Today I am getting many congratulations on LinkedIn from friends. It is 32 years ago I got started in what we today call IT. Here is what I wrote back to them: Thanks everyone. It has been and continues to [...]
The current areas being targeted are in Orange County, Los Angeles County and Riverside County. I am sure other areas in the country are targeted as well.One of our clients just received a request from Microsoft for what is called [...]
Many cloud storage providers are hiding behind smoke and mirrors to intentionally misrepresent their offerings, which only confuses customers. Why are they doing this? To increase profits, of course. Alvaka Networks is available to for IT consulting and support services [...]
The best source of information covering this requirement comes from NIST, the National Institute for Standards and Technology. They have a set of documents that are the standards for many requirements. There is nothing specific in the NIST guidelines about the end of life for Windows XP, however, the need to provide Flaw Remediation is clear and that is what the X, Office 2003 and Exchange 2003 support requirements fall under.
For example, NIST Special Publication (SP) 800-531 requires the SI-2, Flaw Remediation security control, which includes installing...
“After April 8, 2014, Microsoft will no longer provide security updates or technical support for Windows XP. Security updates patch vulnerabilities that may be exploited by malware and help keep users and their data safer. PCs running Windows XP after April 8, 2014, should not be considered to be protected, and it is important that you migrate to a current supported operating system – such as... so you can receive regular security updates to protect their computer from malicious attacks.” This does not mean that instantly on April 9th your PC in not secure, but I can assure you as the days and weeks pass there will be... that put you at risk. There will be no patches available to secure your computer and it is likely you will never even know what new risks exist on your Windows XP computer.
Here is a good mrc Cup of Joe Blog about time wasting tasks in IT. I was asked to submit a suggestion for the article. It is a quick read on six things you can do to stop wasting time [...]
We are into the final preparations for Alvaka Networks third
annual track day. The date is getting
close on Friday November 8th, 2013.
This is a client appreciation day. We invite clients, prospects and numerous associated
businesses out to Auto Club Speedway for a private IT expo, lunch, fast driving
on the track and other fun activities.
Here is a really helpful free tool on the Internet to “grade” your website. I first heard about it from my friend David Dadian the CEO at Powersolutions.com. It is called HubSpot and you can reach it at http://marketing.grader.com/ I took [...]
IBM has long had one of the best research and development teams in computing. The IBM Fellows are highly regarded as some of the best and brightest prognosticators in the profession. In IBM’s most recent predictions they are suggesting that [...]
With the incredible proliferation of mobile devices that allow anyone with network credentials to gain nearly unlimited access to internal network resources, we have opened the proverbial Pandora’s Box. The ironic thing in this fast growing story is those with [...]
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