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"The Cloud" Defined

Useful Links

According to the official NIST definition, “cloud computing is a model for enabling ubiquitous, convenient, on-demand network access to a shared pool of configurable computing resources (e.g., networks, servers, storage, applications and services) that can be ...

NIST
cloud computing
virtual machine

Knowledge Base Guidelines

About This Knowledge Base

Please Do Update articles in your area of expertise. Create a new page if you want to remember a particular tool, technique, or website and it’s not private information. Create a new page if you want to share a resource or some information that has helped ...

Rules
Knowledge Base

Best Tablet for Productivity?

Mobile Devices

I’m looking for a tablet that will help me be productive away from the office. I’m almost exclusively a Windows user, and have an Android phone, so I’m not looking all that closely at the Apple family. Does anyone have experience with the Galaxy Note 8, Nexu...

Mobile Device Management Now Available With Sophos

Cybersecurity

The current UCLA-wide agreement for Sophos anti-virus software has been renewed through October 2018.The decision to renew was based upon input from numerous key stakeholder groups UCLA-wide. Input identified that Sophos effectively fulfills UCLA’s anti-virus...

mobile
mobile device
mobile security

Free Microsoft e-Books

Useful Links

By way of Eric Ligman, Microsoft has made available a large number of free eBooks in multiple formats across a wide variety of topics— Jun 2013, http://blogs.msdn.com/b/mssmallbiz/archive/2013/06/18/huge-collection-of-free-microsoft-ebooks-for-you-including-of...

Microsoft
eBook
MSDN

When are grades due?

UCLA Resources

Typically, grades are due 10 days after the last final for a given term. The schedule for grade deadlines can be viewed via Registrar’s website: http://www.registrar.ucla.edu/Faculty-Staff/Grade-Submission-DeadlinesInstructors must submit their grades electro...

MyUCLA
electronic submission
grade
registrar

Java incompatibilites with AIS Document Direct

UCLA Tech Resources

Users unable to access AIS Document Direct due to Java errors likely have a workaround from AIS:https://ucla.service-now.com/kb_view.do?sysparm_article=KB0010708This is likely due to Java version incompatibilities with the latest versions of Java installed on ...

AIS
web
ddi
document direct
Java
OASIS

GIT info

Programming and Web Development Git and Version Control

Please add other helpful links:http://www.git-tower.com/blog/git-cheat-sheet-detail/Interactive tutorial about branching – (Learning about git branching)Mostly for beginners – (List of Git Tutorials from 2011)Role specific command references for different type...

git
version control

Free Powershell eBooks

Useful Links

Great list of free Powershell ebooks and additional PS resources— http://www.hofferle.com/list-of-free-powershell-ebooks/

Microsoft
PowerShell
script

Microsoft Sysinternals

Applications/Software

Microsoft’s SysInternals suite is a great, free addition to an IT Professionals USB flash drive— http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/bb842062These tools are in continued development, and include features for Windows 8. The author is fond of saying...

Microsoft
sysinternals

Microsoft TechEd Sessions Videos & Slides

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Microsoft provides TechEd session resources for those who have been unable to attends, and as review mechanism for those who did. Videos are in a wide variety of ready to use formats—including MP3 only for music players—and slide decks are frequently made ava...

Microsoft
channel9
MSDN
TechEd

SQL joins

Programming and Web Development SQL

Please add other helpful links:SQL joins: a visual explanationhttp://www.codinghorror.com/blog/2007/10/a-visual-explanation-of-sql-joins.html

cross join
database
inner join
join
left join
MySQL
outer join
SQL

HP Laserjet 1012 and Windows 7

Printers, Monitors, and Other Hardware

The HP LaserJet 1012 does not have a Windows 7 driver.The Windows Vista driver for the LaserJet 1012 should work, or the Windows 7 LaserJet 1015 driver.Two methods to make this work:1) download the Windows Vista driver and extract the driver files to a tempora...

HP
printer
driver
LaserJet
LaserJet 1012
Windows 7
Windows 7 32-bit
Windows 7 x64

Excel Tricks

Applications/Software Microsoft Office

How to Use INDEX+MATCH WithMultiple Criteria in 5 Easy Steps (includes Excel 2016) How To Use Index/Match, The One Microsoft Excel Trick That Separates The Gurus From The Interns The First 8 Excel Tricks You Have To Learn On The Way To Becoming A Master

Microsoft Office
spreadsheets

Missing file extensions causing errors with files opening in OS X

MacOS, Windows, and Linux

OS X by default hides file extensions on files, so users may be confused when they have files that are not recognized at all by OS X and hence do not open.One source of the error is the fact that the file in question has no extension at all.To check for a sing...

.doc.
.docx
.pdf
.ppt
.pptx
.xls
.xlsx
OS X
file extension
finder
Mac OS X

Steps for Cloning a Repository in SourceTree

Programming and Web Development

(Note: These are the steps for a Windows installation of SourceTree. Not sure if there are differences for a Mac installation.)Generate/Load SSH Keys:1. Open SourceTree.2. Pick “Create or Import SSH Keys” under “Tools” tab.3. Keep default settings on new windo...

sourcetree

web scraping tools

Programming and Web Development

Web scraping tools, services, and plugins: a comprehensive listRuby project called Upton – haven’t tried it yet but it’s from the Tumblr blog Onethingwell whose picks tend to be OK.10 Web Scraping Tools to Extract Online Data – added April 2016. Includes use ...

data
parsing
web data

Has anyone tried Statwing?

Useful Links

Has anyone tried https://www.statwing.com/ It is free for datasets under 1MB and held for less than 24 hours. It claims to make data analysis very simple to do.Discovered via Internet Scout ReportPlease add your experiences or comments or alternatives here. T...

data
spreadsheets
statistical analysis