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Articles by Dean Barnard

Digital Video And Storage Systems

By Dean Barnard

It is a digital world and no doubt about it. But digital video is possible only with compression. Television, for example is extremely information rich. Digital television transmission is at 270 mega bits per second which is

Database Administration And Software

By Dean Barnard

Data is vital to an organization’s functioning. Compromise of data due to security breach, access by unauthorized people, corruption of data due to human or machine error may

Email, The Modern Mail

By Dean Barnard

With so many variations I am always left in doubt as to how Email should actually be written. Should it be email, e-mail, E-mail or plain Email like I have used. Actually all these variations seem to be valid and have been used. Sigh! At last you can rest easy

Web Design Software

By Dean Barnard

There are a number of software for web-site development. In fact there may be more than a thousand web-design software to meet various requirements. The most popular among them are

Web-design & Hosting

By Dean Barnard

The elements in web designing and development are numerous. In effect a web-site is a multimedia experience which includes text and graphics as the

The Internet

By Dean Barnard

It is rather embarrassing to write about something all of us are more than familiar with. Is there anybody who doesn’t know about the greatest invention on earth? After the invention of digit zero, of course!

Computer Graphics

By Dean Barnard

Some still hold the opinion that graphics and art is a mind thing and one cannot become a graphics artist just by tweaking some shots in a computer. Creativity may still be elusive but there is little doubt that computer generated imagery and graphics have taken art to a new level

Publishing Software

By Dean Barnard

A decade or so ago the publishing software were distinctly divided into two groups, desktop and professional. On one side were PageMaker and on the other FrameMaker and QuarkXPress.

Virtualization

By Dean Barnard

With a plethora of storage devices attached to a computer, management becomes a crucial issue. It therefore becomes imperative to create one large logical storage which consolidates the different physical storage devices. This effectively means that a user would look at the storage system as a single logical device instead of multiple ones.

Storage Area Networks

By Dean Barnard

The need for storage devices is growing by leaps and bounds. In addition there are a number of options available depending on specific storage requirements. There are numerous options available with SAN.

ROM, RAM And HDD Design

By Dean Barnard

The data or information stored in these types of memories is not changeable. It therefore does not require electrical power to retain information. The ROM chip or IC contains rows and columns of diodes

Computer Memory

By Dean Barnard

A computer consists of many types of memory. There are devices which hold temporary information, some can be programmed, and others store information. Hard disc drives, Floppy drives, CD-ROM and DVD-ROM are

3D Computer Graphics

By Dean Barnard

Powerful computers and computing capability have enabled realism in computer generated imagery. The animated films made today are realistic to a fault. For instance, Shrek 3.0 has been wildly popular because of the life like characters which inhabit the movie.

Network Storage

By Dean Barnard

The data space is exploding and the cost of memory is reducing with each coming day. Today’s organizations are creating zillions of bytes of data everyday and each bit requires storage. Paper information is being replaced by digital systems.

Desktop Publishing

By Dean Barnard

What is desktop publishing? This question was put to me a while back and it took me some time to find an easy answer. The closest I can come to it is this: publishing using computer software is desktop publishing. Why a desktop?

Object Oriented Programming

By Dean Barnard

The necessity of performing complex tasks by computer software has become imperative in today’s rapidly changing and competitive environment. The software industry and the software professionals are looking

Types Of Computer Software

By Dean Barnard

Software is the language of a computer. And like human language, there are many different computer languages. Essentially, computer software can be divided into three main groups depending on their use and application.

All About Computer Programming

By Dean Barnard

Computer programming is at the core of any computer operation. Unlike usual electro mechanical devices, a computer requires software to carry out instructions. At the lowest level, machine code is used to control the hardware and operations of a computer.

Inside The Personal Computer

By Dean Barnard

We may become used to computers at our office and homes, but the innards always remain a mystery of sorts. What lies inside the box? What creates the dazzling images and almost reads your mind? The components which make up a personal computer are barely few.

Way To Artificial Intelligence

By Dean Barnard

The general perception of information technology and computers in particular has been that of a computing mechanism primarily used to manipulate data and present it in various ways. The comparison with human intelligence has been rather tenuous and in the realm of science fiction.

The Top Mistakes Why YOU Lose Business Time And Money And What To Do About It…

By Dean Barnard

Below are some reasons why small to medium businesses waste so much time waiting on hold to fix a simple I.T. problem, so make sure this is not you.