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Server Fault - FREE Q&A site for system administrators and IT professionals
Server Fault is a Q&A site for system administrators and IT professionals that's free. Free to ask questions, free to answer questions, free to read, free to index, built with plain old HTML, no fake rot13 text on the home page, no scammy google-cloaking tactics, no salespeople, no JavaScript windows dropping down in front of the answer asking for $12.95 to go away. You can register if you want to collect karma and win valuable flair that will appear next to your name, but otherwise, it's just free. And fast. Very, very fast.
Apple - Education - IT Professionals - Online Tutorials
Apple’s new IT tutorial series provides an immersive, step-by-step experience in Mac integration. Learn a variety of tips and tricks from our IT experts — from directory architecture to client management, there’s something for everyone. Click on the videos that interest you most.
Splunk - lets you search and analyze your IT infrastructure from a single location in real time
The concept behind Splunk is simple, if Google can make it possible for users to search billions of pages of Web content, why can't we do that for the datacenter? Splunk is a search engine for IT data. It's software that lets you search and analyze all your IT infrastructure data from a single location in real time. No databases, connectors, custom parsers or proprietary consoles; all you need is an imagination and a Web browser. Fast and highly scalable search lets you troubleshoot your IT infrastructure, quickly and effectively investigate security incidents, monitor your applications, servers and network devices, and report on compliance controls. It also has a habit of creating IT superheroes.
10 iPhone Apps for IT Administrators
Apple's iPhone Apps have seen a nearly exponential rate of proliferation since the launch of the App Store in July 2008, with many of the smartphone applications aimed at helping users with small, routine tasks (or procrastinate with several games of Pong). Big-name companies such as Google, Salesforce.com and Oracle have all created software designed to let users engage with their products even while on the road.
Change, Risk and Reward
Being in IT and computing I'm fundamentally in the business of change. Instigators of change are essentially trying to make things better, smarter, faster, more productive etc. However, it is more than apparent that the majority of people in the world hate change. But why is that?
The instigator of change usually has all those who benefit from the old way of doing things as his enemies and he has only lukewarm supporters from those that will benefit from his new way of doing things. Seems like change is a big risk will only a small reward. So why the big imbalance?
Going Green or Hoarding Green? : July 2008 : THE Journal
What [the survey] found was that while respondents expressed concern about their environmental impact, few were willing to smother those concerns with cash. And, in fact, the numbers willing to take a hit to their wallets or to their server performance in order to reduce their carbon footprints were actually lower this year than when the survey was first conducted in 2007.
Macs and iPhones: Reporting for duty
Wallington said that his technology decisions touched more than 2 million users and that “soldiers’ lives” depended on the performance of technology and its security. His users are “exceedingly mobile, deploy all over the world, and have people shooting at [them].”
He gave a thumbs up to the iPhone. He praised its usability and security.
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If the iPhone and Mac are good enough for the US Army, can IT managers keep saying that these Apple platforms aren’t good enough anymore?
JAMF Software: Client Management Software for Macintosh Professionals
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The Casper Suite is a client management tool for the Macintosh platform. Simply put, the Casper Suite is designed to inventory, image, update, and maintain Apple computers running OS X. With an approach developed natively for the Macintosh OS, the Casper Suite makes it easy to image machines, manage updates, and proactively support computers automatically and remotely. With the Casper Suite, system administrators no longer need to work nights and weekends or hire additional staff to support new or existing computers. The Casper Suite allows your school district or university to grow its population of fast, fun, and powerful Apple computers without growing your IT department.
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