Deployment

Use LinkedIn To Plan Enterprise Tech Rollouts

The most obvious application for LinkedIn is for hunting down new jobs or finding out what your old boss is up to, but it does have other possibilities. One apparent emerging trend: using LinkedIn to research whether new enterprise technology is actually reliable.

Deployment

Why I Kept Checking Work Email On Holidays

I recently enjoyed a week off work. Popular advice suggests that on such occasions you should set an appropriate out-of-office message, ignore your email and completely disconnect from work concerns. But that’s not what I did. Every morning I took time to go through my email (and go through my RSS feeds). This is why.

Deployment

Windows 8 Users Don’t Run Windows 8 Apps

Windows 8 apps are radically different in design and approach to their Windows predecessors, but Windows 8 can also run older apps. New usage figures suggest that most people running Windows 8 are taking full advantage of that, with more than half of them rarely running Windows 8-specific apps.

Deployment

Motivator: Spaghetti Is Great To Eat, But Horrendous To Manage

Many workplace server cabinets are a locked cupboard of shame, with cables overlapping in such a way nothing gets sorted. The same often applies to our overall infrastructure. It’s horrendous to deal with, and the feeling of relief when it gets sorted is tremendous.

16 May 2013

Deployment

What The Death Of Lotus 1-2-3 Teaches Us

This week, IBM announced that it was discontinuing support for Lotus 1-2-3, the product that was largely responsible for spreadsheets becoming a major computer application way back in the 1980s. Here are three lessons we can draw from that shutdown..

15 May 2013

Deployment

Ask LH: Which Compact Scanner Should I Use?

Dear Lifehacker, I’d like to get all of my papers, bills and receipts under control, but hate the idea of having a big scanner on my desk. I’ve been looking at duplex document scanners (the bar- shaped sort), but I can’t really find much information, or a scanner within a reasonable price range ($300 is too much in my opinion). Any suggestions? Thanks, Paperless Dream

Deployment

WIndows Blue: Will Be Called Windows 8.1, Won’t Cost Anything Extra

News about the forthcoming Windows Blue update continues to trickle out ahead of its expected public debut on 26 June. Microsoft today confirmed that the update will, as predicted, be known as Windows 8.1. It also bought some more welcome news: there won’t be any charge for the update.

14 May 2013

Deployment

Google Combines Gmail And Drive Storage

Google is eliminating its separate quotas for Gmail and other services, combining Gmail’s previous 10GB quota with the 5GB allocated to Google Drive and Picasa/Google+ Pictures. That change will also affect Apps for Business users, who now have 30GB to use however they like.

13 May 2013

Deployment

Google Apps Console Can Now Be Customised

Running Google Apps across the enterprise? A recent update lets you drag and drop controls so you can eliminate the ones you don’t use regularly.

10 May 2013

Deployment

Strategic Planning for IT: Filling In The Plan

With your high level strategy in place, it’s time to fill in some detail as to how you’re going to deliver. What else does the plan need in order to be accepted?

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