Got any zombies on your network? That probably depends on how you define “zombie,” right? Virtual Machine Zombies A zombie could be a lost, lone virtual machine languishing on your network. Or a zombie might be a dummy machine, taken over by a spammer, sending out spam messages whenever it’s ordered to. Whether you’re…
At VMware Partner Exchange 2015 in the Cisco booth with Lauren Friedman (@lauren) and Mike Columbus (@mec829) for an Engineers Unplugged session. Engineers Unplugged is a Cisco production and has had many wonderful engineers enlighten and delight the audience with technical knowledge with a unicorn flair. At the VMware PEX…
We are overloaded: Overloaded with information, heavy workloads, and complicated home lives. We mean well but often find ourselves distracted, depleted, and frustrated. We know what we want but often lack the insight into how to get it or when to act. Of all the options for helping us deal with our overload, I find…
During this expert customer training session, we will discuss and demonstrate how to get the most out of SolarWinds Engineer’s Toolset. Here’s your chance to see how it works, get some technical pointers and to ask questions from the best! Join hosts Josh Stephens, Head Geek at SolarWinds and Brandon Shopp, Director of…
How’s your VoIP service going? Got jitter? Or latency issues? How about packet loss? Do you know when and why these occur? And do you know what to look for? * Jitter is when unusual timing occurs between groups of data (also known as data packets)on a network. Jitter happens when your network is really congested or when…
On Friday the 13th, Kaspersky, a Russian anti-malware and research firm, released a report documenting a significant campaign to infiltrate banks worldwide to steal hard cash. Somewhere between 300M and 1 billion dollars are estimated to have been pilfered. Attackers entered the banks systems using phishing lures and then…
The future is so last millenium. The pace has quickened, your time is more precious, there are only 22 hours in a day, and people are releasing their pet pythons into the Everglades. We are now in the post-future era, folks. Things have changed and so have you. Just as with engraved plates, and hand-set type, the day of…
Using the Serv-U Management Console on an iPad What is Serv-U? Serv-U File Transfer Server provides a secure managed file transfer solution that gives you the ability to access files on the go through secure mobile access. You can deploy Serv-U on Windows or Linux and you can also access the Management Console on an iPad.…
Kiwi CatTools can be installed as a standalone application or as a service on any Windows server. Installing it as a service grants you the ability to schedule automated backups or config changes while you're away at your computer. At the center of CatTools is a Batch processing machine. Once you have setup your network…
With Windows Server 2012 comes WSUS version 6. In the WSUS Deployment Guide for Windows Server 2012, attentive readers will notice a critical change to the historical WSUS deployment strategy: "By default, in Windows Server 2012, WSUS [v6] uses port 8530. However, WSUS 3.0 uses port 80, by default." This might seem like a…
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