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Does your smartphone run Carrier IQ?

Posted on December 2, 2011 by tino

Good article from The Register citing the smartphones which are currently known to run the “phone home rootkit” commonly known as Carrier IQ. Apple users are apparently just as affected as other platforms with the iPhone 4 known to run … Continue reading →

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Quite Possibly The Perfect SOHO Backup Solution

Posted on November 16, 2011 by tino

“I like the peace of mind that comes from knowing that should the worst happen and we have a ‘data disaster’ that all of our data is backed up securely and available to us from any Internet connected device” What … Continue reading →

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ESXi on the HP Microserver part 2: Elastix IP Telephony

Posted on June 28, 2011 by tino

Virtualised Elastix IP Telephony on an HP Microserver? You bet, and much more!! Continue reading →

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ESXi on an HP Microserver Part 1: Windows Home Server

Posted on May 9, 2011 by tino

After upgrading the amount of RAM in the HP Microserver to 8GB (the maximum) allowable, I decided to install ESXi on it so that I could run several virtual machines efficiently upon it.  For now I want 2 virtual machines … Continue reading →

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Building an Enterprise Class Wireless Network

Posted on April 20, 2011 by tino

Most wireless networks are protected by a single mechanism, namely wireless encryption. Several different encryption methods are most commonly used including WEP, WPA and WPA2 normally with a pre-shared key as a passphrase that grants users access to that network. … Continue reading →

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Windows Home Server – Great Features, Low Costs

Posted on April 12, 2011 by tino

In my dealings with small businesses I find that the majority pay little attention to the issue of backup/restore until they lose files/folders or worse still have a hard disk failure in one or more of their machines.  At that … Continue reading →

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Can you recover your data when you need to?

Posted on February 14, 2011 by tino

Can you recover your data? This is not some kind of scaremongering challenge, but a genuine question that all IT Administrators should ask themselves periodically. Find out about how Forza IT can help your business recover it’s data at the point of need. Continue reading →

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