No One Expects The Java Patch!
It seems the operating system patches take the brunt of the blame when it comes to problematic behavior. It used to be a common occurrence to have multiple days of Windows patches or a never-ending...
View ArticleWhat Is The Future of Application Delivery?
Every year seems to be met with an optimistic glow of it being the “year of the desktop”. By that, I mean that a large shift will push virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI) into the lime light....
View ArticlePatch Management? I don't care for it but YOU should!
Patch Management! How exciting? Eagerly waiting up till the wee hours of the night on Patch Tuesdays, waiting for Microsoft to release the latest round of security patches and application fixes. I’m...
View ArticleAre you making the move to Windows Server 2012?
Interesting enough, most Windows administrators that I've talked to are immediately turned off by the user experience presented by Windows Server 2012. It’s a very different graphical interface on the...
View ArticleKing for a Day - What would you change?
For the past few weeks I've had some really good discussions around patch management. The reasons why some people don't patch, the reasoning behind why people do patch, where it fits into an...
View ArticleWhy do you even bother patching?
So there are a bunch of reasons people patch their systems. In fact, there are probably more reasons people patch systems than why they wouldn't. (although there are some valid reasons NOT to patch...
View ArticlePatching and Antivirus : Technology Doppelgangers?
As I am sitting here thinking about Windows Patching (I don't take my meds till 11am ), it strikes me that there are some real parallel threads among patching and Antivirus. They both seem to be a...
View ArticleWhat Is The Future of Application Delivery?
Every year seems to be met with an optimistic glow of it being the “year of the desktop”. By that, I mean that a large shift will push virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI) into the lime light....
View ArticleWhen monitoring multiple sites, how do you handle the collection of data...
This is tied in to my last post "Do you prefer agentless or agent-based monitoring? Are there situations where you prefer one over the other?" I prefer agent-based solutions for monitoring to get...
View ArticleRemote Workers how are you enabling and managing them ?
I guess I'm pretty lucky; I work from home and have only been to the corporate office about six times since I started over a year ago. The company I work for uses Citrix XenApp for publishing...
View ArticleDo you prefer agentless or agent-based monitoring? Are there situations where...
When I’m evaluating a monitoring system, one of the first things I check for is if it is agent-based or agentless. The use of one method over another doesn’t necessarily spell disaster for the project...
View ArticleNo One Expects The Java Patch!
It seems the operating system patches take the brunt of the blame when it comes to problematic behavior. It used to be a common occurrence to have multiple days of Windows patches or a never-ending...
View ArticleRemote network access: Commercial Solution or Roll your own ?
Remote management of workstations and remote networks has been something that IT staff have dealt with for a long time. Some IT staff simply need to management workstations from inside of their...
View ArticleWhy Didn't We Know About This?
Those six words can make you shudder. When they are the only text in an email below a link leading to a story about a zero-day exploit or a news flash on CNN talking about stolen personal information...
View ArticlePatch Management? I don't care for it but YOU should!
Patch Management! How exciting? Eagerly waiting up till the wee hours of the night on Patch Tuesdays, waiting for Microsoft to release the latest round of security patches and application fixes. I’m...
View ArticleVirtual Application Servers (vApps) - A Blessing or a Curse?
One of the easiest ways for a vendor to provide an application to you or your organization is through a virtual application offering: think VMware Appliances or even Turnkey solutions. Often the...
View ArticleWhy do you even bother patching?
So there are a bunch of reasons people patch their systems. In fact, there are probably more reasons people patch systems than why they wouldn't. (although there are some valid reasons NOT to patch...
View ArticleWhich Compute Architecture Will Reign Supreme?
I would imagine that most folks who have gone either all rack servers or blade servers for the data center will lean a bit towards their chosen solution, but I’m curious about other options that are...
View ArticleWhat Is The Future of Application Delivery?
Every year seems to be met with an optimistic glow of it being the “year of the desktop”. By that, I mean that a large shift will push virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI) into the lime light....
View ArticleNo One Expects The Java Patch!
It seems the operating system patches take the brunt of the blame when it comes to problematic behavior. It used to be a common occurrence to have multiple days of Windows patches or a never-ending...
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