You’ve probably heard the phrase “The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly”. I want to introduce another in the same vein as that – “The Dumb, the Stupid, and the Unbelievable”. I’ve been an IT consultant for many years, and …
Predicting the future is one hazardous occupation (ask the Mayans), yet in the world of IT and technology, trends and habits have a tendency to repeat themselves year after year. In this post we look at some of the things …
In Part 1 of this two-part series, I covered the ‘Microsoft Troubleshooting Packs’ and ACL permission checks using PowerShell scripting. This article will focus on two more scripts, one to check if a host is alive and, if it is …
’Tis the season to be jolly – and we’ve put together a cool video about 10 gadgets that would be a great gift for your sysadmin or for you. You can also win one of these cool gadgets by taking …
Come December 22, you are going to find yourself in one of two scenarios. Either the Mayans were right, and the world will have come to an end (in which case I hope you have your towel), or that Saturday …
TeamViewer®, one of the world’s most popular providers of remote control and online meetings software, recently announced the findings of its survey of 500 American adults ages 18 and older who work from home either full-time or part-time, conducted online …
A few weeks ago we published an article called 13 IT Projects to Include in Your Plans for 2013. In that post, we suggested 13 IT projects for you to consider, since as the New Year approaches, many IT departments …
While this might be the most wonderful time of the year, there are just too many Grinches on the Internet looking to make ruin your Yuletide cheer. Don’t let them. Forewarned is forearmed, and we’re putting together a list to …
In Windows PowerShell: Extracting Strings Using Regular Expressions, I introduced the Windows PowerShell and discussed the concept of regular expressions, giving an example of how to build a Windows PowerShell script to extract strings from a file using a given …
The typical system administrator in a small- to medium-sized business (SMB) has many time-consuming tasks to keep the network secure, guarantee 24*7 corporate email availability, allocate and configure new machines as new employees join and help the CEO with the …
Today we’re announcing that GFI LanGuard now supports vulnerability assessment and patch management for computers running the Mac OS X operating system. The latest version of the company’s award-winning, comprehensive patch management, vulnerability assessment and network auditing software for small …