One of the cool tools I've mentioned in my talks around Australia this week and last week is a free tool that works with Visio to diagram your network. This tool is only available for free until June 30, so you need to act fast to grab it. Check it out here … [Read more...]
Archives for June 2008
Trend WFBS 5.0 Blocks Malware…
This week at the Perth SMB IT Professionals Group, Sandi Hardmeirer, used my laptop to demonstrate ways that potential spyware attacks could take place on unsuspecting users without them even clicking on links in a web page. She showed us a video which displayed how a well respected website was infected with malvertisements (bad advertisements) that redirected the user to … [Read more...]
Configuring Time Zones from a command line
Last week I was working with a client and I needed to be able to configure the timezone on machines automatically by some form of automated process. The workstations we needed to configure were spread across 5 separate time zones in Australia and New Zealand. Digging into this some more, I found that I could easily set the time zone based on a command line script as below. … [Read more...]
Funky Advertising – PCGuru
Last night @ the Perth SMB IT Professionals Group meeting, I met the orange shirt brigade, also known locally as PCGuru :-) These guys are a small SMB focused group that stand out from the crowd if for nothing more than their bright orange shirts. Their Managing Director - Jason Jordan told me about their funky cars they use to drive around in - check out the pictures below. … [Read more...]
Perth SMB IT Professionals Group is launched
Last night, I was fortunate to be able to help start the Perth SMB IT Professionals Group here in Perth. Thanks to Ingram Micro for allowing us to use their boardroom as a home for the group over the next few months. We had a great start to the group with 26 people in attendance and we discussed what the group could offer to everyone involved, they got Perths first live demo … [Read more...]