Meraki, a network company, was acquired by Cisco in late 2012. Together, they are putting out cloud-managed switches, access points, and security appliances. One of Meraki's strengths is its online management tools. In order to allow others to experience this dashboard, Cisco Meraki actually provides free Mobile Device Management (MDM) to anyone. I decided to take them up on … [Read more...]
HTTPS Everywhere makes its way to Firefox for Android
The Electronic Frontier Foundation announced the availability of the HTTPS Everywhere add-in on Firefox for Android. HTTPS Everywhere helps secure communications by automatically escalating the website you are using to the https version instead of the unencrypted http traffic, where available. This can make your web traffic much more secure and less prone to prying eyes. The … [Read more...]
Process Explorer now includes VirusTotal integration
Last week, version 16 of Process Explorer was released and 16.01 was released yesterday. Its newest feature is VirusTotal integration. You use Process Explorer to examine the processes currently running on a Windows computer and now you can right-click on any process to upload it to VirusTotal to have it scanned by 40+ different antivirus scanners. You will then get the … [Read more...]
Microsoft introduces Satya Nadella as the new CEO
Microsoft announced their new CEO to replace Steve Ballmer is Satya Nadella. He has worked for Microsoft since 1992 and was executive vice president of Microsoft's Cloud and Enterprise group. In addition to the new CEO, Bill Gates is stepping down from being chairman of the board of directors. He is taking a new role as technology advisor. The CEO announcement has its own … [Read more...]
HP stops providing firmware updates to servers out of warranty
On Saturday, February 1st, I was called to take a look at a client's server that had a drive fail in the storage array and other issues. While I was working on the HP Proliant server, I went to update the firmware on the Smart Array P400. Upon searching the HP website, I found out about a new policy that discontinues providing firmware updates to servers out of … [Read more...]