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Device Lifecycle Management – The Real Impact! 26 Aug 2013 | 08:06 pm
The real impact of maintaining a good Device Lifecycle Management Process is - Save Time and Mitigate Vulnerability Risks! While network administrators are busy setting up networks, troubleshooting a...
"The Cloud" Inspires Poetry from SysAdmins 26 Aug 2013 | 06:13 pm
While reading a recent blog post on SlashDot, my mind was opened by some touching SysAdmin poetry. While not a lethal as Vogon verse, I promise it will alter your mood. FTFY by Neo-Rio-101 I ...
SAM 6.0 - Double High-Fives All Around! 23 Aug 2013 | 09:43 pm
Server & Application Monitor (SAM) has made major strides in the last two years with the introduction of hardware health monitoring, java application and hypervisor monitoring, remediation and a truck...
Mitigating the Risks of Unpatched Applications! 23 Aug 2013 | 05:53 pm
It’s always been a difficult task to maintain standardized IT policy when it comes to deploying patches in your environment. Evidently IT admins try to avoid any vulnerabilities or security issues, bu...
Resetting Passwords: Finally, There is an Automated Workaround! 22 Aug 2013 | 05:03 pm
Even though it’s simple to reset a user account password, for an IT administrator like you, who has a ton of other critical stuff to do, it takes time. And, it’s definitely no fun at all considering t...
How to Turn Drudgery and Disaster into Your Next Career Advancement Using these Overlooked Network Configuration Practices (Part 1 of 7) 22 Aug 2013 | 01:57 am
Network configuration management could be described as “hours of boredom punctuated by moments of terror.” Certainly it’s no fun to remote into a couple hundred routers or switches and manually enter ...
Boisterous Network Users - The Helpless Horror of IT! 21 Aug 2013 | 07:04 pm
Well, it’s true! Normally tough network admin Vernon, here, is one such soul who had to check himself into IT Group Therapy. Unruly users taking advantage and indulging in malicious network activity w...
Why does the world need another file sharing solution? 21 Aug 2013 | 06:03 pm
Now that SolarWinds has released its own ad hoc file sharing solution, where does it fit in an increasingly crowded market? What Exactly IS File Sharing? When we're talking about file sharing,...
Unauthorized USB Access & Data Loss: You Are Not Alone! 20 Aug 2013 | 08:03 pm
The usage of flash drives or USB removable media is quite common in any workplace; but having a closer look at it, it is potentially an internal security threat. In the past few years, we have seen so...
Help desk ticket integrations with server and application monitoring systems – Why should you care? 20 Aug 2013 | 06:23 pm
You don’t need to believe in Murphy’s Laws to realize that one or all of the following will happen, just at the right time: Server failure Application failure SQL crashes Now, multiply each ...
