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7 Things Nonprofits Should Know About Virtual Desktops

TechImpact

With a virtual desktop, everything that you see on your computer screen (the operating system) is actually located on a server rather than on your computer’s local drive. An article on BNews explains what virtual desktops are and how they are being used. Virtual OS systems are shared. Disaster recovery.

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Technology for Resilience: The Future of Disaster Relief

Tech Soup

Disaster preparedness is something every nonprofit and public library needs to be on top of — whether you deal with disaster relief directly or not. Sometimes the communities you serve are affected by disaster, and there's also the chance that your own organization could face some sort of disaster. 3D printing.

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New at TechSoup: Automated PC Maintenance and Disaster Recovery

Tech Soup

Horizons DataSys provides donations of 5 user licenses on five Windows-based PCs. You can request 10 , 25 , or 100 additional user licenses at a discount through TechSoup. Create a virtual drive space that is preserved when the system is restored so users can save files and folders for permanent storage. Drive Vaccine.

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New to TechSoup: Autodesk Design Suites

Tech Soup

Autodesk Virtual Agent — a collection of frequently asked questions and helpful download links. TechSoup also offers an FAQ with information about downloading, installation, licensing, and more. Autodesk Sustainability Workshop — sustainable engineering and architecture support for educators and students.

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Nonprofit Technology News: 2013 Year in Review

Tech Soup

This virtual desktop solution connects to a nonprofit or school’s existing computer system very quickly and allows older computers to run Windows 7 and Windows applications as well as new PCs. It also has back-end tools including hosted Exchange (email), SharePoint (file serving), and Lync (messaging and conferencing). MyDigitalBridge.

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Tech Policies for Virtual Teams: A Leader’s Responsibility

Non Profit Quarterly

Welcome to “Tech Policies for Virtual Teams—A Leader’s Responsibility.” And again, we have a second webinar coming up on October 22 nd , also with the Tech Impact team, about taking your finance office even more virtual, which is something that so many of our participants have been trying to do. Jeanne Bell: All right. Thanks, Karen.

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NpTech Tag Summary: Highlights from the NpDev and More

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

There's an interesting idea for "emergency NGO in a box" in the notes about Disaster Management and Humanitarian Assistance Tools and an interview with Gregg Swanson of HumiNet by Britt Bravo from the Summit. A Better World In Second Life Blog is tracking political activism taking place in virtual worlds.

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