http://www.windowsitpro.com/authors/author/author/5737833/rss/5737833en-USSun, 27 May 2012 07:08:33 GMTSun, 27 May 2012 07:08:33 GMThttp://www.windowsitpro.com/article/green-computing2/it-can-turn-to-the-cloud-to-make-their-companies-greener
By Karen Bemowski
An increasing number of companies are providing their offerings via the cloud. One such company is New Boundary Technologies’ PwrSmart Service, a centralized PC power management solution that’s designed as a web-based service.]]>Karen BemowskiMon, 20 Sep 2010 12:07:00 GMThttp://www.windowsitpro.com/article/green-computing2/it-can-turn-to-the-cloud-to-make-their-companies-greenerhttp://www.windowsitpro.com/article/buyers-guide/power-management-software-for-windows-workstations-buyers-guide
By Karen Bemowski
One way to cut costs is to reduce workstations’ energy consumption. With power management software, you can centrally configure and manage the power management settings for numerous workstations—including those running older client OSs—without writing any scripts.]]>Karen BemowskiFri, 17 Sep 2010 00:01:00 GMThttp://www.windowsitpro.com/article/buyers-guide/power-management-software-for-windows-workstations-buyers-guidehttp://www.windowsitpro.com/article/green-computing2/power-management-in-servers
By Karen Bemowski
Eliminating unused physical and virtual servers and running the remaining servers at slower speeds when they’re not doing pertinent work can reduce operational and energy costs.]]>Karen BemowskiThu, 05 Aug 2010 13:02:00 GMThttp://www.windowsitpro.com/article/green-computing2/power-management-in-servershttp://www.windowsitpro.com/article/buyers-guide/buyer-s-guide-event-log-managers
By Karen Bemowski
Reviewing event logs is an important but tedious task, so it’s often put off until tomorrow. If tomorrow never comes, you might consider getting an event log manager.]]>Karen BemowskiWed, 23 Jun 2010 17:30:00 GMThttp://www.windowsitpro.com/article/buyers-guide/buyer-s-guide-event-log-managershttp://www.windowsitpro.com/article/tsql3/new-to-scripting-check-out-these-series
By Karen Bemowski
If you want to learn about PowerShell, Windows shell scripting (.bat and .cmd), or T-SQL, here are some novice-level articles that can help.]]>Karen BemowskiFri, 09 Oct 2009 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.windowsitpro.com/article/tsql3/new-to-scripting-check-out-these-serieshttp://www.windowsitpro.com/article/database-administration/the-great-debate-should-you-shrink-databases-
By Karen Bemowski
The debate over whether you should or shouldn’t shrink databases took center stage recently. Find out what your peers think, then let us know what you think.]]>Karen BemowskiFri, 18 Sep 2009 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.windowsitpro.com/article/database-administration/the-great-debate-should-you-shrink-databases-http://www.windowsitpro.com/article/tips/tool-time-175-free-tools-for-the-taking
By Karen Bemowski
Find out about 175 freebies you can take advantage of when working with Windows OSs, virtual machines, Exchange servers, SharePoint sites, and even SQL Server setups.]]>Karen BemowskiTue, 08 Sep 2009 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.windowsitpro.com/article/tips/tool-time-175-free-tools-for-the-takinghttp://www.windowsitpro.com/article/tips/the-reader-to-reader-tool-time-reference
By Karen Bemowski
In the Reader to Reader "Tool Time" column, readers recommend free tools that they’ve used. Here’s what they’re recommending.]]>Karen BemowskiTue, 08 Sep 2009 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.windowsitpro.com/article/tips/the-reader-to-reader-tool-time-referencehttp://www.windowsitpro.com/article/news2/join-the-effort-to-power-it-down
By Karen Bemowski
You’ve probably heard of Earth Day, but are you aware that today is Power IT Down Day?]]>Karen BemowskiThu, 27 Aug 2009 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.windowsitpro.com/article/news2/join-the-effort-to-power-it-downhttp://www.windowsitpro.com/article/windows-management-instrumentation-wmi/remote-administration-software-puts-a-gui-face-on-wmi-s-functionality
By Karen Bemowski
With WMIX 2.0, you don’t need to write a script or install software agents to query and manage remote Windows machines.]]>Karen BemowskiTue, 18 Aug 2009 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.windowsitpro.com/article/windows-management-instrumentation-wmi/remote-administration-software-puts-a-gui-face-on-wmi-s-functionalityhttp://www.windowsitpro.com/article/news2/computer-glitch-almost-stopped-the-eagle-from-landing
By Karen Bemowski
You might have heard that the Apollo 11 computers had less processing power than a cell phone but did you know that a computer glitch nearly stopped the Eagle lunar module from landing?]]>Karen BemowskiTue, 21 Jul 2009 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.windowsitpro.com/article/news2/computer-glitch-almost-stopped-the-eagle-from-landinghttp://www.windowsitpro.com/article/scripting/good-bye-for-now-
By Karen Bemowski
Although this is the last issue of Scripting Central, you’ll still be able to find out about our scripts and scripting tools.]]>Karen BemowskiFri, 05 Jun 2009 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.windowsitpro.com/article/scripting/good-bye-for-now-http://www.windowsitpro.com/article/windows-powershell/new-version-of-powershell-tool-provides-prepackaged-scripts-and-commands
By Karen Bemowski
The QuickClick Library in Idera’s PowerShellPlus 3.0 features around 100 prepackaged scripts and commands for performing tasks in Windows, Active Directory, SharePoint, VMware, and other areas.]]>Karen BemowskiWed, 13 May 2009 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.windowsitpro.com/article/windows-powershell/new-version-of-powershell-tool-provides-prepackaged-scripts-and-commandshttp://www.windowsitpro.com/article/vbscript/script-trek-the-article
By Karen Bemowski
A script designed to re-adjust the Enterprise’s engine parameters so that the Enterprise can get free from a space-time vortex fails to work. In the nick of time, the Star Trek crew discovers that their bad assumptions about data types is the culprit.]]>Karen BemowskiFri, 01 May 2009 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.windowsitpro.com/article/vbscript/script-trek-the-articlehttp://www.windowsitpro.com/article/news2/it-departments-doing-more-with-less-is-topic-of-white-paper-
By Karen Bemowski
Although many IT departments face the prospect of cutback, its core responsibilities are not going away. Understanding business processes and using automation where appropriate can help IT pros do more with less.]]>Karen BemowskiThu, 30 Apr 2009 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.windowsitpro.com/article/news2/it-departments-doing-more-with-less-is-topic-of-white-paper-http://www.windowsitpro.com/article/news2/eliminate-the-paper-trail-and-save-some-money
By Karen Bemowski
Reducing the amount of paper used in core business processes can lead to many benefits, including reduce costs and more effective processes.]]>Karen BemowskiThu, 23 Apr 2009 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.windowsitpro.com/article/news2/eliminate-the-paper-trail-and-save-some-moneyhttp://www.windowsitpro.com/article/html-application-hta/free-utility-retrieves-ip-addresses-and-computer-names
By Karen Bemowski
If you’re using IPv4 and you often need to obtain IP addresses for computers or obtain computers’ names based on IP addresses, you’ll probably find GetIPs.hta handy.]]>Karen BemowskiFri, 03 Apr 2009 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.windowsitpro.com/article/html-application-hta/free-utility-retrieves-ip-addresses-and-computer-nameshttp://www.windowsitpro.com/article/news2/partnership-to-provide-companies-with-data-and-reports-on-their-environmental-impact
By Karen Bemowski
Similar to a Dun & Bradstreet credit report, EQ2 will provide environmental quality reports that are based on the greenhouse gas data collected and aggregated by AMEE.]]>Karen BemowskiFri, 27 Mar 2009 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.windowsitpro.com/article/news2/partnership-to-provide-companies-with-data-and-reports-on-their-environmental-impacthttp://www.windowsitpro.com/article/blade-servers/energy-efficient-blade-solution-for-smbs
By Karen Bemowski
Appro’s GreenBlade Series blade solution doubles the density of a 1U server while consuming less energy and floor space.]]>Karen BemowskiFri, 20 Mar 2009 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.windowsitpro.com/article/blade-servers/energy-efficient-blade-solution-for-smbshttp://www.windowsitpro.com/article/windows-management-instrumentation-wmi/type-accelerators-a-useful-but-undocumented-feature-in-powershell-1-0
By Karen Bemowski
If you never heard of PowerShell’s [wmi], [wmiclass], and [wmisearcher] type accelerators, you’re not alone. Find out what they are and why should you care about them.]]>Karen BemowskiThu, 19 Mar 2009 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.windowsitpro.com/article/windows-management-instrumentation-wmi/type-accelerators-a-useful-but-undocumented-feature-in-powershell-1-0