Category Archives: Cloud Computing

Cloud Computing in the Midmarket

Posted on 2011/11/27 by Balazs

Midsize businesses are realizing the power of cloud computing–a flexible, cost-effective and proven platform for delivering IT services and products over the web. However, they are also facing tighter budgets, fewer resources and more competition. Now, more than ever, there’s … Continue reading →

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How to uninstall IBM Lotus Notes client from the Macintosh on OS X

Posted on 2011/11/23 by Balazs

You can uninstall IBM® Lotus® Notes® by dragging Notes.app from /Applications to the trash. This preserves user data. You can also uninstall Notes using the uninstaller application supplied with the Notes install media. This preserves user data as well. You … Continue reading →

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PC LAW upgrade instructions

Posted on 2011/11/11 by Balazs

Here are the latest links form Lexis Nexis on PC LAW upgrade: http://www.lexisnexis.com/law-firm-practice-management/pclaw/?content=for-customers http://support.lexisnexis.com/pclaw10/record.asp?ArticleID=10609

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Creating an easy to deploy SSL certificate in PEM format

Posted on 2011/11/07 by Balazs

When ordering a secure certificate, most often one has to deal with the following files: certificate key file (aka private key): .key certificate request file: .csr primary certificate file (issued by the CA): .crt certificate chain (aka intermediate certificate, or … Continue reading →

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What is the difference between site to site and mobile VPN?

Posted on 2011/11/03 by Balazs

For most businesses, there are two types of VPN that apply: site to site VPN: this is used to link sites, such as your office and the data center, mobile VPN: this is used to link mobile or home users … Continue reading →

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How to install Tomcat 6 on RHEL 6 or CentOS 6

Posted on 2011/10/31 by Balazs

Here are some steps to install Tomcat 6 on Red Hat 6 (or CentOS 6).   First we are going to prepare the repository: yum install yum-priorities rpm -Uvh http://apt.sw.be/redhat/el6/en/x86_64/rpmforge/RPMS/rpmforge-release-0.5.2-2.el6.rf.x86_64.rpm rpm -Uvh http://download.fedora.redhat.com/pub/epel/6/x86_64/epel-release-6-5.noarch.rpm rpm -Uvh http://mirrors.dotsrc.org/jpackage/6.0/generic/free/RPMS/jpackage-utils-5.0.0-7.jpp6.noarch.rpm Next we will install … Continue reading →

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Install Packages on OpenBSD 4.x and OpenBSD 5.x

Posted on 2011/10/26 by Balazs

To install binary packages on OpenBSD, the package manager needs to have the correct download URL.  This URL changes based on OpenBSD version and architecture.  Here is how to set it independently: export PKG_PATH=ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/$(uname -r)/packages/$(machine -a)/ Once that is done, … Continue reading →

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OpenVPN connects, but no ping

Posted on 2011/10/17 by Balazs

OpenVPN connection issue on Windows Vista and Windows 7 Problem When connecting to an OpenVPN tunnel on Windows Vista or Windows 7, the OpenVPN GUI shows the connection as successful, but the protected network can not be reached. Solution Start … Continue reading →

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Enterprise Social Media Analytics with Atlas for Connections

Posted on 2011/08/17 by Balazs

The key benefits from deploying an enterprise social media software are to improve customer satisfaction by building stronger relationships with customers, staff effectiveness by simplifying access to existing internal expertise, staff retention by allowing employees to build a stronger network … Continue reading →

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IBM Power Systems Model and Serial

Posted on 2011/06/16 by Balazs

IBM makes it very easy to get the model number and the serial number of an AIX system or a VIOS on thier Power Series: $ uname -M # model number IBM,NNNN-NNN $ uname -m # serial number HHHHHHHHHHHH You … Continue reading →

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