So, I asked Barry, "Do you know about Dick Fosbury?" It’s always an adventure when I pull out references pre-1975. While the anchors and connectors are solid in my brain from that era (since I lived it), they can be quickly lost on some of today’s younger IT professionals. They weren’t around for eight-inch floppy disks, punch cards and Dick Fosbury.
Over the past two weeks, I've been helping a client upgrade users from Passlogix Single Sign-on (SSO) 6.05 to Passlogix SSO 7.0. Not only did I upgrade them to version 7.0, I also switched their log-on method from Windows v1 to Windows v2. Windows v2 provides a better and safer way of authenticating against AD. It does away with windows machine keys, does not attach itself to the GINA (like v1) and also uses a Passphrase question that only the user knows the answer to. This really helps prevent the case of forgotten passwords and help desk calls.
Spinning up new versions of servers at the office to host services. Last night I was tasked with migrating the MySQL server over to a new Ubuntu Server 8.04.3 LTS virtual machine. Lucky me, I have a template of that OS already, so I cloned one up and booted it...
5th PMI Tampa Bay Symposium: My Experience
Posted By Federico Paini
October 06, 2009| Professional Services , Project ManagementA couple of weeks ago, I attended and participated in the 5th Annual PMI Tampa Bay Symposium and I was impressed by the caliber of the speakers and by the organization of the event.
It’s the second time I have attended the event, but it was my first as a speaker. Experiencing the event from two different angles gave me a 360° view of what it means to organize and run an event of this magnitude. It’s even more impressive when you consider that 100% of the event was designed, planned and run by volunteers. This is something you don’t see every day.
The Biggest Threat to Your Data Is the Budget
Posted By Dana Brooke
October 01, 2009| Data Flow StrategyHow are you protecting the company’s data from the budget? You use RAID for drive loss, anti-virus and security to combat external forces, tape for accidental deletion or corruption. You virtualize, replicate and add redundancy to keep it available, yet the biggest threat remains the budget.