Automated windows and application deployment
I have previously written that, despite being a small business, we try and emulate a corporate IT department where it makes sense to do so. One area large corporates typically excel is desktop and application deployment and it is this subject I wanted to see how we can improve to solve a pressing business need. Myfreedom Logistics sells second user IT equipment and some PC’s are supplied as a complete ready to go system, with the OS and a suite of applications included. For low volumes building by hand is feasible, but as the volumes increase, the time taken in preparation...
read moreSo, your site has been hacked, now what?
A while ago our WordPress based website was hacked and code inserted into the core WordPress and theme files. The code was meant to redirect visitors to a malware site, but even this was broken and it just killed our site instead. We are a small business but try and organise ourselves like the big boys with our approach to technology where it makes sense to do so. We might not have a security monitoring centre and team of system administrators running backups but we take the underlying principles and apply them to our needs. Our site was offline while we recovered and in a few hours we...
read moreGoogle wave: a lesson in focus
**Update Nov 2011: ** Google have now announced the final shutdown plans for Wave and is handing over to Apache. This month saw the announcement that Google is killing off it’s Wave product, less than 3 months after launch. For those that do not know, Wave is a collaborative communications platform that merges features found in email, instant messaging, wikis and shared documents. Wave was announced and opened to developers last summer and quickly became hyped up to dizzying levels. People were begging to be granted wave accounts to try it out and Google looked to be onto...
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