CVS is a useful version control tool. Version control is not the only aspect of building a project or maintaining a service, though. This article is about the hooks CVS includes to allow you to expand it and integrate it with other tools.

What is Ant
Apache Ant is an open source Java based build tool under the Apache Software License. Essentially Ant is to Java like make is to C/C++. It helps you to proficiently organize your code from build, test, deploy and execute. As well assist in multiple levels in debugging or optimization, custom packaging and is easily configurable when interfacing with 3rd party tools such as obfuscators. More infomation on Ant can be found at the Ant website, http://ant.apache.org.

One of the most important steps in any site’s publicity campaign is the submission to the Open Web Directory (http://www.dmoz.org) as this directory provides search results for many of the most important search engines and online portals. This directory is not a robot driven spider, but a human edited directory and you must observe a few important points if your submission is to be successful.

META Trend:Convergence and security concerns will drive enterprise directory services adoption (2002+), reinforcing the need for identity management (2002-04).

If your site is hosted on a Unix or Linux server which runs Apache, you may already be familiar with your .htaccess file.

SQL Server 2000 was designed to operate as an integral part of the Windows 2000 domain environment. Unfortunately, the new features that best exemplify this integration are rarely taken advantage of. The purpose of this article is to present their overview.

Mac OS X Server is an Apple operating system product based on Mac OS X, with the addition of administrative tools and server software. One area in which it differs from Mac OS X is in the configuration of Samba-based services.

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Backing up your data can be one of the most important things that you do in your IT and/or home life. You never seem to miss something until it is gone. If you want to spend more time making money and not redoing things that you have already done then make sure you back it up.

One of my favorite “scams that won’t die” are the companies that drop SPAM into my inbox every week offering to submit my website to “thousands” of search engines for the low low price of $20 a month.

Regardless of what you think of Britney Spears’ singing skills, the pop princess can offer some guidance on how to market a business through a strong web presence and proven web marketing strategies.

Let’s break down the web marketing practices on www.britneyspears.com to find out if Britney knows as much about web marketing as she does about navel rings.

Many Windows NT Administrators are reluctant to upgrade to Windows 2000. What additional functionality does Windows 2000 offer over Windows NT? The answer to this can be summed up in two words: Active Directory.

As the Internet and search technologies mature, one thing remains clear – Internet search is most effective when the user is presented with a hybrid of results from a spider-based search engine and a human-edited directory. My conversation with Chris Tolles of the Open Directory Project shows that he firmly understands the importance of having both crawler-based search services and human-edited directories. The bottom line is that search engine marketing does not work if one or the other is ignored; therefore, it is important to focus search-positioning campaigns on both. The blend in fact benefits the user and the search engine marketer.

Ezine advertising has got to be the cheapest and best form of advertising presently on the ‘Net. When trying to promote your product or Web Site, you need to sit down and think of what publications your target market is reading. The best way to keep informed of advertising opportunities or to find out ad rates is to become a subscriber yourself. Usually you will find the “how to” submit an ad at the bottom of the publication. Many of them will allow new subscribers to place a free ad for subscribing.