December 19, 2008 8:55 PM
Posted by: Troy Tate
administration,
awareness,
DataCenter,
design,
environment,
facility,
facility management,
hardware,
Microsoft Windows,
Monitoring,
Performance,
power management,
tools,
Vista,
XPMicrosoft has a special section of their website dedicated to fostering environmental sustainability. To that end, they have released a product called Edison PC Power Management software. The application will...
December 15, 2008 9:05 PM
Posted by: Troy Tate
administration,
Performance,
planning,
professional,
tools,
websiteIt is going to be another year end here in a few weeks and the new year begins. We all struggle to meet deadlines, track what we do and where our time goes. I have found a few tools that I will be sharing with you in the next couple of blog entries. Maybe one of these will help you in 2009 and make...
December 10, 2008 2:41 PM
Posted by: Troy Tate
administration,
awareness,
design,
documentation,
education,
howto,
IT education,
Microsoft,
Microsoft Windows,
planning,
toolkit,
toolsMicrosoft has become much better offering documentation beyond just marketing materials about their products and systems. The Infrastructure Planning and Design (IPD) guides are the next version of Windows Server System Reference Architecture. The guides in this series help clarify and streamline...
December 10, 2008 1:33 PM
Posted by: Troy Tate
analysis,
education,
howto,
IT education,
Metrics,
Monitoring,
network analysis,
Networking,
packet capture,
performance monitoring,
reporting,
tools,
troubleshooting,
wireshark
December 10, 2008 1:19 PM
Posted by: Troy Tate
anti-virus,
awareness,
documentation,
education,
howto,
IT education,
malware,
Networking,
online identity,
patching,
professional,
risk,
tools,
troubleshooting,
web,
websiteI recently came across the computer forums on Craigslist. I had heard of Craigslist previously but was not aware of the significant scope of what it offers besides classified ads. I'm not suggesting that folks leave ITKE to the Craigslist computer forums for support - far from that.
I have been...
December 4, 2008 6:54 PM
Posted by: Troy Tate
administration,
design,
hardware,
IBM,
Linux,
Microsoft,
Microsoft Windows,
reporting,
VirtualizationMany IT trade publications are reporting that IBM is launching alternative to Microsoft-centric software and the bloated hardware required by recent operating system releases.
The Virtual Linux Desktop ranges in price from $59 to $289 per user, depending on level of software and service desired,...
December 3, 2008 8:58 PM
Posted by: Troy Tate
administration,
Microsoft,
Microsoft Windows,
policy enforcement,
Powershell,
reporting,
toolkit,
tools
A new utility that writes Windows PowerShell scripts that harness the power of WMI (Windows Instrumentation Management) for use in system management and administration. This tool was created by Microsoft consultant and...
December 3, 2008 3:50 PM
Posted by: Troy Tate
administration,
anti-virus,
antivirus,
awareness,
Browsers,
data loss,
Data security,
education,
Firefox,
Firewalls,
homeland security,
IT education,
malware,
Microsoft,
Microsoft Windows,
online identity,
phishing,
risk,
Security,
spam,
SSL,
vulnerability
December 1, 2008 7:40 PM
Posted by: Troy Tate
administration,
analysis,
design,
education,
howto,
IT education,
Microsoft Windows,
Monitoring,
Networking,
Performance,
Policy,
server,
troubleshootingFor those of you considering using Microsoft Windows Server 2008, you might want to check out this TechNet Virtual Lab:...
