57 Simple Sys Admin Mistakes that Someday You’ll Regret
When it comes to IT, simple mistakes can cost you big time. Whether that is immediately or not depends on a number of factors, and sometimes, when something has gone incredibly wrong, you won’t even...
View ArticleStrategies for boosting your practice’s information immunity
Introduction Every day, viruses – along with worms, spyware, Trojans, bots, rootkits and other malicious intruders – infect millions of computers and shut down businesses large and small all over the...
View ArticleThe 31 Worst Face-Palm Moments in IT
You’ve probably heard the phrase “The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly”. I want to introduce another in the same vein as that – “The Dumb, the Stupid, and the Unbelievable”. I’ve been an IT consultant for...
View ArticleResults Show GFI Cloud™ Can Make an IT Department More Proactive
IT management has changed. Long gone are the days when a computer problem resulted in the user sitting impatiently waiting for a “techie” to attend and fix it. Remote support tools have been used to...
View ArticleThe GFI Cloud Survey: An Insight into Modern IT Management
IT departments are moving away from using individual software tools, to carry out their day-to-day operations, and towards service-based cloud products, according to an internal GFI survey. The results...
View ArticleCryptoLocker: Ransomware Back with Vengeance?
Writen by: Christina Goggi There’s a new beast in town and if you’re one of the unlucky folks to cross its path, then you’re either a few hundred dollars poorer or you’re stuck with a hard drive (or...
View ArticleBYOD: 16 Rules to Avoid “Bring Your Own Disaster” [Infographic]
Written by: Christina Goggi Productivity is what you want in your business; and productivity increases when your employees are happy in their jobs. Giving them space and a level of freedom to use...
View ArticleCloud-based Security: Rapid Early Adoption Means Widespread Use
Written by Jackie Wake Sitting on the beach you glance over at your laptop and notice that a few workstations have just signed on. Its business as usual back at the office and your employees will be...
View ArticleRay Ortega: How a Passion for Podcasting Turned into a Career – BCW430
This week I had the opportunity to talk with Ray Ortega. Ray has accomplished something many others only dream about. Ray was able to turn his podcasting hobby into a rewarding career with The American...
View Article13 New Year’s Resolutions for Every SysAdmin
By Christina Goggi As the year comes to an end and New Year’s Day is right around the corner, everyone starts to think about their resolutions for the New Year. Unlike those you are bound to break,...
View Article10 must-know email security tips
By: Doug Barney Email is by far the number one way networks are compromised and the main route for data leakage. Fortunately there are some simple ways to safeguard this vital asset and the resources...
View ArticleGFI Cloud user interview: Michael Belisle, IT Manager at Fisher and Sons
Michael Belisle, IT manager at Fisher & Sons, in Burlington, WA, explains how GFI Cloud helps ease the load of IT management and make his life easier as a one-man IT team. He is interviewed by...
View ArticleWindows XP – where have all the bad guys gone?
April 8, 2014 has come and gone and you may be wondering what all the fuss was about. After all, the bad guys haven’t come out of hiding, wreaking havoc on those who still have instances of Windows XP...
View ArticleGFI Cloud Explained as Fast as Possible
Over the last several years GFI has been moving some of the functionality of their most popular products to the cloud. As of today there are currently 6 different subscription based services that can...
View ArticleHow to Improve Your Company’s Cyber Security with GFI LanGuard
Recently, a small bank in Wyoming with a 1 man IT department contracted a nasty computer virus that their antivirus did not catch. The virus caused a huge loss in production and new business. Because...
View ArticleHow to License GFI LanGuard
GFI LanGuard 2014 R2 is a network vulnerability scanner, patch management, and network auditing tool. There are currently over 1,500,000 nodes with LanGuard deployed.In this article I will answer some...
View ArticleThe latest updates from the GFI Cloud team
Elad Schreiber, Product Manager for GFI Cloud, talks about the latest release and the addition of remote administration tools to the Monitoring feature. Q: Tell us about the latest GFI Cloud release?...
View Article5 Reasons Behind Data Breaches and Cybercrime
JP Morgan, Home Depot,Target, Kaiser Health,Adobe All Big Data Breaches My day job is a partner of GFI Software, Each day I speak to IT admins form very small to very large companies in North America,...
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