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massive powerpoint presentation

powerpoint presentation contains a lot of jpeg files. |It is 220MB. I cannot open it, even on other PCs. I have burny a CD of it. Are there any tools available that can help me reduce the size of this monster.

asked by geoffreyhalleds

  0 pts.

Lotus Notes Domino Upgrade from 4.6 to 4.6.7/4.6.7a

We are upgrading from Lotus Notes Domino and Clients from 4.6 (IBM PC's) and 4.5 (MAC's) to 6.5 on a new e-mail server. According to the IBM Redbook, we need the 4.6.7 and 4.6.7a downloads applied to our 4.6 Domino before upgrading to Lotus Notes Domino 6.5. We looked on several Lotus sites, and...

View Answer   |  Aug 10 2004  1:18 PM GMT
Tech support, Help Desk, Vendor support
asked by billkessler

  0 pts.

future of IT

though today IT industry is seeing a stedy growth, what will be the real future of IT industry.is there any chance of another regression.

View Answer   |  Aug 9 2004  6:19 AM GMT
Business/IT alignment
asked by vivekanandan

  0 pts.

future of IT

though today IT industry is seeing a stedy growth, what will be the real future of IT industry.is there any chance of another regression.

View Answer   |  Aug 9 2004  6:19 AM GMT
Business/IT alignment
asked by vivekanandan

  0 pts.

Alternate way to stop Oracle Services on Win 2K Server-2

Our database server is a Machine running Windows 2K Server. We make our backups stopping the Oracle Service and then copying the files to other location (and then to tape), but in order to do this, the user loged in on the server must be an administrator, and this is a problem, because the backup...

View Answer   |  Aug 2 2004  2:25 PM GMT
Hardware, Windows, Windows 2000 Server
asked by carlosdl

  29855 pts.

Alternate way to stop Oracle Services on Win 2K Server

Our database server is a Machine running Windows 2K Server. We make our backups stopping the Oracle Service and then copying the files to other location (and then to tape), but in order to do this, the user loged in on the server must be an administrator, and this is a problem, because the backup...

View Answer   |  Aug 2 2004  1:16 PM GMT
Hardware, Windows, Windows 2000 Server
asked by carlosdl

  29855 pts.

Data Protection Act [UK]

Hi, Can anyone point me in the direction of an up-to-date summary [in layman's terms] of this act? Thanks in advance

View Answer   |  Jun 4 2004  11:02 AM GMT
Compliance, Laws, Regulations
asked by mattaux

  0 pts.

DB2 Automated Utilities - Vendor selection

We use the IBM utilities suite and our own in-house utilities automation for DB2 v7. Our automated utilities is now draining us with heavy maintenance and since V7, there are still a few holes that could cause us some serious damage if not fixed in the near future. However, with V8, we would...

View Answer   |  Jun 3 2004  11:08 AM GMT
IT architecture, DB2, MVS
asked by galvtx

  0 pts.

CIPS certification

Hi. If I already have a BSC degree from a post secondary institute, how important is a Canadian Information Processing Society ISP certification ?

View Answer   |  May 31 2004  2:01 PM GMT
Career development, Certifications
asked by dc2004

  0 pts.

Computer Security Certification and/or Degree

Just wondering whether certification and/or an advanced degree in computer security would be most beneficial for career enhancement. Any opinions?

View Answer   |  May 27 2004  4:46 PM GMT
Career development, Certifications
asked by dbgomi

  0 pts.

Project testing

All projects I have been engeged in over the last years follow the T-Map testing approach. Though this approach fonctions correctly, I would like to compare with a competing approach to see differences and more easy spot weaknesses in either approaches. Do you have a suggestion on where to find an...

View Answer   |  May 27 2004  6:02 AM GMT
Tech support, Software testing
asked by Soetkin

  0 pts.

Certification in Business and Personal communications

If you had a candidate who was "Certified" by a reputable company or university in "Effective Communications" or "Advanced Interpersonal Communications", would it cause you to take notice of their resume or application over another individual?

View Answer   |  May 25 2004  9:44 AM GMT
Career development, Outsourcing, Certifications
asked by EXPERTJohnBrandt

  0 pts.

What is the best way to demonstrate your IT & business skills & knowledge?

Being a management staff, how will you justify if a person is suitable for a post of Business Analysis or Client Analytics? Being a person armed with business skills and above average IT knowledge + a few diploma/professional qualifications in IT related subjects, how will you demonstrate your...

View Answer   |  May 24 2004  10:22 PM GMT
Career development, Outsourcing
asked by melwys

  0 pts.

DBA Certification

1. When looking for a DB2 z/OS DBA, would you put the IBM certified resumes at the top of the pile? 2. Please classify in years experience or other simple form, senior DBA and professional DBA (I realize there are other factors, but just looking for what the average expectancy is)

View Answer   |  May 24 2004  11:50 AM GMT
Career development
asked by galvtx

  0 pts.

Capital Budget

Here at PACCAR we are about to enter the "capital budget planning process" for 2005. I'm wondering how other companies handle the concept of estimating how much a proposed project might cost given the rapidly changing IT world we live in. Here, it seems as though we make our best guess, double the...

View Answer   |  May 18 2004  10:49 AM GMT
Budgeting
asked by khavekost

  15 pts.

Bandwidth control

Bandwidth control of indvidual Internet users in Windows 2000 Server User Group. The ISA Server can control time of access and priority, file filters etc, but what about bandwidth?

View Answer   |  May 14 2004  1:23 PM GMT
Tech support
asked by Testpeer

  0 pts.

Cost Justification on Business Intelligence Project

I am having some problems justifying the expenses associated with a Business Intelligence project, as our senior management are not really aware of what it entails. They assume it is just basic MI delivered to them via a web portal, but no matter how hard I try to explain that it will enable them...

View Answer   |  May 14 2004  10:46 AM GMT
Business/IT alignment, ROI & cost justification
asked by Darryn

  370 pts.

Disaster Recovery - doing it for real

What experience do you have of invoking your Disaster Recovery procedures for real? Like all good IT departments we have a procedure which is trialled each year. The true test, of course, only comes when you have to use it in anger.

View Answer   |  May 14 2004  5:24 AM GMT
Business/IT alignment, IT Governance
asked by AMorganJones

  0 pts.

DISTINCT or work-around

Greetings from Vijay, Consider table B as below with columns b1 and b2. Table B B1 B2 ========== 1 abc 2 xyx 3 abc 4 efg 1 xyx 3 abc 4 car 5 edf Query 1 ========= select distinct b2 from B Output : ====== B2 ============ abc car edf efg xyx Explain Plan: Query 1 ===================== ...

View Answer   |  May 13 2004  12:04 AM GMT
Tech support, Oracle, SQL
asked by Vijaysai

  0 pts.

Database Management: Comprehensive Admin Tools; Business Intelligence; Integrations/Migrations

Permit me to preface this communication with accolades to the TechTarget team for providing this forum. I am certain it will prove invaluable for IT and business professionals. I would like to poll the members regarding their respective takes of the following database management initiatives...

asked by ericggordon

  0 pts.

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