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Network and Security
« Previous EntriesSetting up an FTP connecting using FileZilla
Thursday, March 13th, 2008FTP or File Transfer Protocol is a method for transferring files between two computers on a network. This can be between two computers on your local business network or a computer the other side of the world. Dating as far back as 1971, FTP is still widely used today from a web developer updating a […]
Protecting Your Blog: David Airey’s story
Monday, January 28th, 2008
Last Month David Airey was victim of a hacker (Cracker) that managed to transfer his domain name, Davidairey.com. Within a couple of weeks with some help from the blogsphere, David managed to transfer his name back. David story is a timely reminder that your website/blog isn’t bullet proof from attack.
A week after this […]
21 Ways to Bullet Proof your IT infrastructure
Wednesday, January 23rd, 2008If backups is about making sure your company data is safe, then building IT redundancy is making sure you have the infrastructure to read that information back. So how can you increase the resilience of your business infrastructure?
Increasing sales, number of clients and profit margins are top priorities for businesses. Building redundancy and fall over […]
How to send sensitive data securely
Thursday, November 22nd, 2007British Government has been in a bit of bother this week after losing two discs containing over 25 million records of personal details of parents who received child benefit. So when dealing with sensitive data what is the best way to transfer the information between offices?
At some point in business you might be tasked […]
Free Remote Support Software
Wednesday, October 10th, 2007Many businesses benefit from remote support software which enables IT departments and computer support companies to resolve computer issues. For businesses that are big enough to have a central server, this can be achieved easily with little expenditure using software like VNC or Remote Desktop. Smaller businesses typically need to purchase software like Log Me […]
Improving Windows XP for Families
Tuesday, August 14th, 2007Now you’d think that ‘Windows XP Home’ would have been created to do what it says on the tin, be a system tailored for home users, in particular families with kids! Unfortunately without downloading a rather simple and free application from Microsoft, Windows XP is rather a poor offering.
In a family you would expect there to be a range […]
12 Ways to backup your data
Wednesday, August 8th, 2007Everyone knows backing up your documents and files is something we should do on a regular basis, but quite often this task gets pushed to the bottom of the todo list. You might already have a system in place but would it fail if your office was in a fire? When was the last time you checked […]
Jeff Barr of Amazon
Tuesday, July 24th, 2007
Yesterday evening I went along to Strathclyde University for a talk on Amazon’s new web services given by Jeff Barr a senior evangelist for Amazon Web Services. When you mention the word Amazon to people, most will either think of The Amazon Jungle or the hugely successful online book supplier. Myself included won’t realise that Amazon, the book supplier, is quietly making […]
What’s this weeks internet buzz? Pownce
Wednesday, July 11th, 2007Over the last couple of months or so, the internet buzz could be summed up as…
I’ve touched on Twitter before and even had a play around with it. Jaiku is nice because it pulls all our various Web 2.0 feeds together and reformats them into a timeline, see the right hand side. I am currently playing around with […]
Restoring Windows XP Backups on Windows Vista
Thursday, July 5th, 2007
Last week I installed a couple more Windows Vista machines after a series of catastrophic problems at one of our smaller clients. Then it came to restoring some files from the backups which where originally created using Window XP backup utility. Microsoft in their great wisdom has removed backwards compatibility with XP backups in Windows […]