Published Articles
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By Ashish Nadkarni
August 9, 2010This piece is not about educating the reader on project management or the productivity tools available today, but rather about a simple set of mechanisms to employ in order to yield a higher success rate in the completion of IT initiatives and projects. Major topics include the power of the intranet and tracking-database attributes, ...
Operating system comparison: The Windows OS security debate.
By Tom Chmielarski, GlassHouse senior consultant SearchMidmarketSecurity.com
August 4, 2010Reader Question: Google made some waves when they began ending internal use of Windows. Why was that the case, and will the shift in operating system make a difference? Can you do a quick operating systems comparison?...
What Can the Khobe Technique Do to Windows Antivirus Software?
By Tom Chmielarski, GlassHouse senior consultant
August 2, 2010The Khobe technique, discovered by researchers at the network device testing group Matousec.com, is a method for malware to bypass scanning hooks implemented by a Windows user's antivirus software. The System Service Descriptor Table (SSDT), a Windows module, is a facility at the boundary between user mode and kernel mode of the operating system, which provides access to various system service...
Retiring IT Assets to Avoid Maintenance Penalties
By Ashish Nadkarni, GlassHouse practice lead for data mobility
August 2, 2010In this installment, learn how data center consulting and managed services firm GlassHouse Technologies Inc. worked with a client that needed to consolidate IT assets to avoid maintenance costs and penalties. Here, Ashish Nadkarni, GlassHouse Technologies' practice lead for data mobility, explains the consolidation process....
Do all drives in a RAID 10 array need to be the same specification?
By Steve Pinder
August 2, 2010The only absolute requirement for matching drive specs in a RAID 10 array is that the drives must be of the same architecture, e.g., all SAS or SATA. Mixing and matching drives of differing performance levels will not compromise the ability of the drives to provide the RAID level, but the worst drive among them will lower the performance or capacity of the RAID set significantly. Two example sc...
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July 29, 2010
Portable USB flash drives have become an integral part of the workspace and everyday life for many people. Ease of use, form factor, capacity and simplicity have truly made USBs a disruptive and pervasive technology over the last few years. USBs come in many forms, including small external hard drives, card readers, cameras and mobile phones to mention a few....
Which Windows malware tools are available to monitor a specific virus?
By Tom Chmielarski, GlassHouse senior consultant
July 29, 2010A SearchMidmarketSecurity.com reader asks our resident security expert Tom Chmielarski, "Which Windows malware tools will help you examine the actions of a specific virus on your computer?"...
Choosing a Virtual Desktop Infrastructure
By Tom Brand
July 29, 2010Virtual Desktop Infrastructure, VDI, is no longer perceived as just a niche tactic and is poised to become a mainstream enterprise strategy. Gartner predicts that the worldwide hosted virtual desktop (HVD) market will accelerate through 2013 to reach 49 million units, up from more than 500,000 units in 2009. VDI has the potential to help businesses manage their desktop environments more efficie...
The Top 5 Don'ts of Data Center Consolidation
By Bill Peldzus, GlassHouse vice president
July 12, 2010When considering a data center consolidation project, it's as important to know what not to do as it is to know what to do. A complete don't-do-this list could go on and on, but here are five behaviors in particular that should be avoided. For example, don't over-plan, don't underestimate the business impact, and don't blindly trust savings estimates that project out more than four years....
Are there options beyond a Windows XP SP2 upgrade?
By Tom Chmielarski, GlassHouse senior consultant
July 12, 2010A SearchMidmarketSecurity.com reader writes to our resident security expert Tom Chmielarski, "Microsoft announced that it will stop support for machines running Windows XP SP2. If we're a business that still runs SP2, what steps should we take to stay secure?"...
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By Steve Pinder
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David Boyd SAN vs. DAS: Which is better in terms of performance and scalability?
By David Boyd
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How to test windows operating system patches
By Tom Chmielarski, GlassHouse senior consultant
June 18, 2010SearchMidmarketSecurity.com reader: I read your article: "What is the best Windows patch management procedure?" I just recently completed a patch management review. One of the issues is understanding the testing on the patches related to the Windows operating system. If I am testing a Windows application like Outlook, I can easily apply the testing factors as you have discussed in your previo...
Windows rootkit detection tools and tactics
By Tom Chmielarski, GlassHouse senior consultant
June 16, 2010A SearchMidmarketSecurity.com reader asks our expert Tom Chmielarski, "I'm concerned that my Windows machine has a rootkit - what is the best way to detect and remove it?"...
Data Centre Management: ITSM by-line coverage received
By Storage Magazine
June 10, 2010PDF File...
