Sockstress is able to cause internet meltdown
Date: Sat, 04 Oct 2008 20:06:05 +0000 Category: IT NewsA rather dangerous security flaw which can cause major havoc on the ability to deliver internet services has been discovered. A team of security researchers have discovered a security flaw in the protocol called TCP.
NYSE depends on Linux
Date: Wed, 01 Oct 2008 00:03:23 +0000 Category: Open SourceThe New York Stock Exchange depends on Red Hat Linux to perform. They use Linux for trading systems and they purchase support from Redhat. Key fetures looked for are: Speed Reliability Cost Flexibility
Another day in the office !
Date: Thu, 11 Sep 2008 11:12:37 +0000 Category: HumorThe Great Office War from Runawaybox on Vimeo.
Magento Open Source Ecommerce
Date: Thu, 04 Sep 2008 20:37:28 +0000 Category: Open SourceI have recently come across a very promising ecommerce product called Magento. The current version is 1.14. At the time of writing this post, Magento is just over 1 year old. It is still a very young product and show’s great promise. It is designed using current PHP coding standards, and is based around the [...]
Using LVM with a Ubuntu Live CD
Date: Thu, 04 Sep 2008 19:54:32 +0000 Category: IT SolutionsWhen you boot from a Ubuntu Live CD, you do not get access to your LVM volumes. LVM is a storage arrangement which allows you to create a file system across multiple discs. For example If you have 2 500GB discs, You can make a file system 1TB in size… Be aware that without [...]
You do have a choice !
Date: Fri, 11 Jul 2008 09:00:50 +0000 Category: GeneralOver the past few months quite a my friends and associates have been complaining about the latest windows operating system, Windows Vista. The complaints range from the fact that they perceive windows vista to be slow, or certain hardware devices or programs have stopped working since installing Vista. Some problems have been so hard to overcome some of my associates [...]
Data protection stupidity
Date: Fri, 04 Jul 2008 09:00:42 +0000 Category: IT SolutionsData protection Stupidty. I?m getting quite worried about the amount of news items that I have seen recently which highlight security breaches due to laptop theft or missing CD?s in the post. One of the most public is the HMRC data of 25 million records on non-encrypted media. A number of security experts have mentioned the need for [...]
The trouble with cisco
Date: Fri, 27 Jun 2008 16:24:03 +0000 Category: NetworkingI have been working with CISCO networking equipment for over 10 years. Over the years they have created a very strong brand dominance. This is then fed by the fact that most corporations will only insist on using CISCO network equipment within networks. However over the years CISCO?s competition has improved product offerings immensely, and [...]
BECTA says Whoa!, to Schools deploying Vista and Office 2007
Date: Fri, 25 Jan 2008 09:00:42 +0000 Category: IT NewsBECTA is an organisation which outlines the use of technology in Britain's educational system. A report has been released by BECTA which outlines it's position on deploying VISTA and Office 2007. Until Microsoft can create a more compelling business case. They recommend that schools do not deploy Vista or Office 2007
Cisco Unified Communications
Date: Mon, 21 Jan 2008 19:12:53 +0000 Category: NetworkingCisco have launched a product range targeted at the needs of small business. Cisco are not the only vendors who are now catering for the smaller. Lots of vendors have now acknowledge that the SMB market has been somewhat overlooked when it comes to IT application solutions and Hardware. Cisco’s offering looks to address the following [...]