Copyright 2006 Francesca Black
Anti-Virus Software:
Install virus protection software. That means three things: having it on your computer in the first place, checking daily for new virus signature updates, and then actually scanning all the files on your computer periodically. Update your anti-virus software daily or weekly and schedule a regular scan. Make sure all family members know what to do if the home computer becomes infected.
Locate Anti-Virus Software - http://www.monitoring-software.net/
Install Firewall Software:
Firewalls act as a gatekeepers between your computer or network and the Internet. They are essential for those who keep their computers online through the popular DSL and cable modem connections, but they are also valuable for those who still dial in. Protect your computer from Internet intruders. Use firewalls. Firewalls are usually software product but can also be hardware solutions.
Passwords:
Choose passwords or Personal Identification Numbers (PINs) that are difficult for others to guess. Use both letters and numbers and a combination of lower- and upper-case letters if the passwords are case-sensitive. Use a different password for each of your Internet accounts.
Passwords should not be names, or words (from any language). Hackers who try to obtain passwords for accounts that don’t belong to them (called crackers) use large dictionaries filled with these kinds of passwords. In order to protect yourself against these people, simply don’t use common words!
Change these passwords frequently. Don’t keep your password where someone can see it. If it can possibly be avoided, don’t write it down at all. There are ways to create passwords that are both secure and easy to remember. Remember that your password unlocks your online identity. Don’t leave yourself logged in when your machine is unattended. Everything that is done with your account can and will be attributed to you. It’s best that you keep your password somewhat esoteric. Do not use the same password for different systems.
More on Passwords - http://www.password-software
Backups:
Back up your computer data on disks or CDs regularly. Retain the only copies of those files on removable media and store the media in a safe place. Use accessories such as rewriteable CD drives and zip disks for copies of your important files - they’re easy to use and relatively cheap.
Alert:
Be alert for fraudulent (sometimes called “phishing”) emails. They may appear to come from a reputable business or a trusted friend but are actually designed to trick you into downloading a virus to your computer or directing you to a Web site to disclose sensitive or personal information. An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure, educate all system users to be alert for phishing scams.
Practice Safe Computing:
Protect shared files and folders. Set the permissions on the share to “read-only.” This means that no one will be able to copy, delete, modify, or rename your files. Set-up login accounts and file permissions, so only authorised users can access the system. Unix and Windows NT/2000 have these security functions built in. If you run Windows 95/98/Me, you can buy products to provide this protection.
Configure the access restrictions to individual files or folders, so other users can only access the files you want them to. Understand and use the security features provided by your PC software, such as those included in many operating systems, browsers and word processing systems. The safest option is to set your computer to ignore Java and ActiveX programming languages. Otherwise set your browser to ask you each time it is about to run Java and ActiveX code.
Depending on what you know about the site, you will at least have the choice to run it, or not. If information privacy is imperative you should also consider using a file- or disk-encryption system on the sensitive files.
About the Author:
Francesca Black develops educational material for www.security-port.com and www.security-protection.net a top resource for locating security related RSS feeds.
With all the volcanoes happening in the world and all the plate tectonic shifting and seismic activity it makes sense to have better volcano prediction software to help scientists and researchers know when a volcano might potentially go off. By doing this we can save human lives in many regions of the world.
Volcanic prediction software also needs to include the influences of the moon gravity waves and also take into consideration solar flare activity from the sun. Although these alone are not the most important of all possible scenarios to take into considerations to be put into the software they are amongst some of the criteria and data sets that we need to look into.
For volcanic prediction software to actually work we must take into consideration all the possible triggers that can cause a volcano and which ones make volcanic activity more likely. Recently, there has been new volcanic prediction software, which has come out which does take into consideration for other possible criteria and components determining the percentages and factors associated with predicting volcanoes.
By using greater numbers of data sets and criteria and supercomputers to crunch the data we should be able to predict volcanoes much more precisely in the future and save lives around the world. Please consider this in 2006.
Educational software companies were among the first software developers in the early days of desktop computing. They recognized the potential of using computers for learning purposes, and were quick to develop products that helped make this happen. But because of market changes and fast-changing technology, these educational software companies have to face unique challenges now more than ever.
Problems facing educational software companies
The costs of education are running high, and this its toll on educational software companies. Schools are now hesitant to install additional infrastructures such as networks that are needed to run school-wide educational software.
The peripheral expenses involved in implementing educational software are getting higher, and schools usually can’t afford to squeeze them into their already tight budgets. And even when administrators do request for budget realignment or additional funding from the state boards, their requests are denied more often than not. This is because state boards usually have budgets strictly set well ahead of time, and is almost never any room for deviation.
External financing is the obvious solution, but it may take years for schools to find this kind of money, if at all. Meanwhile, educational software companies suffer the losses and scramble to find viable financial means to subsist while schools that have already signed up to buy their educational software systems find ways to raise the funds to pay them.
The future of educational software companies
Companies that develop educational software are on shaky ground. They are very easily disturbed by downturns not only in the software and web industries, but in the educational system as well. The overall sales of both school-wide educational software systems and individual CD ROM-based systems has significantly decreased because of major changes in all these three stimulant industries around the year 2000. This is why many software companies have either closed or downsized.
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Microsoft Great Plains, designed back in 1990th as database transferable and graphical platform independent ERP application - Great Plains Dynamics/Dynamics C/S+/eEnterprise. For eCommerce developer the most important is to understand Great Plains tables structure and business processes in Sales Order Processing, Accounts Receivables, Inventory Control (inventory items allocation, backordering, etc), posting to Bank Reconciliation and General Ledger. And this is where Great Plains structure seems to be not transparent. Let’s give you highlights:
1. Great Plains Tables Structure. Open Great Plains, if on version 7.5 or prior, Tools->Resource Description->Tables, then you should select Sales series, explore these tables:
2. Sales Order Processing module (SOP)
• SOP10100 - Sales Order Processing header
• SOP10200 - Sales Order Processing lines
• SOP10102 - Sales Distribution Work and History - it is how Invoices will be distributed in GL - in case if you are creating quote or sales order with the following processing in GP backend - you do not need distribution
3. Accounts Receivable module:
• RM00101 - Customer Master
• RM00102 - Customer Address Master - each customer can have multiple addresses for delivering, billing, statement mailing, etc.
4. Possible issues and recommendations:
• If using eConnect - you may decide to transfer Sales Orders to Invoices automatically with eConnect - this might be tricky and additional scripting might be needed, especially if you are doing automatic order allocation by line item. If you are trying to relay on eConnect exclusively and not researching Great Plains Architecture - you will need additions to eConnect from third party vendor, such as Alba Spectrum Technologies, which has the whole set of SOP populating stored procedures
• If you are not using eConnect and creating your own custom stored procedures - you should probably create orders or other objects in Great Plains and then look at the way how they were recorded in SOP tables
• If you feel that you need to relay on Great Plains engine behind the scenes (because you feel that imitation will require you to rewrite substantial portion of Great Plains logic) - you could deploy Dexterity triggers from Great Plains side - this solution requires professional Dexterity programmer and is more reliable and upgrade - proof
Good luck with implementation, customization and integration and if you have issues or concerns - we are here to help! If you want us to do the job - give us a call 866-528-0577 or 630-961-5918! help@albaspectrum.com
Andrew is Great Plains specialist in Alba Spectrum Technologies ( http://www.albaspectrum.com ) - Microsoft Great Plains, Navision, Microsoft CRM Partner, serving clients in
California, Minnesota, Illinois, Washington, Florida, Arizona, New York, New Jersey, Virginia, Georgia, Louisiana, Texas, Canada, UK, Australia, Brazil, Germany, Russia
