• Replaying and Redirecting a Network Capture from a Different Network

    Replaying and Redirecting a Network Capture from a Different Network

    Recently we had a case where the SNMP Trap Monitor was truncating text from the received trap.  The customer captured some example SNMP Trap packets using Wireshark, and then sent us the capture file.  Wireshark is an awesome application to look at network traffic and we highly recommend it.   But back to the network […]

  • How To Prepare Your Data Center For AI

    How To Prepare Your Data Center For AI

    Though much of the coverage of artificial intelligence or AI has been hype, the technology itself is real enough – and gaining traction in the commercial sphere. In fact, AI is increasingly being viewed as an integral requirement for business IT setups, rather than a luxury or fad. The research firm Gartner, Inc., predicts that […]

  • How To Cut Down Your Data Usage On Android

    How To Cut Down Your Data Usage On Android

      If you’re an Android user, relying on data from your cellular provider is one way of avoiding the risks of free public Wi-Fi – especially if you don’t have the tools or services necessary to give you full protection.   Android also has a huge and widely varied user base distributed across the globe. […]

  • How To Choose A Database For Your Application

    How To Choose A Database For Your Application

    Software of all kinds requires information to do its work. At the back end of most programs you’ll usually find some form of database, which has been created or selected and configured to run specifically with that application.   In creating that database or making a selection from the wide range of products available, there […]

  • Building Business with Cybersecurity

    Building Business with Cybersecurity

    Cybersecurity is a hot topic. With high profile breaches making headlines on almost a monthly basis, combined with a far more restrictive regulatory environment, the need to responsibly protect your customers’ data has never been felt more keenly.   It is estimated that a business is subjected to a ransomware attack every 14 seconds, predicted […]

  • Android 10 – Everything You Need to Know

    If you own a Google Pixel smartphone (or one of a couple of other models) Android’s latest update is finally here. If you own another model of Android smartphone then you’ll have to wait a little longer, but that’s nom de rigueur for the operating system.   Dubbed Android 10, the new update has abandoned […]

  • Implementing 3rd Party Fail Over with the Service Monitor

    We have a customer with a scenario where a set of services run on SERVER1 -or- SERVER2.  If any service in a set fails, everything in the set should be stopped and the entire set should be started on the other server.  Below I’ll describe how to implement this.   In my example I’ll assume […]

  • How to Keep Malware Out of Your Printers

    How to Keep Malware Out of Your Printers

    The landscape of cybersecurity is always changing, and new threats are constantly emerging.   One of the newest – and the most interesting, if you are into that kind of thing – is the rise of printer malware. This type of malware started to be reported in November 2017, when Barracuda Labs saw an attack […]

  • 8 Top Robotic Process Automation (RPA) Tools

    8 Top Robotic Process Automation (RPA) Tools

    By Des Nnochiri   Robotic process automation, or RPA, promises to increase efficiency and improve work rates at reduced cost to the enterprise. In this article, we’ve assembled eight of the top RPA tools currently on the market. Of course, there are considerations to bear in mind before implementing this emerging technology.   What Is […]

  • How to Print and Scan Documents with Android

    How to Print and Scan Documents with Android

    Mobile apps for Android are so numerous and varied that it’s possible these days to do most of the work of a conventional office from a single handheld device. However, handhelds can’t do everything (yet),.and the limitations of a small screen can make it preferable to share or print documents to a larger format. There […]

Got any book recommendations?