Longtime IT trainer Paul Schnackenburg explains why it's time we started managing CA policies seriously, checking them against best practices regularly with Maester, backing them up and documenting them.
- By Paul Schnackenburg
- 07/30/2024
Tom Fenton says he loves walking the floor of IT shows, especially this one, and chatting with the smaller companies that are charting the course of K8S, only to get gobbled up later by tech giants.
The desktop hypervisor world is starting to get interesting again, says Tom Fenton as he goes hands-on with free Orchestration with Kubernetes on Apple.
Tom explains how things shook out and what it means to you after VMware's End User Computing (EUC) division emerged as an independent entity, now operating under the name Omnissa.
AI helps Tom Fenton write in many ways, but generating entire articles isn't one of them, he says in explaining his workflow using ChatGPT, Grammarly, MS Word and more.
Here's an in-depth examination of many new features and enhancements.
This release of vSAN focuses on three significant areas: flexible topologies, agile data protection and enhanced management.
The always-skeptical Paul worries about this amazing AI tool dumbing down junior admins too much, but he's also impressed with the preview and excited about the possibilities, giving it the ultimate compliment: "It's really cool."
- By Paul Schnackenburg
- 07/03/2024
Threat monitoring for SMBs and enterprises can be a complicated, daunting business, but following some basic best practices learned on the front lines can help.
Finding shared interests and passions can be challenging, and this event helps Tom connect with like-minded people and establish lifelong relationships.
Paul lays out the options for an organization that's relied on VMware for virtualization needs but is finding the "sticker shock" too hot to handle and is looking for alternatives.
- By Paul Schnackenburg
- 06/13/2024
Tom reviews Ubuntu.
Tom steps through the process of downloading, installing and licensing Workstation Pro 17 on his personal laptop.
Tom Fenton explains how this is huge news for the tens of thousands of students, hobbyists and casual users who would like to run multiple instances of OSes on a single computer.
Tom recaps an end-user computing conference heavy on the tech (no sales) featuring "choose your own adventure" and what to pack for bug-out bags for tech emergencies.
Frustrated by outdated info? Here's a roundup of the knowledge cutoff dates and internet search abilities of some top freely available online AI sites.
Many more new features than last release, explained in detail by Paul Schnackenburg: "Maybe Microsoft has realized that not everything is in the cloud, and giving attention to Server is important."
- By Paul Schnackenburg
- 04/30/2024
The brand-new coding assistant from Google compares nicely with GitHub Copilot. Here's how to get started.
After using the private preview of Exposure Management for some months, Paul outlines what it does, why you should care and raises some still unanswered questions.
- By Paul Schnackenburg
- 03/25/2024
Tom sets up remote access to his home lab, adds Linux and cloud devices, explores Tailscale's features and technology -- and really likes what he sees.