ZDNet predicts will 2018 see the death of printers and email in the workplace?

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ZDNet predicts will 2018 see the death of printers and email in the workplace? Well as it is expected to come the latest predictions are coming out of the wood work.  ZDNet has predicted that the end of email and the printer in the work place is a thing that will occur within the near future.  Baron Software predicts that neither will be gone at least for another 10 to 15 years.  This theory is solely based on government agencies that still have to provide letters as well as documents for the people. Sure people can open PDFs on their terminals for review a document but still the old hard copy has to be provided during internal meetings, letters, manuals, etc.  People tend to use their smart devices a lot…
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What to do if your database seems slow

Software development Concepts, SQL Tips
What to do if your database seems slow Quite a few times during a business day or even after hours, you have noticed that your database requests or queries tend to be slow with the results.  This could be that your database has become bloated with constant usage.  There are a few things that the IT / DBA or you, can do to resolve these possible serious issues. Databases work almost like people, they tend to keep inactive data that uses disk space, poor design and even the over-indexing of tables which could be some of the reasons for poor performance to outright collapse. Step one - inactive data to archives. The first step is to research whether there is too much inactive data.  This is data that is no…
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Almediadev announces update to StyleControls V3.81

Software Releases
Almediadev announces update to StyleControls V3.81 New features Version  3.81   * added: TscExPanel.OnCaptionDblClick event * added: TscExPanel.ChangeRollStateWithCaptionClick property * improved: TscGPCheckBox, TscGPRadioButton controls (bidi support + support of Layout property) * fixed: drawing of styled TscStatusBar when some panel has width = 0 * improved: support of TscStykeManager.StyleArrowType property in styled forms and controls * improved: scaling of TscTrackBar, TscDBNavigator with VCL Styles * updated: help and some demos
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HelpNDoc Black Friday 60% Sale off on new licenses

Software Releases
Black Friday 60% discount on HelpNDoc Professional Edition. HelpNDoc Professional Edition only. Hurry up, it's till Monday only! ibe-Software are glad to announce a huge Black Friday special 60% discount on HelpNDoc Professional Edition, including updates and upgrades starting now, and for a few days only. ibe-Software believe this might be a great time to acquire more licenses for your team, upgrade to the Professional Edition or buy one for a friend or family member.
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Elevate Software announces that build 7 for version 2.26 of ElevateDB is now available

Software Releases
Elevate Software announces that build 7 for version 2.26 of ElevateDB is now available The following is a list of the incident reports addressed in version 2.26 build 7.  Clicking on these links will take you to our web site where you can view the full incident report.  All of the incident reports that are marked with an asterisk (*) affect one of the products that you have purchased.   Serious Problems that were fixed * (#4591) Internal Temporary Tables Store Causing Intermittent Lock Errors http://www.elevatesoft.com/incident?action=viewaddr&category=edb&release=2.26&incident=4591   * (#4592) Using the LIKE Operator with an Empty String Can Cause an AV http://www.elevatesoft.com/incident?action=viewaddr&category=edb&release=2.26&incident=4592   * (#4593) ODBC Driver Not Reading Ansi BLOBs Correctly with Unicode Client Applications http://www.elevatesoft.com/incident?action=viewaddr&category=edb&release=2.26&incident=4593
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