howto://make Windows 7 file transfers fly

2011-10-04

Speed up SMB transfers over the WAN with this little reghack/performance tuning trick.

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howto://customise Lync 2010 status messages

2011-09-23

Want to customise Lync 2010′s status messages, or enable the secret “appear offline mode?” Me too! Here’s how.

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The top eleven covers that were better than the originals

2011-09-12

Every so often I feel like writing a blog post that is not technical at all, but rather that just let’s me share some things that were on my mind. Some of them have been as popular as any other post I have done, which just encourages me to do more. This is one of [...]

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you’re doing it wrong

2011-09-07

If you are trying to control what your users can hit on the Internet using firewall rules instead of a web proxy, you’re doing it wrong, so stop.

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An open letter to House Majority Leader Eric Cantor, R-VA

2011-09-02

Representative Cantor, I write this letter to you as a son of Virginia, a registered member of the GOP, and as someone who until recently fancied himself a Reagan Republican. I write this letter to you also as someone who has found himself unable to vote the party ticket over the past several elections; who [...]

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Now this is really cool

2011-08-23

Check out this YouTube video tour of Microsoft’s datacenters, including innovations in deployment, capacity, and efficiency.

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That’s just TMI

2011-07-29

Are we maybe sharing just a little too much information online? Signs say yes; read this article and share your opinion.

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Why you need to do a network security audit

2011-06-28

If you run a business of any size these days, running a network security audit is an essential process. The computer network in just about every organization contains information, the majority of which will either be business critical and/or sensitive in nature. Protecting that data is of paramount importance. But how can you achieve that [...]

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Security Compliance in the Cloud: What are the Risks?

2011-06-13

As more companies move their networks into the cloud and as high-profile security breaches continue to dominate headlines, IT administrators are asking: How safe is cloud computing for companies with sensitive data to protect? Cloud computing is a fairly new game with different rules requiring a unique skill set. As with any emerging technology, there [...]

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howto://bulk check-in files in SharePoint

2011-06-07

Since I get asked about checked out files once a week, and can never quite remember how to check them in, here’s a quick article on how to bulk check-in files that you have checked out, whether it’s because you copied them up using the WebDAV path, or because that’s the default behaviour for your document library.

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WordPress 3.1.3 addresses security issues

2011-05-26

Hello again everyone, if you are using WordPress, you are going to want to update to the latest release, 3.1.3. If you are still running a blog on a 2. train version, please consider updating this time. Several issues have been fixed, the dashboard in 3 is great, and unless you are still running Windows [...]

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howto://shape traffic on tmg 2010

2011-05-23

TMG 2010 does a great job of securing your network, and can exercise very precise control of internal users’ access to the Internet when it comes to ports and protocols, file access, etc., but unfortunately it cannot do anything to control bandwidth consumption. Whether you call it traffic shaping, bandwidth restrictions, rate limiting, or speed [...]

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