I’ve been wondering why there aren’t more free internet remote support solutions given that there is very good open source code out there to accomplish this (i.e. VNC). Using VNC requires knowing the host IP and having TCP 5900 open through whatever firewalls the host is using. I have come across a couple of free [...]
I am starting to get into things like Technorati and Digg and Reddit.
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For corporate Video Conferencing, we usually have a dedicated “codec” from Tandberg or Polycom. However, we recently ran across this offering from Sony which works well, has nice modular add-ons, supports the latest protocols, and is more economical: Sony iPela PCS-G50
(CDW is a good corporate vendor if you want to simplify purchasing - not [...]
I have been thinking about how to provide health monitoring to our clients, host servers for our consulting business, and have a flexible lab environment for testing and training. We don’t have a data center of our own, so I started looking at dedicated servers, virtual dedicated servers, etc. I was able to cave in [...]
Every business will benefit from managing their contact information in a more effective way. (Don’t get me started on CRM - this site is about simple and cheap solutions.) The problem is that this information is often distributed among many sources, excel files, individual users’s address books, Active Directory (GAL), sharepoint, etc. I am actually [...]
Here is a page to discuss various Network Administration problems and solutions. My philosophy is that it is generally preferable to use inexpensive tools that require more system engineering as opposed to expensive tools that require less engineering.