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What is Microsoft Project 2010?

Microsoft® Project 2010 is a tool that assists managers in managing a project plan by keeping track of the resource utilization, the schedule and the allocated budget. It also provides manager the ability to view information using different views such as Gantt charts, Network diagram, task usage, timeline, resource usage and simple table format. Using Microsoft Project, managers can manage large tasks and increase their ability to track changes, manage timetables and sub-projects within the schedule, resource and budget constraints.

For more information on Instructor Led Hands-on Microsoft Project 2010 training in Orange County, click here or visit http://www.nrclc.com/Certification/ProjectManagement.html

Vazi Okhandiar, PMP, MCT

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SEO: Indentifying Broken Links in Your Website

A broken link (also known as deal link or dangling link) in a website is a link that doesn’t work anymore, because they link to the page or a site that do not exist anymore. It is a dead-end for customers and a search engines. These links can drive your potential customer away and prevent search engines from properly indexing your website.

It is a good idea to regularly check all the links in your website to make sure they are all working.
Google provides a Google webmaster tools to identify the broken links.  For more information on how to set up and user the Google webmaster to find broken links, visit http://sixrevisions.com/website-management/find-remove-broken-links/

If you don’t want to set-up an account in Google, then there are several free online tools available to check for broken links on your website. Following is a list of tools for checking broken links in your website:

To use the tools listed above, click on any one of the tool and enter the URL for your website. The tools will list all the webpages where it finds the broken link. It is a good idea to regularly check for broken links in your website and fix them immediately to ensure continuous availability of your content to maintain your customer base and improve your website ranking.

Vazi Okhandiar
Director
NR Computer Learning center
For more information on our training program, visit http://www.nrclc.com/

Develop Business Intelligence Report using Open Source Technology

On Feb 11, 2010 Shaku Atre, Mark Gamble and Vazi Okhandiar presented a webinar on Interactive Analytics for Business analysts and developers to become familiar with using Business Intelligence Reporting Tool (BIRT) to design and develop Interactive Financial Dashboards and Business Intelligence (BI) Applications with rich data visualizations.

BIRT is a top level project within Eclipse and is the fastest growing open source reporting technology with over 5 million downloads in the past 2 years. Actuate founded and continues to co-lead the Eclipse BIRT open source project.

The presentation consisted of following three parts:

  • Part 1: Introduction to Business Analytics
  • Part 2: Introduction to Actuate BIRT
  • Part 3: Introduction to Eclipse BIRT

PART 1: Introduction to Business Analytics

Shaku Atre, Founder and President of the Atre Group, Inc., presented on an introduction to Interactive Analytics, the components of an interactive analytic application and the use of an interactive analytic application in a Financial Industry. The presentation included developing cost effective Business Intelligence (BI) application using Open Source, a difference between a “good” software and “bad” software and how BI applications have evolved over the decade.

To view the presentation by Shaku Atre, visit http://smb-technology.blogspot.com/.

PART 2: Introduction to Actuate’s BIRT Reporting Tool

Mark Gamble, the Head of the Actuate Marketing Applications Team, included an overview of Actuate and an introduction to Actuate Business Intelligence Reporting Tool (BIRT). Mark Gamble also demonstrated the use of Actuate BIRT to develop various types of reports and dashboards for analyzing business data.

To view the presentation by Mark Gamble, visit http://smb-technology.blogspot.com/.

Part 3: Introduction to Developing BI Application using Eclipse BIRT

Vazi Okhandiar, Founder of NR Computer Learning Center and a Vice President of Technology at mLogica, Inc, presented on the introduction to the BIRT Architecture, Eclipse BIRT installation and JDBC & MySQL configuration. Vazi also gave a live presentation illustrating how simple report can be created using Eclipse BIRT and MySQL.

To view the presentation by Vazi Okhandiar, visit http://smb-technology.blogspot.com/#vazi.

About the Presenters:
Shaku Atre
Shaku is a world-renowned expert on Business Intelligence and database technology. Shaku is the Founder and President of the Atre Group, Inc., and has written six, very successful books on database-related topics, which have been translated in many languages. She worked for IBM Germany, IBM World Trade Corp. in various capacities. She was an IT Partner at Price Waterhouse Coopers.

Mark Gamble
Mark is the Head of the Actuate Marketing Applications team that builds and maintains reference Actuate applications. He joined Actuate in 1999 as a sales engineer in Detroit, supporting sales efforts for Actuate Version 3. With thorough knowledge of Actuate product capabilities and business applications, Mark emphasizes both technical and business benefits in his presentations. Depth of knowledge and engaging style make him a popular choice for live Actuate demonstrations.

Vazi Okhandiar, PMP, MCT, MBA, MSCS, BSEE

Vazi is an Executive Director at NR Computer Learning Center and a Vice President of Technology at mLogica, Inc. She has over 20 years of experience in consulting and providing training in IT Project Management, application architecture, design and web-based application development. She has worked for Toyota, General Motors (GM), Electronic Data System (EDS) and Computer Science Corporation (CSC).