Videos

Today’s episode of CIO Sanity Savers passes along a few tricks that can help you bring diverse groups together and enable effective decision-making.

This episode of CIO Sanity Savers share a few ideas about how CIOs can best provide their CEOs with critical value and support.

This episode of CIO Sanity Savers explains how to identify and demonstrate the value of a proposed project by looking beyond just dollars and cents.

Troubleshooting slow Windows XP machines is a common IT task, and some of the culprits are pretty obvious. It could just be a question of upgrading the memory or disabling some of the unneeded applications that kick in at start-up. But if you’ve ruled those out, adjusting XP’s own Performance Options settings may do the trick. In this IT Dojo video, Bill Detwiler goes over several tweaks to speed up Windows XP. Once you’ve watched this IT Dojo video, you can find a link to the original TechRepublic article and print the tip from our IT Dojo Blog.

What better way to recap the weekly highlights at TechRepublic than with TROLOV — or TR Out Loud on Video. This episode contains the usual suspects, including the top discussions, most active members, and photo contributions. To listen to this week’s TR Out Loud as just an audio file, download the mp3.

So many workplace problems can be solved with a little communication.

At CES 2009, Bill Detwiler talked with representatives of Powermat about the company’s wireless charging products. Using the principle of magnetic induction, Powermat, and a handful of other companies, may soon put an end to that power cable mess that’s under your desk.

This episode of CIO Sanity Savers shares several strategies that will help you keep your finger on the pulse of your IT group.

Bill Detwiler explains how Windows Folder Redirection works, how to deploy it with Group Policy, and why it’s often better than roaming profiles. Once you’ve watched this IT Dojo video, you can find a link to the original TechRepublic article and print the tip from our IT Dojo Blog.

It was a quiet week from the TR community, but TROLOV — that’s TR Out Loud on Video — must go on! Take a look at the most active discussions and members on the boards, and then be sure to get involved for next week’s show! To listen to this week’s TR Out Loud as just an audio file, download the mp3.

Advice for keeping cool in times of frustration.

TROLOV — that’s TR Out Loud on Video — is back in full action this week! Find out what discussions and members have been most active on the boards, and then sit back and enjoy the submissions sent in by the TR community. To listen to this week’s TR Out Loud as just an audio file, download the mp3.

According to IS Audit and Control Association, 43 percent of organizations recently killed an IT project. This episode of CIO Sanity Savers discusses the top five reasons projects were killed and the implications of each one.

Once you get to a certain level in your career, most of your new job opportunities come from your personal network of contacts and not your resume. This episode of CIO Sanity Savers shares five networking tips that have worked for many IT and business professionals.

On the final day of the BlogHer 2009 conference, I had an opportunity to catch up with a few members of the BlogHer Tech Committee, including Sarah Dopp, Liz Henry, Shazia Mistry, Nelly Yusupova, and Virginia DeBolt. Learn about their roles at BlogHer09, the interest of tech-related topics by attendees, and how they keep fresh with their IT skills. For more information about BlogHer, please visit http://www.blogher.com/.

IT professionals can already download Windows 7 through Microsoft’s TechNet or MSDN, and the retail release will take place on October 22. Now is the time to determine how the new Microsoft operating system will affect your organization. As Bill Detwiler explains, IT departments should consider hardware requirements, upgrade paths, and driver compatibility before rolling out Windows 7. Once you’ve watched this IT Dojo video, you can find a link to the original TechRepublic article and print the tip from our IT Dojo Blog.

Elisa Camahort Page, co-founder and COO of BlogHer, took some time out of her busy schedule during BlogHer 2009 to answer a few questions about how BlogHer originated, the power of communities, how BlogHer melds its online and offline forums, and the trend of women in technology. For more information about BlogHer, please visit http://www.blogher.com/.

Bing was a sponsor of BlogHer 2009, and since I attended the conference in Chicago last month, I had the opportunity to catch up with Rajesh Srivastava, Bing’s Principle Group Manager. According to Rajesh, Bing moves beyond being just a search engine to actually help you make informed decisions. For more information about Bing, Microsoft’s dedicated search engine, visit Bing’s official Web site.