IT should not be all about technology. We’ve been striving always to put business needs and policy. That said we end up with a lot of specialized applications through different units in our institution. There’s a growing challenge to support in-house applications. Problems like managing data synchronization and application integration are some of the common […]

A friend asked to help out his colleagues business to setup an ecommerce website. Small businesses due to constrained IT expertise and budget usually starts out with the minimum ecommerce web hosting available. The initial goal is to reach as much customers with minimum cost. Small businesses have the tendency to hire some PHP web […]

The Internet in a way influenced changes in the advertising industry. Big traditional media advertising companies like Walt Disney Company, AOL, News Corp., and others have been evaluating their strategies. It’s known that advertising market is one of those that are badly hit by the financial recession. Businesses scramble to get much from their advertising […]

There’s a popular saying from computer geeks which goes like - “If it’s ain’t broken don’t fix it”. This month our Windows 2000 computer server which host MSSQL 7.0 Database crashed several times. Thus, I consider putting in something new. I thought that it would be the time to upgrade to a newer MSSQL version. […]

I got an SVOA Warrior C2D 29300A computer CPU as replacement for my crashed old computer. I have installed Ubuntu Server 9.04 Linux on a breeze, but I still need to update some files from the Internet. I am behind some monitored network which requires authentication to browse the Internet. To get pass through this […]

When my seven (7) year old Windows XP desktop computer crashed, I got a replacement computer CPU. An office mate insisted on getting an IBM or Dell computer, but due to budget constraints, I got SVOA computer. The brand is not very popular, but I am happy to have it. Some SVOA Warrior C2D 29300A […]

Internet technology has complemented globalization in marketing products. A business not using the power of the Internet to reach prospective customer and clients is behind the competition. Studies by LinkedIn Research Network/Harris Poll shows that Internet advertising leads media campaigns while print advertising trailed behind. With Internet announcing to hundreds of news and media outlets […]

The IT department is in constant review when it comes to outsourcing. Job reclassification and other steps to stream line the workforce was done. Computer repair or IT related skilled worker is still in demand. Most management had identified that an IT skilled worker would be essential in maintaining a lean organization. Thus, it would […]

Power failures and power fluctuations are computer system killers. Every computer have uninterruptible power systems installed, but sometimes unthinkable things do happen. We’ve been hit by power outage as usually, but what’s surprising is our Dell PowerEdge 2550 computer server lost power. The Dell PowerEdge was placed on a server rack which have it’s own […]

The Internet has played an important role in a world has become more multi-disciplinary and more interconnected. The global economy has turned businesses to use the power of Internet Marketing in reaching their clients. It’s very obvious that the Internet of today has transformed the way people learn about and shop for products. A decade […]

A web application project for our undergraduate program was in the making. There are agreements of leveraging open source programming language like PHP which very popular to developers. The only concern is on how will it work well with proprietary Oracle Database, especially on data security. Developers don’t lack the choices available when building web […]

Computer data at work and home is growing tremendously. A wide variety of media files like photo images, audio files, video files, and other office suite files increase in volume as days passes by. Those files are very important and that’s why we need to backup data. When it comes to data backup, the most […]

Advanced Computer Aided Design software are being used for developing jewelry. Modern jewelry manufacturers have integrated 3D design software. A realistic intricate virtual 3D jewelry could be designed on a computer. The designs could then be sent on email or printed for customers. Jewelry design software goes further by creating a file which is CAM […]

An offline chat window message informed that blog site pastelcorner.com on shared web hosting have some error. I checked the website and everything works fine without problem. Thus, I though the problem was already resolved. Little did I know that the error only shows up when the post title is clicked. The page then shows […]

Watching TV programs through satellite broadcast without monthly fee is the most economical option to monthly paid subscription programs. Thus, instead of subscribing to UBC for watching programs like National Geographic, Discovery, CNN, etc. some would just buy a Free to Air satellite TV up and running. Free to Air satellite TV does not need […]

Transcription software was used mostly in media production and publication units. When I was on vacation, I get a chance to visit my auntie that works on such field. Their work involves radio and TV programs. They also print some magazine that are freely given which comes from talks and sharing. Desktop computers have played […]

Database Administrator’s job includes patches, upgrades, custom development, testing, compliance, tuning, and database maintenance. DBA software helps achieve the various task which affects the entire organization. The importance of data backup grows with the size of the user base. DBA’s sometimes become complacent due to the availability of task schedulers and other automation software. Basic […]

Playing catch up with Google Web Applications which spread on the Internet about three years ago, Microsoft giant software developer have announced the availability of the Office 2010 for limited testing this week. The latest MS Office 2010 suite has little external difference to Office 2007. The improvements now are geared towards stuff under the […]

Modern working place relies heavily on the use of computer technology. Keeping with the pace of technology growth is to upgrade knowledge and skills on computer technology. This is the case for people who work in the Information Technology unit. I myself am looking forward to secure an online degree in computer technology. Knowing a […]

Search engines are very useful tool that everyone has come to use at home or at work. A problem I encountered lately with the prominent Google search engine is the failure to open the international website. Opening www.google.com redirects for example to a local search engine page or regional search engine page like www.google.co.th, www.google.co.jp. […]