My 40th birthday is coming up in March and well yeah - I'm getting old :-) I know that your all asking yourselves, just what can you get for me - the geek who has almost everything. Well one of the guys in the office came across this cool toy. I want one!!! http://www.thinkgeek.com/geektoys/warfare/a1c2/ Here's another idea that is kinda cool too. A living fly … [Read more...]
Archives for February 2008
Trend CSM 5.0 Features & Beta Program
Shortly I'll be testing out Trends new version of Client Server Messaging Security for SMB (CSM). The current version is 3.6. The new version will have a new name, taking on the name from the Worry-Free product line. The new product will be called Worry-Free Business Security (WFBS) v5.0 Now this won't be available for a few months just yet, but here's a sneak peak at the … [Read more...]
Trend Worry Free Managed Security Services Playbook
Not sure if many of you know about this cool offering from Trend. It's a guide written by managed services guru Amy Luby on how to maximise your Managed Services offering using Trends Worry Free Management console for CSM for SMB. It's a light read, but contains good information for those of you getting into Managed Services. You can get the guide direct from Trend here … [Read more...]
SBS 2008 – Screen shots
Currently, I am under NDA not to post screen shots of the SBS 2008 Beta that I'm involved in, but I've had many requests from people wanting to know what it looks like. So here's the one place places that Microsoft themselves have posted screen shots of the product so you can get a feel for what it looks like. Bear in mind that it is still in Beta and therefore you may find … [Read more...]
SBS 2008 & The Second Server
Details of SBS 2008 were announced earlier this week and as part of that the Premium Edition was announced. SBS 2008 Premium will include a second Windows Server 2008 32 or 64bit Standard Server license. In addition, you get SQL 2008 Server STANDARD edition as well. What does this really mean though. Let's look at it from a few angles. SQL 2008 Server STANDARD - yes - I put … [Read more...]