rschroeder · NAM SME · ✭✭✭✭✭

Amen to "the blues", brother. Or, as I like to call "most" of them, "First World Problems". Which helps me understand I have it a lot better than many people, and that I should appreciate my "problems" are miniscule, and that I should work to ensure those third-world folks have a better tomorrow. On a humorous note, might…

There's loads of history to back this all up. And those who fail to study history are doomed to repeat it. I don't know a better example and source to reference and study for security and its strong and weak points than Snowden. Say what you will about the man, his work has bettered the I.T. environment.

I'd love for Solarwinds (or some other I.T. industry entities or magazines) to interview a dozen or more Cloud Service Providers and provide us all with a chart of those providers' responses. Some things I'd like to see included are: * Service Level Agreements between the CSP and the customers:* What's guaranteed? * What…

Hmmm. Turn off your smartphone to avoid tracking in the London Underground. Or move the smartphone to airplane mode. Hmmm. I'm pretty sure we were previously told hardware and companies and apps were NOT tracking us at all. But they actually WERE. Do you think I'll believe them when they say "move it to airplane mode or…

Long ago, at a different place of employment, a coworker had a snacking habit at their cube. And they had a neatness / clutter problem, and didn't care. Soon ants and mice were claiming their cube, and disrupting others' work environments. Not long after that rats were found in the building walls, some had died and were…

You're right. But where you can't have what you need, maybe you can build what you want with a UnDP. Agreed, it shouldn't be required. Your stack should fire off a trap or syslog message when one of the units' CPU or Memory hits a threshold. You can easily build an Alert based on the info in that trap or syslog message, if…

I rarely hear reports of hardware causing these issues anymore. Once upon a time we saw SAN issues hurting us, but eventually that was upgraded/replaced/remedied. Oh, yes--also, ten years ago, we had issues with zinc whiskers getting into server hard drives--that was an expensive remediation. My personal experience with…

It's nice to have something new to look forward to every day. Thanks, DanielleH‌!

I'll agree with the intent of the article, and with the respondents above, and go one step further toward picking a nit. When I read the line " identified tools pertaining to identity and access management, intrusion prevention and detection, and security information and log and event management software as “top- tier”…

Weren't those figures the number of bits that could be stored on an inch of tape? I seem to recall that was their "recording density". If you had a 3420 Model 8, you could probably read close to 1.25KB/second. Amazing. Somewhere I recently read that if you measured the amount of data that was created from the first cave…

I think the article about Supply Chain Security Speculation, and the comment about it, missed the mark a bit. Instead of saying “…never ever expose IPMI interfaces to the Internet. Unless you want hackers, because that’s how you get hackers.” They should have thought deeper to the root problem. Never raise children in…

That one made me smile. After Novell 4.1, life was getting a LOT better. But back in Novell 3.1.2 days, having to manually sort through hundreds or thousands of NLM's (Novell Netware Loadable Modules) just to find and install the one specific driver for your particular device (NIC, tape drive, hard drive, mouse, printer…

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scooby-Doo_(character)

Very cool on an individual basis. And then I imaging a few hundred million of these replacing cars and I start thinking "not so cool."

We've added a new first line to every incoming e-mail message that does not originate within our company: WARNING: This email originated outside of our organization. DO NOT CLICK links or attachments unless you recognize the sender and know the content is safe. It's an eye-opener, but a constant reminder. I hope it helps…

This appeals to my inner Network Management Neat Freak.

Understood.

"The grass is always greener . . ." I'd love to live in Canada for many reasons!

You may as well go to the mother lode source and get everything: https://www.google.ca/search?q=ironic&lr=&safe=active&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwi8zI37hc3VAhVn44MKHWG4Ax8Q_AU…

Poor Elon. He's so far into the future that it seems he's lost touch with the present. Realists and traditionalists reject his mood-altering activities, optimists and financial risk-takers want the future he promises. Bet on nothing, since nothing's sure. Stay financially secure, risk only what you know you'll be…

That made me grin wryly. But it's fourteen Doctors, now.

IMHO: Wireless is appropriate / necessary only where there are mobile workflow requirements. A WLAN is not a replacement for a LAN, even though people have the impression that "Wireless is already present, and using it means not having to purchase cabling and switch ports." Here are only a few reasons why a WLAN is not the…

I'd provide education and training, and get employees to buy into that inconvenience through understanding why it's needed. Then test over and over, both announced and unannounced, obviously and subtly, to ensure no one falls through the cracks. I'm a believer in the idea that people will be good when they know that they…

I attended the 4-hour training last week, and had to leave right at the end--never saw or received the survey link. Was that 4-hours without point credit, or can I still do the survey? If I can, would you please send me the link via IM through Thwack? rschroeder

A Beer-Rating apps that reveals locations of anyone. Hey, it's another way folks have taken the fun out of the Internet by mining anything you think might be enjoyable. Remember folks, if you aren't buying products to pay for the service you're using, the service is selling your information to others to pay for their labor.

The realization is that web performance is, or will be, directly tied to business performance and business success. If Amazon or Google didn't have a reliable and fast solution no one would use them. That's tying web performance to business directly 1:1.

If you didn't already understand the "free" apps on your phone were compromising your performance and security, shame on you!

Bump

I'm guilty of using VCR's. For rainy days, I pull out original copies of Star Wars 4, 5, and 6, and then compare them to the Blue Ray revised editions. It's interesting to see the original human Jabba-the-Hut and then see how Lucas rebuilt the frames in the Mos Eisely sequence where Han is given a second chance to pay…

The "Machine Fired Me" story leaves me unsatisfied, incomplete. I truly don't see the root cause of the termination, and blaming "the machine" seems incorrect. The Machine did what it was supposed to do, all the things that could fall through the cracks. Who actually authorized the termination, and how was it done?…