The 31 Worst Face-Palm Moments in IT
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August 2, 2013
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 …
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Is Your Deception Defense Strong?
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April 2, 2012
April Fools is a whole day dedicated to the art of deception. Newspapers run spoof stories, pranks are pulled and the world generally does its best to tickle its collective funny bone. For that one day, that brief 24 hours, …
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Integrating Exchange Server in a Non-Windows Environment
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March 30, 2012
Using Exchange Server in a non-Windows enterprise environment can be a tricky, yet unavoidable situation for some organizations. In this post I will highlight some of the best methods you can apply to integrate Exchange Server in a non-Windows environment.
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Why Do Companies Fax?
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March 28, 2012
In all my years of involvement with the fax server software industry, telephone systems, a plethora of industry sectors, and small to enterprise business in general, I cannot remember one person ever telling me they love to fax. So why …
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Exchange Server 2010 Scalability Techniques
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March 26, 2012
As your organization grows, so do mailboxes and, with them, storage requirements. You will therefore need to make some scalability tweaks and design considerations in accordance with this growth. In this post I shall outline the best Exchange Server 2010 …
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Danish Police Incident Calls for a Security Assessment
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March 22, 2012
A department responsible for IT Security should, obviously, follow those practices it expects others to follow. Sometimes you come across situations where tasks that should fall under an IT security umbrella are handled by an external department which might not …
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March Webinar: Add Value to Your MSP with Cloud Services
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March 20, 2012
Coming to “the end” of your time as a Managed Services Provider (MSP)? Looking for a way to “break on through” your business doldrums by adding cloud services? Then register for this month’s informative webinar and learn a bit more …
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Scanning Open Ports in Windows: A Quick Guide
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March 15, 2012
When troubleshooting client or server side application network connectivity issues, it is often necessary to determine if access to a certain port that the application uses is being blocked. In this article we’ll take a quick look at how to …
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Security Patching Trends for Major Software Vendors
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March 13, 2012
An important aspect of patch management and your patching schedule is to understand the patch release cycles adopted by the most important software vendors. In this post, we take a look at some statistics on this topic and how patch …
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Survey: Americans OK with Web Monitoring at Work
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March 8, 2012
GFI Software recently conducted a survey of 620 US workers, and a significant majority of them do not consider employers’ use of web monitoring software an invasion of privacy. Survey respondents split almost evenly about whether or not their employer …
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GFI WebMonitor™ 2012 Released!
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March 8, 2012
GFI WebMonitor 2012, one of the industry’s leading web security solutions for small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs), has been released today. Last fall, the company introduced several innovations to enable SMBs to better defend their networks, including a website safeness rating, stronger blocking …
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