Certain systems, software, and technologies simply don't work very well. In fact, some are barely usable. See if your biggest annoyances made this list. Read more Resource of the day IDC Business Value of Blades To get a better understanding of what blade servers can do for you, check out this white paper. Some businesses have been able to cut their cost per user by 25 percent! 10 things help desk techs can do to improve service A few best practices can make a world of difference in the eternal struggle between the help desk and its callers. Read more 10 holiday-busting IT crises We asked TR members to share their memories of holidays that went awry because of a work emergency. Here are 10 such tales, plus one vacation horror story. Read more 10 ethical rules for IT consultants and contractors Adhering to a code of conduct will help you avoid the various ethical pitfalls you'll encounter on the job. Read more 10 powerful ways to use Excel's paste features Excel's Paste and Paste Special commands harbor a multitude of useful options. Use them to do everything from transposing data to copying Validation rules. Read more Additional TechRepublic resources   Create a custom Microsoft Management Console in Windows 7 It's fairly easy to create custom tools in the Windows 7 Microsoft Management Console. Greg Shultz explains how to take advantage of this feature. Read more 10 decisions to make before you build your next PC Building a custom system lets you tailor the components to meet your needs and hold down costs, but you'll need to make some decisions first. Read more Five ways to lose out on a consulting gig Avoiding these mistakes will help keep your phone ringing with new IT consulting projects. Read more Use a rule in Outlook to delay email messages By creating a delay rule, you can control when Outlook sends specific messages. Read more Today's recommended downloads How to Balance Performance, Availability, Capacity, Energy in the Data Center (Quantum) Alleviating your IT Infrastructure Worries with Cloud Computing (IBM) Sales Performance Management Evolution (Varicent) IDC Executive Brief: Business Value of Blade (Hewlett-Packard (HP)) Getting More From Your Network with Storage Enterprise Resource Planning (IBM) Connect with TechRepublic 50 sexiest geeks in costume of 2011 TechRepublic has covered quite a few "Cons" in 2011 -- Comic Con, Gen Con, MegaCon, Dragon*Con, BlizzCon, and more. We decided to wrap up the year with a gallery dedicated to the sexiest geeks in costume. 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

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Broken technologies, tuning up the help desk, the vacation that wasn't

10 Things TechRepublic Member | December 16, 2011

Editor's note We've all encountered mainstream apps that are aggravating, unreliable, ill-conceived, and useless. Check out Jack Wallen's list of top offenders and then jump into the rant-a-thon and share your own favorite-hate technologies. -- Jody 10 technologies that are just plain broken Certain systems, software, and technologies simply don't work very well. In fact, some are barely usable. See if your biggest annoyances made this list. Read more Resource of the day Case Study: Carilion Clinic's Storage Story Carillon Clinic had 12,500 email mailboxes to worry about when they migrated to Microsoft Exchange. Read this white paper to learn how Microsoft Exchange helped them meet their goals and then some. 10 things help desk techs can do to improve service A few best practices can make a world of difference in the eternal struggle between the help desk and its callers. Read more 10 holiday-busting IT crises We asked TR members to share their memories of holidays that went awry because of a work emergency. Here are 10 such tales, plus one vacation horror story. Read more 10 ethical rules for IT consultants and contractors Adhering to a code of conduct will help you avoid the various ethical pitfalls you'll encounter on the job. Read more 10 powerful ways to use Excel's paste features Excel's Paste and Paste Special commands harbor a multitude of useful options. Use them to do everything from transposing data to copying Validation rules. Read more Additional TechRepublic resources   Create a custom Microsoft Management Console in Windows 7 It's fairly easy to create custom tools in the Windows 7 Microsoft Management Console. Greg Shultz explains how to take advantage of this feature. Read more 10 decisions to make before you build your next PC Building a custom system lets you tailor the components to meet your needs and hold down costs, but you'll need to make some decisions first. Read more Five ways to lose out on a consulting gig Avoiding these mistakes will help keep your phone ringing with new IT consulting projects. Read more Use a rule in Outlook to delay email messages By creating a delay rule, you can control when Outlook sends specific messages. Read more Today's recommended downloads Get What You Need With Modular Data (IBM) Smarter Storage (IBM) Rack Powering Options for High Density (American Power Conversion (APC)) Webcast: Choosing Google Apps as Best-in-Class Cloud Solution (Google) Live Webcast: The Power Behind Data Mining & Analytics (IBM) Connect with TechRepublic 50 sexiest geeks in costume of 2011 TechRepublic has covered quite a few "Cons" in 2011 -- Comic Con, Gen Con, MegaCon, Dragon*Con, BlizzCon, and more. We decided to wrap up the year with a gallery dedicated to the sexiest geeks in costume. 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

Send us your feedback here. Sign up for more free newsletters from TechRepublic! To manage your account settings or to remove yourself from all TechRepublic communications, please visit our Subscription Center. The e-mail address for your subscription is techsubscriptionss@cesabarre.com. Unsubscribe from this e-mail | FAQ | Advertise | Privacy Policy Copyright 2011 CBS Interactive, Inc. All rights reserved. TechRepublic is a registered service mark of CBS Interactive, Inc. TechRepublic 235 Second Street San Francisco, CA 94105 U.S.A.

Broken technologies, tuning up the help desk, the vacation that wasn't

10 Things TechRepublic Member | December 16, 2011

Editor's note We've all encountered mainstream apps that are aggravating, unreliable, ill-conceived, and useless. Check out Jack Wallen's list of top offenders and then jump into the rant-a-thon and share your own favorite-hate technologies. -- Jody 10 technologies that are just plain broken Certain systems, software, and technologies simply don't work very well. In fact, some are barely usable. See if your biggest annoyances made this list. Read more Resource of the day Webcast: Choosing Google Apps as Best-in-Class Cloud Solution Google Apps gives you the best tools, the best deal, and as much as you want to find something to hate, it's just not there. Check out this webcast to learn why one company decided it was the best choice for them. 10 things help desk techs can do to improve service A few best practices can make a world of difference in the eternal struggle between the help desk and its callers. Read more 10 holiday-busting IT crises We asked TR members to share their memories of holidays that went awry because of a work emergency. Here are 10 such tales, plus one vacation horror story. Read more 10 ethical rules for IT consultants and contractors Adhering to a code of conduct will help you avoid the various ethical pitfalls you'll encounter on the job. Read more 10 powerful ways to use Excel's paste features Excel's Paste and Paste Special commands harbor a multitude of useful options. Use them to do everything from transposing data to copying Validation rules. Read more Additional TechRepublic resources   Create a custom Microsoft Management Console in Windows 7 It's fairly easy to create custom tools in the Windows 7 Microsoft Management Console. Greg Shultz explains how to take advantage of this feature. Read more 10 decisions to make before you build your next PC Building a custom system lets you tailor the components to meet your needs and hold down costs, but you'll need to make some decisions first. Read more Five ways to lose out on a consulting gig Avoiding these mistakes will help keep your phone ringing with new IT consulting projects. Read more Use a rule in Outlook to delay email messages By creating a delay rule, you can control when Outlook sends specific messages. Read more Today's recommended downloads Mobile Applications for Human Resources (Oracle) The Information You Need for Successful Deployment of Oracle Coherence (Oracle) Cloud-Based Networks: A Brief Introduction (Oracle) Scale-Out Storage in the Content-Driven Enterprise (Hewlett-Packard (HP)) Redefining the Midrange Storage Landscape (IBM) Connect with TechRepublic 50 sexiest geeks in costume of 2011 TechRepublic has covered quite a few "Cons" in 2011 -- Comic Con, Gen Con, MegaCon, Dragon*Con, BlizzCon, and more. We decided to wrap up the year with a gallery dedicated to the sexiest geeks in costume. 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

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[TechRepublic] Great Tablet War of 2011

Tablets in the Enterprise TechRepublic Member | December 16, 2011

Scouring the Great Tablet War of 2011 battlefield Donovan Colbert take a look at the tablet contenders of 2011. Find out who has their foot in the door and who failed miserably. Read more Resource of the day Oracle WebLogic Suite: A Technical Perspective By switching your approach to business applications now you could reduce your cooling and power needs while gaining a more powerful system for your applications. Read this white paper from Oracle to learn more about its WebLogic Suite. Examine the two schools of thought for tablet computing How do tablets fit into your organization? Patrick Gray believes you should consider the two schools of thought for tablet computing. Read more Motorola Droid Xyboard arrives in time for holiday shopping Do the Motorola Droid Xyboard tablet offerings have what it takes to make your holiday wish list? Read more Additional TechRepublic resources   Holiday gifts likely to increase BYOD, interest in cloud at work Steven Trippe discusses the potential of holiday gift-giving resulting in a glut of new tablets and devices in the workplace -- and along with them, greater interest in cloud options. Read more Microsoft releases new Apps for iOS and updates others Wil Limoges highlights some of the apps for iOS that Microsoft is releasing through the App Store. Read more Bring Your Own Device: Risks and rewards With BYOD, there is risk and reward, an ongoing conversation and a lot of running around with your hair on fire to get it to function at scale in the enterprise but it might just be worth it in the end. Read more Featured multimedia   Motorola Droid Xyboard 8.2: Stopgap or worthy Xoom successor? (Photos) Photos of the Xyboard 8.2 doing what Xyboards do. View on site The Toshiba Thrive 7-inch: Too little, too late? (Photos) Shots of the Toshiba Thrive 7-inch doing things in the wild. View on site How to put videos on a Kindle Fire A walkthrough for adding your own videos to Amazon's Kindle Fire tablet. View on site Kindle Fire: Got game? (photos) So, how is gaming on the Kindle Fire? We answer in pictures. View on site Today's recommended downloads Getting the Most Out of Remote Monitoring and Management Systems (LabTech Software) Change the Way You Migrate Apps to the Cloud (IBM) Tips, Tricks, and Tools for Monitoring Your Cloud Environment (IBM) IDC Business Value of Blades (Hewlett-Packard (HP)) Why Your Organization Needs LTO-5 Today (Quantum) Perennial favorites   Enterprise: 95 percent are choosing iPad over Android tablets Tablets are for people who hate computers Tablets at work: Disney uses iPads to drive construction project Five tips for improving your tablet experience Connect with TechRepublic 50 sexiest geeks in costume of 2011 TechRepublic has covered quite a few "Cons" in 2011 -- Comic Con, Gen Con, MegaCon, Dragon*Con, BlizzCon, and more. We decided to wrap up the year with a gallery dedicated to the sexiest geeks in costume. TechRepublic newsletters   Get product reviews, tech news analysis, tips, and more in the following TechRepublic newsletters. Automatically sign up today! Tech Sanity Check Google in the Enterprise TR Dojo 10 Things

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