Deadline: 1 October
Features published throughout the month of November
2009.
Five tips on deploying VMWare
What are the challenges on running VMWare. This article covers
best practices for running VMWare virtualisation – looking at how
to avoid CPU, memory, I/O and storage bottlenecks that may
arise.
Free desktop software for Windows 7
This article investigates what applications and utilities are
available as free or open source for Windows 7. We will cover the
popular free and open source products, looking at how useful they
are and whether they can be used instead of commercial
products.
Office 2010 alternatives
How easy is it to use Google Docs, Lotus SmartSuite. Is it
realistic for a business to deploy these products instead of Office
2010?
Desktop hardware developments
This article will cover how desktop computing is changing – with
the advent of solid state disks, caching, 64-bit architectures
along with advancements in PC peripherals and processor
technology.
Merging the web with desktop computing
The article is about how desktop apps are becoming “webified”
and the merger of browser-based and desktop software. The first
thing is the emergence of rich internet apps like the stuff Adobe
produces with Flash and Flex – that provide applications with
greater intelligence compared to pure browser-based apps. Next,
companies like Microsoft and the PC makers are pushing the idea of
the rich internet client – which blurs the line between PC
applications and the web. At the same time Google Apps and MS
Office Live provide web-only versions of what has traditionally
been a desktop app. What’s missing is an efficient way for users to
work offline and synchronise their data whenever they have a
connection. The article will cover the development o RIA, the pros
and cons of web-only and the synchronisation problem.
User policy
IT and HR departments must keep pace with rapidly changing
trends in social media in order to ensure staff do not abuse
company IT systems. This article provides a guide to how to
construct a fair use policy document that provides the company with
protection from misuse of desktop PCs, and yet gives end users
enough freedom and flexibility to work effectively.