Videos

The new, improved, fast, and dirty TROLOV — that’s TR Out Loud on Video — highlights the top discussions, the most active members, Tammy’s moderator rant, and TR community participation in under eight minutes. To listen to this week’s TR Out Loud as just an audio file, download the mp3.

If you don’t really trust Vista’s built-in tools or just like to have additional copies of your really important files, Vista includes a powerful, but hidden directory replication utility, called Robocopy that makes backing up files a snap. In this IT Dojo video, Bill Detwiler shows you how to access Robocopy and how to create a custom command-line script that backs up files to an external hard drive. 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.

As companies try to get the most for their IT dollar, they may consider using offshore resources for some of their IT needs. But having part of your team on the other side of the world can be challenging, to say the least. This episode of Sanity Savers for IT executives sets aside all of the political and career debates involved with offshoring and provides some practical advice for those who have to make it work. This includes some tips and strategies you can pass along to your project managers to help them prepare for an offshore relationship and be more effective in their interactions.

It’s the conversation we all dread: Talking to an employee whose behavior is having a bad effect on the team. Whether the issue is punctuality, work ethic, or worst of all, hygiene, the conversation is rarely pleasant. This episode of Sanity Savers for IT executives offers a few tips that will help you make these tricky conversations more comfortable and effective.

Did you know that you can map a virtual disk in Workstation 6 right from the graphical user interface (GUI)? Instead of powering up the virtual machine (VM) to copy and paste data between the guest and the host OS, you can simply map a virtual disk to the host computer and perform your maintenance, etc. This video blog provides you with an example.

Have you ever started the day with great ambitions and then realized at the end that you didn’t get anything done? It happens to everyone, but it happens to some people more often than others. That’s where time management skills come in. This episode of Sanity Savers for IT executives shares some popular tricks for making the most productive use of your day.

On the surface, choosing a UPS for your organization’s server room may seem like a simple task, but like many IT tasks, the devil is in the details. In this IT Dojo video, Bill gives you five tips to help you choose the right uninterruptible power supply for your environment. 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.

This episode of TROLOV (that’s TR Out Loud on Video) captures the top five discussions of the week, the TR members who were awarded the most “thumbs up,” and the TR members who posted the most comments on the site. You’ll also the latest update from Tammy, TR’s moderator, and see all of the great photos that were sent in by the TR community. To listen to this week’s TR Out Loud as just an audio file, download the mp3.

When you talk about IT leadership career tracks, the question that almost always comes up is, “What’s the difference between the CIO and the CTO?” Though the two roles sound similar, there are some clear distinctions between them. This episode of Sanity Savers for IT Executives explains the differences in goals, mandates, and skill sets for CIO and CTO.

Tcpdump may not have a slick frontend like other packet analyzers such as Wireshark and Ettercap, but this command line tool makes up for its lack of fancy graphics with power and flexibility. In this IT Dojo video, Bill Detwiler shows you why tcpdump is great tool for network debugging and security monitoring. 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.

TROLOV — that’s TR Out Loud on Video — is back again to educate and entertain the TR community about the weekly happenings on the TechRepublic forums. To listen to this week’s TR Out Loud as just an audio file, download the mp3.

Voice over IP can provide substantial savings on your telephone service by allowing you to use an IP network to make phone calls. You can also run VoIP over Wi-Fi, but you need to be aware of certain limitations. This episode of Sanity Savers for IT executives highlights the key issues to help you prepare for wireless VoIP.

Windows Vista’s User Account Control (or UAC) was designed to improve security. But, when you’re running Vista with anything other than administrator the constant UAC prompts can be a real pain. In this IT Dojo video, Bill Detwiler shows you how Task Scheduler and a custom desktop shortcut let you run UAC-restricted programs without encountering those annoying UAC prompts. 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.

This week’s TROLOV (TR Out Loud on Video) had even more fun behind the scenes at TechRepublic. Find out what some folks at TR think about the top discussions of the week, plus get the stats on which TR members are burning up the boards. Also, you don’t want to miss the very first video submissions by the TR community. To listen to this week’s TR Out Loud as just an audio file, download the mp3.

When you find yourself walking out of a meeting feeling energized by the ideas that emerged and the issues that were resolved, you should realize that someone took the time to define a purpose for the meeting and to manage the process effectively. This episode of Sanity Savers for IT executives explains how to plan, organize, and conduct successful meetings.

Spying on end users may an unwelcome activity for most IT pros, but it is often a necessary duty for network administrators. In this IT Dojo video, Bill Detwiler shows you a free tool called IEHistoryView that can help you investigate complaints of inappropriate Internet usage and suspicious browsing behavior. 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.

Just when everyone at TechRepublic started to feel safe, Sonja bought a Flip video camera. What exactly does this mean? TR Out Loud on Video (TROLOV) goes mobile! Find out who Sonja corners in the office to talk about the top five discussions of the week. Of course, TROLOV wouldn’t be complete without TR member participation, and there was plenty to pluck from this time around. To listen to this week’s TR Out Loud as just an audio file, download the mp3.

Green IT is one of the hottest trends in the technology industry. The idea is to provide computing services in an environmentally conscious way. Most green IT methods involve significant changes to an organization’s server and storage infrastructure and can even extend to the desktop. This episode of Sanity Savers for IT Executives shows how to start the process of lowering your energy consumption and making your IT infrastructure a little greener.