In any business, the ability for staff members to communicate with one another and their supervisors is preeminently important. This is even truer now that the majority of the workforce is working remotely. In order to effectively manage their teams, there are a number of technologies that managers and business owners can take advantage of […]
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COVID-19 – Working Securely from Home
A number of technologies can be used to facilitate remote work. Once of the oldest is the Remote Desktop Protocol, often referred to by its abbreviation, RDP. Remote desktop is a functionality built into the Windows operating system that allows a user to remotely connect to and control one workstation from another. Although the protocol […]
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The intentions of the CCPA are relatively straightforward. The law provides California residents the right to: know what personal data is being collected about them, know whether their personal data is sold or is disclosed and to whom, say no to the sale of personal data, access their personal data, request a business delete any […]
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Some of you may be familiar with ransomware, a type of computer virus that encrypts infected machines to hold their users up for ransom, generally in the form of bitcoins. Back in 2017, a tool developed by the NSA, called EternalBlue, was leaked online by a hacker group. The tool used an unpatched vulnerability in […]
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How Does Internet Naming Work?
If, for example, you needed to visit 172.217.4.174 every time you needed to search for something, but you needed to go to 157.240.11.35 to see what your brother-in-law’s kids have been up to, things eventually become very complicated. (As an aside, if you are so inclined, type either of those IP addresses into the address […]
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Microsoft Server 2008 R2 – End of Support Series
To recap—End of Support means that Microsoft is going to stop “supporting” the operating systems listed above. What that essentially means is that Microsoft will no longer be providing updates (often referred to as patches) for those operating systems. On that surface that might seem like a good thing: “You mean my IT guy isn’t […]
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Throughout the life of an Operating System, the manufacturer will release updates, often referred to as patches. These may add new features, or address critical security vulnerabilities. While that manufacturer continues to patch up their previously released Operating System, they’re also working on releasing the next iteration. In Microsoft’s case, there have been two versions […]