Petri IT Knowledgebase Team

Petri Recommended: Train Signal Inc. has just released their comprehensive video training package for Certified Wireless Network Administrator Training. View video demo and more details here.

This month’s topic comes as a result of a question sent to our feedback email box recently: “Data is increasing and budgets are shrinking but reliable backups are more important than ever. As an SMB, what should I be looking for?” Today’s backup systems need to be fast, reliable, affordable and designed to easily handle…

VZAccess Manager works with your notebook computer and data PC Card to provide wireless Internet connectivity through your network. VZAccess Manager can also be used optionally to connect to Wi-Fi networks when available. It lets people stay on top of their business when they’re on the road by bringing more of the office directly to…

Windows Virtual PC (WVPC) is a client virtualization software, which can be used on Windows 7 to create multiple Virtual Machines (VMs), each running a different operating system (OS). WVPC can be obtained as a free download from Windows Virtual PC website. WVPC is the engine which supports Windows XP Mode, a pre-configured VM running…

Just released from Train Signal – the leader in video training for IT Pros – is their VMware vSphere video training course by vExpert & VCP, David Davis. Get the full details on what’s included in this new, comprehensive training package.

Petri Recommended: Train Signal Inc. has just released their comprehensive video training package for Windows Server R2 Hyper-V training. View a video demo here.

Details on Microsoft’s announcement of general availability for Windows 7. Some interesting notes about upgrade programs as well!

Brand new from the team at Train Signal and certified instructor Mel Haynes (MS) is SQL Server 2008 Administration Training. Whether you’re a beginner or an experienced administrator, this 10 hour video training course comes packed with everything you need to pass the Microsoft SQL Server 2008 Implementation and Maintenance Exam (70-432).

Download this document in full:  What is SQL Server® 2008 R2 Parallel Data Warehouse? SQL Server® 2008 R2 Parallel Data Warehouse is a highly scalable data warehouse appliance that delivers performance at low cost through a massively parallel processing (MPP).  SQL Server® 2008 R2 Parallel Data Warehouse is the integration of DATAllegro’s MPP Data Warehouse…

What is PowerPivot? PowerPivot (formerly known as Project Gemini) is our latest and hottest business intelligence innovation and intended to finally make BI accessible & easy to the masses using the #1 BI tool in the world: Microsoft Excel. PowerPivot actually consist of a client add-in for Excel 2010 called PowerPivot for Excel and a…