Depending on the organization, a department might be interested in using the account tracking feature of certain copiers. This would allow an organization to track and calculate a bill per PIN Code. This could allow an individual or a department to be billed individual for their printing at the end of the billing cycle. Beyond the business need, for a lot of people the PINs … [Read more...]
Antivirus trials on Windows 8 decreases its security
One of the features of Windows 8 made me excited even though it didn't seem to get a lot of attention from anybody else. Microsoft rebranded Microsoft Security Essentials as the Windows Defender product and included it by default in Windows 8. I thought this could be a game changer. So many of the computers that I see that are infected don't even have an antivirus on them. This … [Read more...]
SourceForge’s DevShare adware program rears its ugly head with FileZilla
SourceForge used to be a reputable place to download open source software. Now, that reputation is doing a full reverse as SourceForge becomes a place to avoid. A little relevant history: SourceForge was acquired by Dice Holdings from the previous owner Geeknet in September 2012. On July 1st of 2013, SourceForge announced a new program for developers called DevShare which … [Read more...]
Book Review: The Phoenix Project – A novel about IT, DevOps, and Helping Your Business Win
The Phoenix Project by Gene Kim, Kevin Behr, and George Spafford is an interesting book to stumble upon. I was able to pick it up a few months back when it was offered for free on the Kindle and finally got around to reading it this past week. The book is a novelization about a company's IT department in the thick of it. The company has not been doing well, missing quarterly … [Read more...]
“I’m told my IP/e-mail/website is blacklisted, now what?”
It's no fun when you are told you (or a client) have ended up on a blacklist. It may be an IP address, a domain for a website or e-mail addresses, or something more general. Landing on a blacklist might mean clients running filtering software won't be able to visit your website, for example, if your domain was being marked as hosting adult content. If you land on a blacklist … [Read more...]