Archive for September, 2006

By: Jay McCormack
When making a decision to buy any piece of software there are a number of criteria typically evaluated. One of the most important elements in the decision process is the strength of the company that builds the software. In fact a survey of 19,000 customers has identified that company strength is the most important factor in choosing software, with the price of the software being the fifth most important element. Continue Reading »
15 Questions To Ask Your Software Vendor

By Bob Hett
Technology continues to make giant steps forward. Technology has made it possible to burn your own CDs and DVDs, without resorting to expensive equipment or outrageous charges. Now, anyone can make their own personal music CD with their favorite songs. You can also clone your DVDs so that you have a backup copy or to distribute copies to others. For business people, CD burning is the ultimate way to backup their daily information to prevent it from loss. Continue Reading »
Where To Find Free CD Burning Software

By Ratko Carevic
In 2000, Microsoft announced its .NET software environment, a new addition to Windows. The .NET (dot net) environment is effectively a virtual computer that runs on a real computer, with the advantage that any program written for it will run on any computer which is running .NET. One important aspect of the .NET strategy is its independence from a specific language or platform. Developers can create a .NET application in any .NET - compatible language and participate in the same software project writing code in the .NET languages in which they are most competent (such as Visual C++.NET, Visual Basic .NET, C#, Perl and others). Part of the .NET software environment includes Active Server Pages (ASP) .NET technology, which allows developers to develop applications for the Web. Continue Reading »
Introduction to Microsoft .NET Technology

By Bruce Taylor
For you engineers out there -

I can tell you your worst nightmare: you go to bed one night as a competent secure in your technical competence, and you wake up the next morning as a technological dinosaur. All your strong technologies are now quaint footnotes in the history books and you’re faced with re-learning a whole new repertoire of technologies. You open up the morning paper and you see a want ad like this: Continue Reading »
Keeping Up With Technical Change