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Now that is a bit naughty giving the wrong hint. Fortunately I was stuck in a meeting and saw the comments before I selected my answer so got it right.

Whilst I do agree with this there is just one major sticking point. Money. IT wants (and needs) to upgrade the network to protect the business but the non technical management at the top who control the money can't seem to understand the need. It doesn't matter how many ways you tell them, they just don't believe that it…

Thwack is such a good place to start. Pity other vendors don't have similar.

Another feature that we would find very useful.

The WhatsApp one caused a lot of concern here at work where it is used extensively for team communications. Even the IT team use it for out of hours problem solving. I have been telling them not to put passwords in messages when someone asks for access to a system but this problem was much worse.

We have a hybrid solution with 50,000 students on Office365 and 5000 staff on prem Exchange 2010. The student migration went well. We are now planning the staff one. That will be much more complex with all the distribution lists, public folders etc. Once they are gone we will upgrade the on prem to Exchange 2016 and keep…

After the last few questions I started to doubt myself. Eventually took the plunge and picked the answer I first came up with. It was correct. No trick in this one.

Baltimore ransomware attack. Apparently they have set up a special task force to look into this. It is being headed by James McNulty with help from Lester Freamon. Main suspects are Stringer Bell and Avon Barksdale. The Wire - Wikipedia

There's so much information about each and every one of us on the internet. Anonymizing one set of data won't really help.

Amazon made $5Bn in revenue but how much of that was profit. How much was ploughed back into the business to make it grow. How much have they already spent to get this revenue. Context would be nice. I guess the rise in Prime cost is just them repositioning after finding how much it really costs to run. Or maybe it IS just…

Yep, the UK is going to be an interesting place to be for IT people from the end of this month. I'm based in London for a global org. so should have some interesting challenges. 

Munich. Why not just go for a hybrid solution like everyone else where you use the best tools for the job. Most places I have worked have this. When the Linux / iOS machines couldn't be supported in house we just paid an outside company to do it and got on with the Microsoft support ourselves. It really isn't rocket…

Yes, All done before I got here. I'm in the process of showing them how to do things properly but there is sooooo much stuff done badly that I may be retired before I sort it all out (or behind bars for killing someone who is too stupid to understand even basic common sense).

Still don't get Q18. Two of the answers are word for word in the hint yet the question only allows for one answer.

It's getting too complicated and widespread for humans to manage. Automation and machine learning will have to take on some of the workload to allow humans to focus on the more oddball problems. Look at SolarWinds. I find it useful to set alerts up to "fix" known problems automatically whilst I concentrate on 'new' or more…

No thanks to being microchipped. Have they proven that the chip can't be hacked. What if someone was able to clone your chip. They would have access to everything you had and there would be no proof that you didn't do it. The only chips in me are made from potatoes.

Absolutely correct and what I've been saying to management here. Unfortunately they have brought in an outside 'expert' company. Net result, I have had to do most of the work as the external company seem to get everything wrong. They sent me a list of 500+ 'Linux' servers they couldn't connect to. Unfortunately about 90%…

It would be good to know when new servers are added or servers are upgraded. Not everyone in the team remembers to let me know.

I've got a full race exhaust on my Honda CBR600F Sport. Titanium end can with twin ports and baffles removed. Everyone hears me coming. Also adds 15bhp when combined with a Power Commander and a custom fuel map.

Standard response these days to a browser issue is "Try it in Firefox or Chrome". That usually does the trick. Edge is just poor and IE's security setup is far too convoluted.

There's more computing power in a very basic pocket calculator than was in the capsules that went to the moon. 64Kb of RAM and a CPU clock speed of 0.043Mhz. (OR Did they go ?) 

One to rule them all.

Surely the Schengen agreement means there can be no borders within the European Union. 

Yes, IT departments should be engaging with the users to deliver what the user needs, not what the IT department want to deliver. If the engagement works, the users will understand why certain restrictions are in place and won't try to circumvent them. 

I've got some nice ones in my fridge. 

We are primarily an MSP operating in the healthcare sector. Mention AI in any Hospital environment and watch them flee in terror. There is the fear that AI could mis-diagnose or mis-prescribe leading to patient negative outcomes (their description). There is also the fear from doctors and consultants over their jobs. It…

Been to two in London and really enjoyed them. Registered for 2019 already. Keep up the good work.

Yes. I need to implement O365 monitoring as we finish migrating from on prem Exchange to O365. 

Yet more solutions looking for problems to fix. Yet more stuff management don't understand but expect IT to implement without training or time or budget. I can't wait 

There's a 'Fun Fair' that sets up every summer for two weeks about half a mile from where I live. The crime rate soars during that period. I wonder why.