Comcast Business Class + Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) = No Go.

I have been using Comcast Business Class internet for going on two years now at my home office and am quite pleased with the service. Up until now, I have been paying a flat $59.95 per month for internet that is usually quite fast and has been very reliable. It has been even more gratifying [...]

We have lost a great visionary. RIP Steve Jobs

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FOSE 2011 Government IT / Security Conference & Expo, 20% Discount Code

The top Government IT / Security Conference & Expo, FOSE 2011, is returning to Washington, D.C., July 19-21 with featured speaker Steve Wozniak. In past years, the vendor floor has been very good and I enjoy getting hands-on with the newest tech. The 400+ vendor  expo is free, and if you plan to attend the [...]

Hitachi GST warranty replacement taking ages: UltraStar C10K600

I have to say that I am pretty disgusted with Hitachi GST. A client of mine ordered 10 hard drives for an integration, 30% of which failed within the first few hours of life. Hitachi’s RMA department has been sitting on them for 40 business days and still have not shipped a return. Did I [...]

Part number for Hewlett-Packard HP 2.5″ SAS/SATA Drive Carriers / Caddies / Trays

I recently bought an HP DL385 G7 server without hard drives. HP will not sell drive carriers by themselves, neither will they give you a part number to locate the drive caddies by themselves (ie: not loaded with hard drives). If you want to use your own drives, you are forced to buy HP drives [...]

Central Pennsylvania Open Source Conference Sponsorship Opportunities

If you or your business use Open Source Software, please consider becoming a sponsor of the Central Pennsylvania Open Source Conference 2010: http://www.cposc.org/sponsorship The Central Pennsylvania Open Source Conference (CPOSC) is seeking sponsors. Years past have proven that this is a progressive event, bringing together bright and influential minds in technology from all over the United [...]

See the latest in tech at FOSE / GOVSEC 2010 – March 23-25, Washington, D.C.

Last year, I had the pleasure of attending FOSE/GOVSEC 2009 in D.C. and I look forward to attending again this year. Last year’s exhibit floors were packed with some very nice gear and it was exciting to see emerging trends and get hands-on with some of the latest and greatest gadgets relating to gov’t information [...]

Taking Back Your Phone System with VoIP & Asterisk: an overview

I will be giving a short talk this evening for CPLUG on VoIP and Asterisk: “Taking Back Your Phone System with VoIP & Asterisk: an overview”. John will be talking about Dropbox and John Place will be giving us an overview of Rackspace Cloud. I hear that Ubuntu One will be discussed too. It should [...]

Follow-up: Digium AA50 Reboot Issues — A Temporary Work-around

This is a follow-up my original blog post here: Digium Confirms Major Issues with AA50 VoIP Appliance: Spotaneous Reboots and Memory Card Write-Lock, A Review Since I originally posted, I seem to have found a band-aid fix that is getting our AA50 through the days without spontaneous reboots and dropped calls in the process. I [...]

Digium Confirms Major Issues with AA50 VoIP Appliance: Spotaneous Reboots and Memory Card Write-Lock, A Review

Let me begin by saying that I am a big fan of Digium in general. All of their products that I have used thus far in several IP telephony / VoIP installations have worked tremendously well. Background: Doug and I recently integrated a Digium AA50 phone system appliance with Polycom IP telephones for a small [...]