There is no doubt that we live in a high-tech world where everything is constantly getting faster. If you're over 40, like me (sigh), you may remember a time before emails. There was a time when people actually wrote by hand and mailed letters to one another to communicate. It was a romantic and personal way to…
In June 2013, SolarWinds released version 10 of DameWare Remote Support which includes an innovative new mobile remote desktop tool called DameWare Mobile. DameWare Mobile allows system administrators and help desk pros to support end-users and computers from mobile devices using DameWare’s award-winning remote control…
The battle is on, Round 1 is complete and the community has spoken. * Halo falls to Call of Duty * Ms PacMan, too much like PacMan. Donkey Kong prevails! * Time invested in WoW creates a higher level of commitment than Baldur's Gate * The all-out melee of Smash Bros may just have beat Punch Out by virtue of the plethora of…
Every time you install Hyper-V you you’re presented with a diverse landscape of platform options, that left untended can overgrow even the most capable IT team. Counting the legacy existence of Windows Server 2008 R2, there are now (theoretically, at least) a dozen different ways you could install an instance of Hyper-V on…
Hey guys, check out this new video where I provide some quick tips on mapping switch ports. I am on my way to Argentina for a quick vacation so have a great week. Flame on!!
The week of Mobile Security!! Do you know how mobile devices affect your network security? The boundary of enterprise security doesn't end with your organization’s perimeter. You might have improved your defense mechanism against direct attacks on your network, but mobile devices can still be a potential threat, unless the…
Virtual servers are perhaps the best technology invention in the past 15 years. Just considering the cost saving and positive impact of doing more with lees, nothing comes close in my opinion. As the virtual server market grew, some server management tool fell behind; SNMP most notably. From thin to non-existent SNMP…
As a systems administrator you are often tasked with knowing a lot about server and application performance. Tools like SAM can give you insight to the overall server health, and AppInsight for SQL can show you some details about the activity querying an instance of SQL Server. But what do you do when you need to take a…
Alright Security folks, WEBCAST TIME!! What is this all about? This webcast will discuss and showcase how various organizations are dealing with IT security. You will get to know whether these organizations are implementing tools and techniques to deal with their security data analytics problems, are they automating…
I’m a huge fan of AWS. Not that AWS (Amazon Web Services), even though I do like that AWS and it exemplifies this AWS. This AWS is all about agility, web-scale, and simplicity. These are core tenets of IT transformation, also known as the Consumerization of IT. To keep up with this AWS and that AWS, IT admins need to…
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