Authorised and Unauthorised Software

Author: Zechariah

Published: 24/11/2008

The bigger your business is, the harder it can sometimes be to keep an eye on whats happening with your software. All businesses need software for their computers; the type and amount of software programs required depends largely on the type of business being run and how large it...

Could Your IT Department Be More Streamlined?

Author: Zechariah

Published: 24/11/2008

Many companies take on extra staff when business is good, ensuring they have enough people on board to cope with all the tasks that need to be done. But enough people does not always correspond to the right number of people. Moreover its easy for job roles to become blurred,...

Do You Have Access To Enough IT Staff?

Author: Zechariah

Published: 24/11/2008

No matter how well a business is run and how efficient its computer system is, employees will always run into problems now and again. Whether its a simple computer glitch or a major error, its good to know you have the right staff on hand to solve the problem in the shortest amount of...

SSH Tunneling In Your Application

Author: Zechariah

Published: 24/11/2008

Introduction This article is dedicated to the task of securing MySQL client-server connection using functionality provided by the Secure Shell (SSH) protocol. To be exact, the SSH tunneling concept is utilized. We will review the steps needed to build secure MySQL client...

Oracle 11G’s Strong Verifier and Case Sensitive Password

Author: Zechariah

Published: 24/11/2008

As an Oracle DBA, you probably have heard a lot about the new security features in Oracle 11G such as database vault, audit vault, strong verifier, enhanced ASO, etc. But with a busy schedule, how do you find the time to study all the topics in depth? Are all of them going to affect your...

Understanding The Specifications Puzzle

Author: Zechariah

Published: 24/11/2008

\"You like potato and I like potahto You like tomato and I like tomahto Potato, potahto, Tomato, tomahto.\" Let’s call the whole thing off.\" - Lyrics by Ira Gershwin; Music by George Gershwin Defining specifications for the design and development of systems and...

Understanding the Components of a Home Network

Author: Zechariah

Published: 24/11/2008

Home networks are becoming more common. People want to be able to share a single broadband Internet connection to several computers in the house. There are many different devices that you can use to make up your home network. If you have never heard network terminology device names like...

Operating Systems: File Systems

Author: Zechariah

Published: 24/11/2008

File systems are an integral part of any operating systems with the capacity for long term storage. There are two distinct parts of a file system, the mechanism for storing files and the directory structure into which they are organised. In mordern operating systems where it is possibe...

Windows And Software Installation Automation In An Enterprise

Author: Zechariah

Published: 24/11/2008

IT department automation in an enterprise. Recommended: for the heads of enterprises, IT departments, system administrators This article will tell you: How to quickly install Windows on all computers of an enterprise. How to quickly upgrade software on all...

Ecommerce Implementation - A case study

Author: Zechariah

Published: 24/11/2008

Technical Report The e-commerce implementation at CanCric Sam Harnett Document Introduction This document presents the analysis of an e-commerce implementation in the CanCric, a Canterbury based company that sells cricket products to sports stores around the...