October 23, 2009 5:58 PM
Posted by: Troy Tate
application,
portable application,
regedit,
tools,
Windows,
windows service,
windows startupOne of the tools I frequently use is called Startup Control Panel. This is a free tool from Mike Lin. It is a portable tool so it does not require any client installation...
October 21, 2009 1:20 PM
Posted by: Troy Tate
Active Directory,
AD,
dba,
Development,
education,
IIS,
IT education,
Microsoft,
podcast,
Powershell,
SharePoint,
sql,
virtual machines,
Virtualization,
webcastI just came across an excellent resource for IT professionals working with Microsoft products. It is called RunAs Radio. There are weekly podcasts about topics of interest to those of us...
October 15, 2009 6:44 PM
Posted by: Troy Tate
analysis,
education,
ethereal,
howto,
IT education,
Laura Chappell,
Metrics,
Monitoring,
network analysis,
Networking,
packet analysis,
packet capture,
performance monitoring,
protocol analysis,
reporting,
tcp/ip,
tools,
trace files,
training,
troubleshooting,
wiresharkLaura Chappel, the BitGirl, is at it again with another in her series of Wireshark Jumpstart webinars. The next one is called
October 15, 2009 12:51 PM
Posted by: Troy Tate
antispam,
antivirus,
Cloud Services,
corrective actions,
Google,
incident report,
root cause analysis,
saas,
service level,
service outageI recently posted about Google’s Postini - cloud email security service - delivery issues. This is a follow-on post about the incident root cause...
October 13, 2009 7:59 PM
Posted by: Troy Tate
antispam,
antivirus,
Cloud Services,
Google,
saas,
service level,
service outageSince very early today, US Eastern Daylight Time, Google's Postini services have been experiencing some service issues. It is unknown as of this writing as to the cause or full scope of the issue. However, when logging into the Postini support portal, an administrator is given the following status...
October 7, 2009 6:38 PM
Posted by: Troy Tate
bot,
botnet,
career,
information security,
information technology,
infosec,
IT,
network analysis,
professional,
Security,
service level,
support,
trojanIn America, October is the time when haunting, evil spirits and curses come to mind. Earlier today I posted a blog entry titled Can IT education bring an end to the...
October 7, 2009 5:34 PM
Posted by: Troy Tate
career,
economics,
education,
information technology,
IT,
technologyWell, by my title I don't mean entirely end the recession, and especially not just through IT education alone. I was listening to the radio the other day and heard a snippet about an upcoming story. Unfortunately, I was unable to hear the entire story. However, the topic of the upcoming story...