Most system administrators look at virtual servers such as Amazon’s EC2 or RackSpace’s Cloud Servers as a boon to IT, a way to scale to meet problems quickly, easily, and less expensively. Server virtualization is all the rage, and virtualization has replaced “web 2.0″ in every vendors lexicon. The advantages of cloud based virtualized servers [...]
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A surprising number of small businesses have connected their office networks to the Internet with consumer grade NAT routers. These devices are inexpensive and easy to setup, but they lack features that most businesses should have. These devices are often left unsecured with default passwords and access levels. More importantly when something goes wrong they are [...]
Often part of the magic of working in fast paced environment is the people that you work with. Below is a true story about one of those moments. I hope you have as much fun reading as we had doing.
The Scenario
A brand new golf course had been selected to host a PGA tournament. Since the [...]
According to a study done last year by Forrester Research nearly half large enterprise are “evaluating alternative options for managing and providing email”. Why? It’s relatively easy to build a highly available, highly redundant email system that can support tens or hundreds of thousands of users easily with free software. The answer to the”why” is [...]
Yesterday I had the pleasure of being one of four speakers at the network storage event sponsored by the CFITS (Central Florida Information Technology Society). All four presentations have been put together in a single power point that is posted on the CFITS website. I’ve included a flash version of just the GeeForce slides here. [...]
Who needs MiFi when there is JoikuSpot? Smarter, cheaper, better.
D-Link has produced an interesting series of hackable consumer level NAS devices and the open source community has taken notice. Currently the D-Link DNS-323 and DSM-G600 have active hacking communities building up around them. Will NAS devices be the next take off point for Linux invading the home? Considering the success of the Linux access [...]
