Month: October 2013

  • Choosing a Network Monitoring Solution – TechRepublic

    Choosing a Network Monitoring Solution – TechRepublic

    Take a look at our write up in TechRepublic, featuring PA Server Monitor, and how some of our customers have used it. Considerations for Choosing a Network Monitoring Solution It talks about why server monitoring is good for business, and choosing between “paid” or “rented” software solutions. A big thanks to Nick Hardiman at TechRepublic […]

  • How to Configure DNS Client Settings

    How to Configure DNS Client Settings

    In this article we will discuss some of the DNS settings that each workstation must be configured to in order to communicate within a computer network. DNS is one of the most important services that run within a network or even in the Internet. The infrastructure of the Domain Name System can differ from one […]

  • Windows 2003 and High CPU Usage in Svchost

    Windows 2003 and High CPU Usage in Svchost

    Windows 2003 is getting a bit long in the tooth, but we’ve got a number of customers that are still happily using it, and for good reason — it’s a solid work horse of an OS. We’ve recently come upon an issue where some of our 2003 servers in the lab were pegging the CPU […]

  • Try PA Server Monitor, Get a Bottle of Oklahoma Joe’s BBQ Sauce FREE!

    Try PA Server Monitor, Get a Bottle of Oklahoma Joe’s BBQ Sauce FREE!

    Oklahoma Joe’s has been Featured on The Travel Channel’s “No Reservations” with Anthony Bourdain and “Man vs Food.” Anthony Bourdain claimed it was “One of Thirteen Places to Eat Before You Die.” Oklahoma Joe’s Kansas City Bar-B-Que has been named Kansas City’s “Best Barbecue” by Zagat every year since 2004! Men’s Health magazine named it […]

  • Building OpenSSL with Visual Studio 2012 for 32- or 64-bit

    Building OpenSSL with Visual Studio 2012 for 32- or 64-bit

    For our programmer (dev/ops) friends, we thought we’d share a little about building OpenSSL.  There are a lot of examples online, but we kept finding they had little glitches, not quite complete, etc.  So here is how we built it: You need Perl installed.  ActiveState’s free community Perl install is just fine. First, you need to […]