Technology

SQL Server 2008

Like many of Microsoft’s recent software products (Visual Studio .Net, .Net Framework or C# 3.0) SQL Server 2008 has been enhanced based previous versions by fixing bugs and adding new functionality built based on existing features. This is a welcome strategy that helps ease the transition for developers and database administrators.
In this blog post I [...]

Mobile Broadband

Over recent years broadband has become the benchmark standard for internet access at home and at work and the days of dial-up speeds of 56k are a thing of the past. If you have been using the internet for long enough to remember how painfully slow this was, you’ll be pleasantly surprised at what mobile [...]

Microsoft SharePoint

Most businesses have to deal with a wealth of information on a daily basis, in the form of emails, office documents, meeting agendas, business plans, project milestones etc. You don’t have to be a genius to realise that even the most well oiled business can find it hard to organise all of this information in [...]

The Future of UK Broadband

As the web progresses and continues to deliver more elaborate and rich media content it is inevitable that the speeds at which this information is delivered must increase or at least stay relative to what is considered acceptable. This means that the broadband speeds offered by internet service providers (ISPs) needs to stay on par [...]

Global Web Stats - Part 2

Last year, I looked at the current trends in terms of browser and operating system market shares, as well as what screen resolutions people are using and the most popular internet user locations in terms of country.
I have been keeping constant track of changes in this data over the past year or so and have [...]

Hyper-V has been released for download

Microsoft has released for download Hyper-V version of Windows Server 2008, this component will allow IT users to run different virtual machines on one physical machine without the need of running a full Host OS.
With server virtulization you can cosolidate work loads of underutilized machines onto smaller number of servers reducing energy and hardware costs [...]

VDI - Virtual Desktop Infrastructure

With more and more companies outsourcing work abroad or even having their work force located around the globe and many roaming users that want access to their full system as if they where in the office.
IT professionals or facing huge challenge in maintaining client’s desktops and backing up all this dispersed data. For example you [...]

Open Office 2007 Docx files in Office 2003

If you are on office 2003 user this plug in will enable you to open office 2007 docs.  I haven’t the strength to tell you how idiotic Microsoft are to have created this problem!
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Firefox Developer Extensions

Here is a list of 25 Firefox Developer Extensions that we find extremely useful at Datadial. These extensions are geared towards web development, SEO, network administration and end user marketing.
1. Firebug
Firebug integrates with Firefox to put a wealth of development tools at your fingertips while you browse. You can edit, debug, and monitor CSS, HTML, [...]

Disclaimers & signatures

Disclaimers and signatures in general are very easy and quick to implement. Saying that if you are a small business running exchange 5.5 2000/2003/2007 and need to ensure that all users are setup with a standard Disclaimer and Signature or other advanced features you would normally need to use a third party software.
There is no [...]