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Microsoft PowerPoint 2010 Reference Guide PowerPoint has grown to be synonymous with computer-based presentations. This quick guide will help your users get the most out of new features in PowerPoint 2010, such as multimedia and the new Ribbon interface. When you hear the word “PowerPoint” in the workplace, most people immediately associate it with a […]

Piloting Supply Chain Risk Management Practices for Federal Information Systems Your supply chain is one of the most critical-and vulnerable-data pipelines for your organization. This policy document is a starting point for a broader initiative to lock down your supply chain to outside and inside threats. Supply chain attacks may involve manipulating computing system hardware, […]

Videoconferencing Solution RFP Template A statement and scope of work are two key elements in starting the vendor selection process for a videoconferencing system. This toolkit will help you get the process, including gathering vendor references, under way. Organizations embarking on the selection process for a videoconferencing vendor may elect to issue a Request for […]

With each passing day, it’s becoming clear that cloud computing is putting a spotlight on data governance issues in the enterprise. EMC recently asked the members of its Leadership Council for Information Advantage to come up with a roadmap to help their CIO peers achieve information governance in a “world of cloudy computing.” Click through […]

Microsoft Word 2010 Reference Guide The latest version of Microsoft’s iconic word processor offers mobile and co-authoring functionality, in addition to the Ribbon interface. This quick guide will get your users up to speed with Microsoft Word 2010. Microsoft Word is Microsoft’s famous word processing software, as it has eclipsed most other software packages of […]

The prevalence of mobile devices with personally identifiable location-based information and the increasing use of social media are top concerns for 2011, according to Proofpoint, Inc., a leading provider of SaaS e-mail security, e-mail archiving and data loss prevention solutions. With more personal information available on the Internet, in everyday consumer applications and stored in […]

What is RPM? Responsive Process Management (RPM) allows an organization to sense and respond to changing conditions and customer interactions as they occur, enabling these businesses to analyze and track what is about to happen as opposed to what has already happened. For example, we can see RPM’s impact in routine activities such as flight […]

Each year, attendees of The Experts Conference (TEC), sponsored by Quest Software, are surveyed on technology trends, best practices, current issues and priorities, and TEC 2010 – the ninth annual event in the series – was no different. Quest experts Gil Kirkpatrick, chief architect, David Sengupta, chief architect and Microsoft Exchange Server MVP, and Dmitry […]

Today’s job seeker is savvier than ever before. Countless career-related websites offer free information on resume construction, interview etiquette and employment statistics. Affordable professional coaches stand ready to guide the career minded through the rough waters of salary and benefits negotiation. And an explosion of self-help career books is transforming even green college grads into […]

Guide to IPsec VPNs Virtual Private Networks have become an essential part of enterprise computing, and IPsec has become the leading standard for securing VPNs. This overview gives you the basics of how to use Ipsec to lock down IP communications. IPsec is a framework of open standards for ensuring private communications over public networks. […]

You’ll be surprised at some of the cities where IT hiring has picked up in the past year. They might not have the highest numbers of jobs listed on Dice.com, but these areas show the highest rate of IT job growth as of Nov. 1st. It’s interesting to compare them with figures from last March.   […]

Guide for Security Configuration Management of Information Systems Your network and client systems are always in a state of flux, so you need a baseline to ensure these systems communicate in a secure manner. This research note will help you establish a security baseline for your network. An information system is composed of many components […]