Happy SysAdmin Appreciation Day to all of the System Administrators and IT Professionals out there! It seems like people/companies started getting more creative this year. For example, we have a trailer for a web series called SysAdmin, inspired by the XKCD comic Devotion to Duty. So, SysAdmins, enjoy the Friday and hopefully your clients are giving you a little bit of … [Read more...]
Java 7.0 Now Available For Download
Oracle has announced that Java 7 is available for download. This is mostly news for developers because the new Java 7 features obviously aren't implemented in code that you're likely to encounter for a while. There are some new networking and security features listed briefly but the bigger new features seem to be aimed toward developers. Java SE 7 delivers: Language changes … [Read more...]
Heads-Up: Friday is SysAdmin Appreciation Day
Just a friendly reminder that this Friday, July 29th (always the last Friday of July) is SysAdmin Day. Show your appreciation to your IT Professionals that keep your networks and server up and running 24/7. Throw in a bonus if they have the skill of taming rats' nests. (Image via Reddit) … [Read more...]
Mozilla Firefox and the Back and Forth With Enterprise Allows IE and Chrome A Window of Opportunity
At my last organization, we included Mozilla Firefox in images for deployment to all the computers for the sake of having an alternative browser since Firefox 2. Before I left, there were already talks about removing Firefox and discontinuing support for it as an IT department. It increased overhead and problems with user support (another thing to cause issues, teach users, and … [Read more...]
Adobe Releases Quarterly Updates for Flash Player, Shockwave, LiveCycle, ColdFusion, Acrobat, and Reader
Adobe just flooded the Internet with patches for some of their top products: Adobe Flash Player Shockwave Player LiveCycle and BlazeDS ColdFusion Acrobat and Adobe Reader This bring Acrobat and Reader up to versions 10.1 and introduces the "Protected Mode" that Reader X has been using to Acrobat X. The Protected Mode allowed Adobe Reader to skip a few updates until the … [Read more...]