As you may have seen over the weekend, someone has discovered a security hole in FileVault, which arose with the OS X Lion security update, version 10.7.3, back in February: FileVault encryption passwords are now visible in plain text outside of a computer’s encrypted area. The hole was apparently spotted by someone back in [...]

EMC today releases its Project Lightning PCIe flash cards. The 300GB VFCache cards are used to cache and store information directly on the server. This acts as a bridge between the storage layer and the processor offering very high throughput and low-latency alone the way.   Couple this with FAST – Fully Automated Storage Tiering [...]

Right. This one really bugs me. Out for dinner or beers and somebody – if not everybody keeps checking, texting, using their mobile. You spend the night being constantly interrupted, only having half conversations and not really getting anywhere… Sound familiar Try this the next time you are out for dinner with a group of [...]

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Mozy Stash is now in public Beta.   A new product arrives into public beta from Mozy.  Mozy Stash is a file syncronisation feature that allows users to keep their most frequent data up to date.  Once you place a file in your stash it becomes available across all your computers instantly – no need for a [...]

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From the How to series – Bootable ESXi 5 USB in 5 easy steps   ESXi 5 has been out in the wild for quite some time now and most of you should be looking at upgrading at some stage.  Here is a quick way to make a bootable USB stick in 5 easy steps… [...]

Due to hit Earth on Tuesday (Today) is the biggest Solar storm and radiation blast since 2005. This is due to an eruption that happened on Jan 22 which has launched a shed load of energized solar particles towards us at about 2,000 kilometers per second. Dont panic just yet as there is no direct [...]

If you have to enter credential twice when accessing VMware  check the following: Confirm that the Agent/Client installation or configuration is correct. During installation, select Log in as current user. Verify that disclaimers or login banners are not being used when using PCoIP as the display protocol.  This issue occurs if a legal disclaimer GPO is configured. When this [...]