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- With virtualisation, virtually anything is possible
- The capacity you need. Where and when you need it. No more and no less. It's good for the bottom line and crucial to support business change. It means you can deliver all the services your users need, instantly, while making the most of your IT resources. And it's also...
- Tags: virtualization, storage management, utility computing, strategy, hardware, storage, management
- White papers 2007-11-29
- Happy Birthday!
- Firefox is celebrating itÂ’sfirst birthday! ThatÂ’s right, on the 9th of November the groundbreaking Firefox web-browser was oneyear old with over 106 million downloads. ItÂ’s estimated that Firefoxcurrently serves 9% or surfers, with 85% being held by Internet Explorer. That sounds small, but when you consider thatall other...
- Tags: microsoft internet explorer, mozilla firefox
- Blog posts 2005-11-12
- Getting fed up with Firefox
- Ok – let’s start ofby saying that I use Firefox every day. It’s my main Web browser when doingalmost everything that doesn’t absolutely require Internet Explorer. I’ve been using Firefox way back sinceversion 0.6 when it was still called Firebird. I’ve used it on Windows, OS/2 andLinux. The problem...
- Tags: iÂ've, itÂ, itÂ, microsoft internet explorer, mozilla firefox
- Blog posts 2005-11-03
- Who’s at the door?
- Intrusion detection is a vital part of any firewall, itÂ’sall very well to block traffic, but how do you know what is being blocked andwhat is going through on your open service ports (SMTP, IMAP, DNS etc)? Snort isthe most popular Intrusion Detection system around. ItÂ’s offered as...
- Tags: intrusion detection, snort
- Blog posts 2005-11-17
- OK – I admit it. I use an Office Assistant.
- They say confession is good for the soul, so hereÂ’s mine. I know itÂ’s sure to cost me several hundred Esteem Points in the IT world, but nonetheless. I have an Office Assistant running on my copy of Office 2003. Specifically Links The Cat.The sad truth was revealed the same...
- Tags: itÂ, links, microsoft office, office assistant
- Blog posts 2006-02-06
- Packing up the ThinkPad Tablet PC
- Well, as the old saying goes, “All good things must come toan end.” Such as it is with my LenovoThinkPad Tablet PC. Today I packed upthe trusty little Tablet PC and shipped it back to Lenovo.Ever since I saw Lenovo debut it at TechEd 2005 last year, I...
- Tags: ibm thinkpad, lenovo group ltd., pc, tablet, tablet pc
- Blog posts 2006-06-19
- Does your Desktop Support department offer flex time?
- The notion of the typical 8-to-5, forty-hour work week seems to have gone by the wayside with most Desktop Support departments. This seems to be the case regardless of whether the support is provided in-house or is outsourced. Personally speaking, my hours don't always fall into the 8-to-5 range, but...
- Tags: hour, flex-time, desktops, hardware, joe rosberg
- Blog posts 2008-03-19
- Need VOIP?
- We are currently looking at setting up a VOIP PBX to allow IP dial-in conference calls. One solution looks to be Asterisk--An open source PBX offering just about every feature you will find in commercial solutions. Asterisk@home is a project which aims to make a basic install easier,...
- Tags: itÂ, voip
- Blog posts 2005-11-26
- Exploring, Configuring and Optimizing the Dell OpenManage IT Assistant Version 7.0 Discovery Service
- As Dell expands into the enterprise space, its systems management software must become more scalable, robust, configurable, and faster to adapt to customers' networks that are ever increasing in size and diversity. Beginning with IT Assistant ITA version 6.5 and continuing with ITA version 7.0, the improved Network Monitoring Service...
- Tags: dell computer corp., network, information technology, network monitoring, systems management, dell openmanage, network administration, it services, networking
- White papers 2005-03-01
- A hint of change to come
- For several months now, IÂ’ve been hintingat changes that are coming to TechProGuild. TPG isnÂ’t alone in facing somenew changes. TechRepublic itself will be undergoing a bit of a transformationin the near future.Change can be stressful, but often times itÂ’s good. ItÂ’s waytoo easy set in your ways and...
- Tags: john sheesley
- Blog posts 2006-09-21
- Microsoft Works – Brought to you by TechProGuild?
- Now that OpenOffice 2.0 hasfinally shipped and Microsoft has released Office 12 intobeta, a lot of noise has cropped up around office suites. Even competitorsyou havenÂ’t heard of in a long time such as the WordPerfect Office Suite aremaking news again. One of the more interesting articles I saw, was...
- Tags: itÂ, microsoft corp., microsoft works, software, works
- Blog posts 2005-11-17
- ITA Monitor (exe)
- Powerful, Simple, Elegant ITA Monitor is a powerful utility that can save save you time and money making sure your critical application and services are always available. Simple software desgin requires no manuals to read, setup process only takes a few minutes at the most. Elegant intuitive interface stays out...
- Tags: monitor, disk, monitoring, cpu, microsoft windows, operating systems, software
- Software downloads 2007-11-28
- A tough year for security
- 2005--ItÂ’s almost over and what a tough year it was for bothnetwork administrators and end users in terms of security. Leaks of financial data left over 50 millionaccounts open for exploitation, phishing attacks have been steadily increasingand bot nets have continued to grow.While worm attacks have subsided we are...
- Tags: itÂ, security
- Blog posts 2005-12-30
- One of Santa’s reindeers gone bad…
- A few days ago, I saw a News.com story that really put me in the spirit of Christmas: “Dasher worm gallops onto the Net.” Dasher.B is a Windows-targeted worm that drops spying software on vulnerable PCs, and it’s spreading across the Internet. According to the story, “The Dasher.B...
- Tags: worm, cyberthreats, viruses and worms, security, sonja thompson
- Blog posts 2005-12-21
- Next up: MacOS X
- I’ve been runningSuSe Professional 10.0 now for several months to test out as a Windows XPalternative. So far, that’s been working ok, but Linux hasn’t been without itsproblems.I’ve also recently installed a copy of eCommStation1.2 – the latest incarnation of OS/2. That’s been a fun trip down memorylane and the...
- Tags: apple mac os, iÂ've, itÂ
- Blog posts 2006-01-30
- Ignore the basics at your own peril
- When IÂ’m not producing content for you here on TechProGuild,one of the things I like to do is go out on the lake with my boat. ItÂ’s not afancy yacht by any means. ItÂ’s just a small 17.5 foot Bayliner motor boat. IÂ’vehad it for a few years now and...
- Tags: boat, trailer
- Blog posts 2006-05-08
- Checking Vista’s performance
- Previously, IÂ’ve mentionedhow weÂ’ve got a new workstation for the TechRepublic Test Lab that was initiallydesigned to be a Windows Vista monster, but in reality has turned out to be lessthan impressive. Most of the problem can be attributed to the fact that Vistais still in early beta and anytime...
- Tags: microsoft windows vista, performance
- Blog posts 2006-03-09
- Older and wiser, but still struggling with the concept of sharing
- Well, I finally did it. Last week I finally allowed myself to let go of a support issue that IdidnÂ’t need to continue supporting. IÂ’msure most techies would agree that sometimes itÂ’s just tough to step away froma task and let someone else handle it. Whobetter to fix...
- Tags: itÂ
- Blog posts 2006-08-15
- Living with Lenovo
- OkÂ… so weÂ’re in Month2 now of the Lenovo Thinkpad X41 Tablet PC trial and I thought IÂ’d get you upto speed about how itÂ’s going. Personally, when they first came out, I thought of Tablet PCs as beingnothing but big gimmicks. I wasnÂ’t convinced by what I read about...
- Tags: ibm thinkpad, lenovo group ltd., pc, tablet, tablet pc
- Blog posts 2005-10-31
- Dumbing down Windows 9x workstations
- Last week, I mentioned that Microsoft was finally droppingsupport for Windows 98 and posed the question about whether or notMicrosoft really intended organizations to make the jump to Windows XP as aresult. Apparently it does – at least partially. Microsoft wants to turnWindows 9x-class workstations into dumb terminals.Microsoft is releasing...
- Tags: microsoft windows, wflpc, windows 9x, workstation
- Blog posts 2006-07-17
