get-console.com

get-console.com sell serial console applications for network engineers for IPAD…..Really ! I’m going to take an IPAD into a data-center to configure cisco devices. I’m going to take £400 to £600 IPAD into a data-center to configure network equipment. Have these guys actually been to a data-center? Please don’t be a moron and fall for [...]

What does IPBRICK actually do for users?

As well as my professional services for network, I have also imported IPBRICK from Europe. IPBRICK is a fantastic unified communications platform which has been used in Europe for over 10 years. It was created by a university professor and some of his students. I think it makes a good building block (get it !) [...]

Unified communications on a HP Micro Proliant Server

This is a picture of my new Business Server running on Micro Proliant server. However it is not running Microsoft Small Business Server., it is running something quite different. I’m using the server to provide the following: Email Server. Anti-Spam & Antivirus. Domain Services for Single Sign on Authentication. File/print Server. Mobile worker SSL [...]

Juniper kit is actually quite good !

After months of nagging from a fellow network engineer. I finally made the time to look into the features of Juniper network equipment. And I was surprised on what i found.

IPBrick Enterprise Linux

If you are a regular reader of my website you will know that I’m a fan of Linux and how it can be used within business. I have been looking at a number of Linux distributions and how they can be used in business. My favorites so far have been Ubuntu and also Centos. However [...]

Using IPset with IPtables in Ubuntu LTS 10.04 to block large IP ranges

There are a large number of firewall and security appliances on the market, some good some awful. I tend to use a lot of Cisco security products. With the current supply chain problems in getting hold of Cisco products I have been looking around the market. I have noticed that a number of products are [...]

Using LVM with a Ubuntu Live CD

When 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 a [...]

Data protection stupidity

Data 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 [...]

Asterisk the Linux Telephone system

An Open Source telephone system which you can download off the Internet ?

Integrate Linux with Active Directory

While attending a Linux Expo in London, I came across a company named centrify which create integration tools to allow Linux users to be integrated with Microsoft Active Directory. I have used any of these products, so I’m not sure how effective they are. However this is an imporant find which will ease the management [...]

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