11th December 2009
Test labs: we know that we need them. But getting one off the ground can seem an insurmountable task! So to help you roll up your sleeves and get started, here is a summary of how we set up test labs for our customers at Uptime, plus some practical ideas ...
11th December 2009
As the holidays approach and we wind down to the end of the year, we all tend to look back on our accomplishments. This year, I am reminded that I am approaching the one-year anniversary of my move to a Linux desktop. For those of you who really want to l...
03rd November 2009
We were excited to review ZENworks Application Virtualization (ZAV) in our test lab. After all, it provides a real shift in how we develop applications for deployment. To summarize, application virtualization addresses many of the common issues that arise...
03rd November 2009
Remember the days of 40MG hard drives? Or how excited you were when you had a Gig of disk space on your laptop? Yet now we can travel with 1/2 TB of space on a flash drive smaller than a paperback. Technical advances and dropping prices allow us to give u...
03rd November 2009
Mobile devices are everywhere! And the choices for what users want to use seem limitless. What's a GroupWise administrator to do when users want to be able to synch their calendars, address books, and tasks with GroupWise? How can you provide them with a ...
03rd November 2009
Yes, you read that correctly: OES2 SP 1 now includes Domain Services for Windows (DSFW). This innovative idea was announced two years ago at BrainShare and is finally here. In a nutshell, this technology allows eDirectory servers running OES2 (Linux kerne...
03rd November 2009
If you are like me, you’ve been a fan of NetWare for quite some time. The stability, the dependability and the security have been terrific. But as we all know, Novell is bringing an era to a close by discontinuing support for NetWare.
Why? The most b...
03rd November 2009
Laptops . . . they are everywhere! With an increasingly mobile workforce, the need for laptops increases. But while laptops are great for convenience and user productivity, they significantly increase the risk to your data. In fact, it is estimated that...