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Monday, June 18th, 2007
I decided to attend Debian Day with a point of view that I had heard that Open Source software could help my small business to reduce IT costs and bring competitive advantages. Here is a quick review of the talks from the event:-
Knowledge, Power and free Beer
Andreas Tille - Debian Developer
Andreas explained concepts of […]
Linux and Kilts
Thursday, June 14th, 2007
If you ever wanted to find out more about the Linux Operating System, this weekend could be a good starting point. The Debian Conference 2007, nicked named DebConf7 starts this weekend at the University of Edinburgh building Teviot between the 16th to 23rd of June.
Linux is a free alternative to Microsoft Windows […]
BBC Explanation of Open Source
Tuesday, June 12th, 2007If you run a small, medium or a large business and you are not sure what “Open Source” is all about, then the BBC’s Click program will give you an easy insight into the world of Open Source. The program contains an interview with Mark Shuttleworth, the man behind the Ubuntu a free and popular alternative to Microsoft […]
Windows Live Writer - Updated
Monday, June 11th, 2007If your a regular blogger or not, having a decent desktop blogging client is one of my biggest recommendations. If you know how to use a word processing client like Microsoft Word then you can use a blogging client. My main reasons for using one are…
Use it offline and post later
Spell checker
Quick and easy to […]
10 Resources To Improve Your Wireless Network
Thursday, June 7th, 2007 Image from The IT Managers Journal - Check out Jason’s blog
If you live in a city with similar architecture that of Edinburgh, i.e. walls thick enough to stop cannon balls (and wireless signals), offices split between two floors. Then you may of had issues with your wireless network. What’s more old buildings where never designed with network cable in mind, so it’s more […]
Linux Desktop Blogging Clients
Wednesday, March 21st, 2007Anyone who blogs on a daily basis knows that a desktop blogging client (application) can take the sting out of the whole process. Very much like using a word processor such as Microsoft Word you can format text, insert hyperlinks, spell check, insert pictures, technorati links, maps, YouTube videos in seconds rather than minutes with a web […]
200 Add on’s For Your Firefox Web Browser
Tuesday, November 21st, 2006Econsultant has come up with 200 Firefox extensions (or pluggin’s or add on’s) for your web browser. As always I’ve highlighted my favourite’s and ones that I feel would beneficial for businesses.
blog about the current page : Performancing for Firefox
bookmark at del.icio.us : Bookmark with Del.icio.us
save a webpage : ScrapBook
create a log of browsing […]
Ultimate List Of Cheat Sheets (For Everyone Else)
Monday, November 20th, 2006
Cheat sheets are usually no longer than one page with quick tips or short cuts for applications such as MS Word, programming languages even Web sites. Print them off and attach them to your notice board etc.
See the Google cheat sheet for example
Google Help : Cheat Sheet
Although this list is rather techie( for computers geek’s, like […]
50 Simple IT Ideas For Increasing Your Business Competitiveness & Productivity
Thursday, November 16th, 2006What IT services and technologies can a small or medium sized business use to increase productivity and give them a competitive edge?
Well without an IT guru knowing your business it is very difficult to give the right set of answers. So instead I hope this list will provide you with some ideas for you to think about, and maybe next time ask […]
What Open Source Alternatives are There To Microsoft Exchange that can run on Windows?
Thursday, October 12th, 2006I need a good Microsoft Exchange alternative that can…
A) Run on Windows
b) Is free or Open Source
C) Is not Mercury
I am aware of…
Free Solutions
Mercury - which we have used in the past but surely there is something better out there?
Commercial Solutions
FTGate4
Gordano Messaging Suite
Ipswitch Collaboration Suite
Kerio MailServer 6
MDaemon Pro
Bynari
You can find reviews at…
http://reviews.zdnet.co.uk/software/internet/0,39024165,39188758,00.htm
http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1895,1846663,00.asp
Linux Open Source
Unfortunately a […]