Category: General IT
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How to Install & Configure Remote Access Servers
VPN or Virtual Private Network has become one of the core components in large enterprises and as a System Administrator you will most certainly stumble upon this technology. There are multiple VPN equipment Vendors, each one with their own features. One of the things that all of these providers must agree on is using the…
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Shellshock vulnerability – worse than HeartBleed đ
Do you remember HeartBleed from a few months back? Thereâs another huge vulnerability that just came to light: Shellshock. And this one is much worse than HeartBleed đ Shellshock is based on a vulnerability in the Unix/Linux bash command processor. Bash can be forced to execute commands stored as âenvironment variablesâ and unfortunately, many programs…
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How to Configure DFSR Replication
Weâve talked in a previous article about DFS namespace and weâve seen how to install and configure this feature on two Windows Server 2012 machines. Now that weâve configured our DFS namespace itâs time to enable DFS Replication and allow file transfer between servers. Note that by now you should have two Windows Server 2012…
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How to deploy a new VM on Hyper-V
Now that weâve seen how to install and configure Hyper-V Server role on our Windows Server 2012 machine, itâs time to deploy a new Virtual Machine using our virtualization product. Note that by now you should have a Windows Server 2012 running Hyper-V. If you havenât read the last article please read it here before…
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Big Data and the Law
Big Data is the term used to describe the commercial aggregation, mining, and analysis of very large, complex and unstructured datasets based on social media and Web-enabled workloads. Platforms like Google and LinkedIn have created a revenue stream from the data they collect. Everything from your Facebook posts and tweets, to your late-night shopping habits…
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Infographic: Google+ or Facebook for your Business?
It is a debate that has been going on for years, which is better for business, Facebook or Google+? In past blogs the answer had always come down to one thing ⌠audience. And in that specific competition Facebook wins hands down. It is true, as the most popular social network, Facebook, has held the…
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Top 5 Tech Blogs You Should be Reading
The Internet is used for a multitude of tasks, communication, research, and procrastination, to name but a few. At the center of all of these past times is the sharing of information and ideas. There is no argument that this amazing technological leap has made us smarter and helped us connect with the worldwide community.…
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5 Business Alterations to Dropbox
With the world of media ever careering forward, powered by the continuously changing, improving and updating technological landscape, there is an ever-increasing need for companies to be able to connect their teams instantly, all over the world. Since its initial release in 2008, Dropbox users have been synchronizing their personal data across multiple devices â…
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5 Tech Inventions that Didnât Change the World
Technology advances at a lightning speed and there are plenty of incredible (and successful) new innovations in this field. However for every successful addition to the technology niche there are plenty that havenât made the grade. Perhaps the worst thing about failed technologies is their unrealized potential. Often a tech product fails because of a…
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Google Glass Etiquette
Wearable technology is moving away from the fringe, perhaps even from the âgeeksâ and is now enjoying a more generalized reception. Google Glass is the tech giantâs offering and there are more and more people opting to wear the augmented reality eye wear. However with this new technology becoming more commonplace it becomes necessary to…