​This blog post is a bit of a departure from my normal enterprise tech topics. Recently I've been on a 'refresh' cycle for many of my day-to-day gadgets and Apple mobile apps. So I thought I'd share my findings, as I put a lot of time into finding what I...
I've been running a WordPress blog for over 4 years, and recently started a 'back end' Â plugin refresh cycle. I'm also working on new WordPress site for my photography outlet, and did a lot of research into the best-of WordPress plugins. Most of the plugins I'll cover are fairly generic...
Microsoft has been very busy adding new security features to Windows 10. It seems that each release gets something new, or existing features are enhanced. For enterprises, one of the great new-ish features is Windows Defender Credential Guard. What is Credential Guard? It uses VBS (virtualization based security) to help...
I've been running this blog for a number of years (since 2009), and one thing that really irks me is the amount of spam comments my blog gets. I use comment moderation (sorry for sometimes being way behind in moderation, BTW), so my blog isn't full of spammy comments. Spammy...
The other day I was trying to use Jeffrey's "Metadata Wrangler" for Lightroom plugin. However, it was failing with a perl.exe 0xc0000142 error. I had just updated my computer to Windows 10 Fall Creator's update (1709), so it crossed my mind maybe that was the cause. I had also increased...
Session: SER2508BU Note: The session slides have a lot more details, KB links, etc. so grab the slides if want more details. High Level Plan -Enablement -Workshop -Test Environment -Design -Migration Enablement -Product landing page and KBs -Product documentation -Whitepapers like what's new? -Check the readme for bugs/issues -Check blogs...
Normally I don't blog about home PC topics, but I haven't blogged for a bit and came across something today that I thought was worth mentioning. Basically, this is a quick review of Acronis True Image 2017. About 18 months ago I wanted to backup my PC to the cloud,...
Update 5/31/2016:Â Got all my parts and built the PC. Apparently there's an industry wide problem with the Z170 HDMI 2.0 output that results in blank screens on many new 4K monitors (works at 1080P). I've seen it reported on the Intel forums for Asus and Gigabyte motherboards. I opened a...
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Application uptime is key for businesses 40% of companies still use tape for DR purposes Legacy DR solutions can lead to extended periods of downtime Announcing SRM 6.1 and site recovery manager air From private cloud to public cloud - the hybrid cloud SRM automates every workflow of DR orchestration...