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- Network monitoring for fun and profit
- What are your network monitoring tools of choice?I considered adding Wireshark to the mix, and making it a list of ten. That tends to get better traffic from Google, for some reason. I just couldn't come up with a title that really captured the spirit of it and...
- Tags: Network administration, apotheon, network monitoring, Wireshark, network monitoring tool, network
- Discussion threads 2007-10-09
- Four reasons people like failing projects
- "indiscriminate" quibbling"[i]Unfortunately, very few organizations have the fortitude to slaughter projects indiscriminately once they move into the 'deployment' stage.[/i]"I don't find that unfortunate at all. I think that "indiscriminately slaughtering" projects once they move into deployment (or at any other time, for that matter) is a monumentally bad idea....
- Tags: apotheon
- Discussion threads 2007-10-06
- Chinese gamer dies from exhaustion!
- Where's the news about the Chinese gamer?The article links to stories about the two South Korean gamers that have been in the news for managing to die while gaming, but there's no link to the original news story about the Chinese gamer. I think a link is in order.These...
- Tags: Games, apotheon
- Discussion threads 2007-09-21
- Security and customer service: Why they go hand in hand
- Sometimes, circumventing security is just *bad*.It's true that sometimes an end user circumventing security policies is just someone that feels the IT department is holding him/her back, and that there needs to be some kind of attempt to address the perceived needs of that end user. It's true that...
- Tags: customer service, apotheon, security, security policy
- Discussion threads 2007-08-09
- The consulting misnomer
- I think you pretty much nailed it.In fact, I tend to think that a lot of the architectural planning done in corporate shops would be better replaced by some high-level code -- perhaps taking a [url=http://dsoguy.blogspot.com/2007/01/programming-by-wishful-thinking.html][b]programming by wishful thinking[/url] approach to architecture planning. Software consulting would probably best be...
- Tags: Outsourcing, apotheon, consulting
- Discussion threads 2007-07-28
- Apply the D.I.C.E framework to determine your best backup server solution
- my defaultMy default is generally rsync or bacula, depending on specific needs. It's hard to beat free, especially when it's reasonably easy to set up, maintain, and expand -- and these days there's really not much point in using any backup media other than hard drives.
- Tags: Backups, server, apotheon, backup
- Discussion threads 2007-07-20
- The time has come for maxwell edison to leave TR.
- In a discussion re. the new TR Discussions/Questions/etal. Alert format, maxwell attacked apotheon for even starting a Discussion re. this subject, in a manner most foul, at http://techrepublic.com.com/5208-6230-0.html?forumID=102&threadID=228323&messageID=2270585 .Many here have already experienced max's crude & vicious attacks; even more have witnessed them.His behavior here has become egregious, and he...
- Tags: deepsand, Well Max, TR Discussions/Questions/etal, Apotheon
- Discussion threads 2007-07-03
- Is this goodbye?
- TechRepublic appears to have changed the form of its email alerts for discussions to which I've subscribed. This has created a few problems for me, in large part because of the interaction of the facts that:A) I use email alerts almost exclusively as my point of entry to TechRepublic.B)...
- Tags: apotheon, email alert, e-mail
- Discussion threads 2007-07-02
- 10 things to look for in a remote connectivity application
- quite possibly the best available toolOpenSSH coupled with the X Window System's network transparency for when GUI access is necessary may be the best tool available to meet all those needs. There is not a single item on that list of ten criteria that is not handled admirably well...
- Tags: PRODUCTIVITY, Remote access, UNIX, Operating systems, OPEN SOURCE, apotheon, OpenSSH, tool
- Discussion threads 2007-06-28
- Video: Spacefighter knights vs. cybernetic dragons
- imperfectWhat I see from these things is that they're in desperate need of better writers and better voice actors -- but otherwise, they're remarkably good.
- Tags: Corporate communications, apotheon, video
- Discussion threads 2007-06-21
- Newest GPL draft leaves Novell in the clear
- mixed bagThe new draft of the GPLv3 is a mixed bag. While I applaud the patent-related changes to the GPLv3 draft, and support the goals intended by them, the fact remains that other proposed changes to the GPL with version 3 only increase the problematic nature of the GPL...
- Tags: apotheon, Novell Inc., GPLv3, GPL, GPL Draft
- Discussion threads 2007-06-04
- Expert: IT industry has failed in desktop security
- He's rightnot in is knowledge of Linux, which as you said appears to be lacking. But overall, why can't the computer industry ship a PC that your grandma could use, browse major websites including myspace, yootube and any media sites, without fear of getting adware, spyware, destructoware, and getting...
- Tags: Spyware, adware & malware, Cyberthreats, Operating systems, Microsoft Windows, INTERNET, UNIX, apotheon, desktop, security, Linux, spyware, spyware site, PC
- Discussion threads 2007-05-22
- Server 'roles' to save companies headaches, not cash
- a sickness in the software industry[i]Laing said such pricing would also further confuse Microsoft's product lineup, which already has different pricing options based on the scale of the server. With Windows Server 2003, there are standard, enterprise and data center versions of the main OS, as well as a separate...
- Tags: Pricing, Tools & Techniques, Marketing research, Servers, apotheon, Laing, software, pricing strategy, Microsoft Corp., server
- Discussion threads 2007-05-17
- Experts say Microsoft's patent quest won't go far
- what Microsoft wantsQuoth the article:"[i]Microsoft said it released the tally--though not the 235 specific patents--in an effort to bring open-source companies to the table to hammer out intellectual property licensing deals similar to the one struck by Linux seller Novell in 2006. But industry experts said the declaration's implicit demand--that...
- Tags: apotheon, patent, industry expert, Microsoft Corp., industry
- Discussion threads 2007-05-16
- Open Access Point defense for child porn shot down
- You ain't kiddin', George.Sometimes, trying to convince people that security matters is like an uphill battle -- without weapons, against hurricane force winds, with my hands tied behind my back.
- Tags: apotheon
- Discussion threads 2007-04-30
- Schneier questions need for security industry
- Once again, Bruce Schneier gets it right.Vendors and ISPs that don't pay enough attention to security aspects of their businesses are doing their customers a disservice. The entire existence of the antivirus industry is a sign of a monumental failure on the part of software vendors that would rather...
- Tags: apotheon, security
- Discussion threads 2007-04-27
- BabelDisc: A step forward or two steps back?
- the right way to do itMaintain your own data at home. Use a LiveCD to connect to that data as needed. You can even mount remote partitions via SSH using the SSHFS software. There's no need to pay someone else to maintain your data for you at...
- Tags: apotheon, BabelDisc
- Discussion threads 2007-04-20
- Meet the metaverse, your new digital home
- the future of cyberspace"Metaverse" is a newer term than "cyberspace" coined by legendary speculative fiction author William Gibson, but refers to much the same thing. The example of cyberspace in William Gibson's writings is at least as important as that of the Metaverse in Stephenson's, I think.What Gibson's vision...
- Tags: NETWORKING, apotheon, network, Second Life, three-Dimensional, cyberspace, Croquet, veil, Microsoft Corp.
- Discussion threads 2007-04-16
- Microsoft is at it again: bug == feature
- Once again, Microsoft is fixing a bug by declaring it a feature. That way, the marketing department doesn't have to admit MS software isn't perfect. [url=http://barelybad.com/fplicense.htm][b]See the second image on this page.[/b][/url]This is [url=http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&articleId=9016401&pageNumber=1][b]Microsoft's current attempt to convince us that bugs are features[/b][/url]. This time around, bugs...
- Tags: Microsoft Word, Word processors, SECURITY, apotheon, Microsoft Corp.
- Discussion threads 2007-04-13
- Why Microsoft is under assault from all corners
- a very limited understanding of free market economicsLars Liebeler betrays a limited, even naive, understanding of free market economics in this opinion piece.Free markets are markets entirely free of governmental interference in economic processes. They are not merely markets where government's only role is to encourage the consolidation of...
- Tags: Regulations, apotheon, regulation, Lars Liebeler, antitrust, Microsoft Corp.
- Discussion threads 2007-04-09
