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I read about the indictment of a former Unix engineer from Fannie Mae with macabre fascination. The engineer in question, Rajendrasinh Babubhai Makwana, was sacked for his lack of performance. It wou... More >
I have worked as a system administrator as well as headed an IT department at several local SMBs over the years. As you can imagine, there were times when management did not see eye-to-eye with some ... More >
Once nothing more than a concept that was rarely practiced, telecommuting has steadily gained in popularity in recent years. Today, many organizations have policies in place to allow their staff to t... More >
I have come to the realization from personal experience that while everyone agrees on the necessity of performing regular backups , SMBs tend to skip a crucial step in their disaster recovery strate... More >
In what can only be called a PR disaster of epic proportions, well-known networking and peripherals maker Belkin has come clean and admitted to actively soliciting for positive reviews of its produ... More >
Cisco Systems, the juggernaut of the computer networking industry, has announced the availability of a new wireless access point (AP) last week. The Aironet 1140 is no low-tech appliance, and comes ... More >
I came across this very interesting interview with a former adware programmer . In his early days, Matt Knox designed and wrote adware for a company called Direct Revenue, which would later be sued ... More >
According to a report from Computerworld earlier this week, unpatched Windows PCs are the cause for a "huge increase" in the number of infiltrations by a new computer worm written to exploit this v... More >
I was reading about how China has shut down almost a hundred Web sites since last week. The reason for the closures: Many of these sites contained pornographic content, which is illegal in China. ... More >
As expected, the beta of Windows 7 was officially launched by Microsoft just before the beginning of the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) 2009. It is immediately available to MSDN and TechNet subscrib... More >
CES 2009 takes place this week, and one category of product that I expect to be well-covered at this mega event is the netbook. A netbook is essentially a scaled-down version of a laptop, with a slo... More >
On the smaller end of my audience of SMBs are offices where a distinct IT budget has not yet been established, and I want to address how to change that situation. Actually, over the years, I have fou... More >
The ideal of the paperless office has been floating around almost as long as the existence of the computer. I call it the ideal since that is what it remains to this day. In fact, the availability ... More >
Earlier, I recommended evaluating reports in order to eliminate unnecessary ones , which can only lead to lower operating costs. Another area where big savings can be gleaned with relatively little ... More >
Welcome to my first post of 2009. While I am sure everyone is well-rested and revved up to begin the new year with a big bang, I think it makes more sense to take a step back to review the existing I... More >
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