Have you met MAX

Yesterday GFI announced that they bought HoundDog Technology and rebranded it GFIMAX.
I am going to miss seeing that doggy, but ya have to admit, MAX is cute too!

I have been using this technology for a couple of months now and I think you will you will really like it.

MAX lets you pick and choose which what you monitor and what reports and alerts you get. It is the missing monitoring and reporting for those of you who have moved to SBS 2008. It is the perfect way for the gun shy break fix consultant to stick their toes into the world of managed services, without signing a long contract or committing to spending a ton of money. With MAX you only pay for what you use. MAX is very afforable! 

You see all your clients servers and workstations in one console. Hop on over to MAX’s House and download the 30 day fully functional demo today.

How Secure Is Social Networking?

My friend and fellow ETT’er Brad Dinerman has written an interesting article on Social Networking and it’s risks and rewards.

Here is the start,
The popularity of social networking sites has increased at astonishing levels. There is no arguing the usefulness of sites such as Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn.  They can be used for professional networking and job searches, as a means to increase sales revenue, as a tool to keep the public informed of safety and other issues or as a way to reconnect with friends from way-back-when.
 Read the rest here
http://www.fieldbrook.net/TechTips/Security/SocialNetworking.asp

Win7 RTM’d today

For those of you on the edge of your seat the wait is over, it’s offical Win7 Shipped http://blogs.technet.com/kevinremde/archive/2009/07/22/breaking-news-finally-windows-7-and-windows-server-2008-r2-shipped-rtm-baby-yeah.aspx

And the offical Win7 Blog Post http://windowsteamblog.com/blogs/windows7/archive/2009/07/22/windows-7-has-been-released-to-manufacturing.aspx

And when can you get your hands on it you ask http://windowsteamblog.com/blogs/windows7/archive/2009/07/21/when-will-you-get-windows-7-rtm.aspx

And of course we can’t forget Windows Server 2008 R2, check out http://www.microsoft.com/windowsserver2008/

Office 2010, the Movie