WindowsNetworking.com Blogs RSS

George Chetcuti’s Blog RSS

With a career spanning more than 23 years in IT, George Chetcuti has hands-on experience on HP high-end UNIX setups, Windows high-availability clusters and cloud computing. He has overseen various network projects and managed IT departments. The aim of this blog is to address various network related issues and topics from networking concepts to hands-on tasks for the community of network administrators, where your comments and suggestions are always welcome. He also writes about Windows 7 in the little free time he has at www.windows7library.com.

Visit George Chetcuti’s Blog

Windows Networking Admin Blog RSS

The Windows Networking blog authored by Vitaly Popovich contains Microsoft Windows networking news, product tips, administrator tricks, tweaks to the OS, such as Windows Server 2003, and other information necessary to maintain an Enterprise networking system. It discusses emerging technologies such as server virtualization and thin clients; new server based products and tools, Windows Vista and Windows Server 2008; and different corporate network hardware and software solutions. Vitaly Popovich manages an IT consultancy firm and has years of experience in networking and server management.

Visit the Windows Networking Admin Blog

Latest Windows Networking blog posts

Windows Mobile Update

Date - Jan 26th, 2012

Author - George Chetcuti

Very recently Microsoft released an update to resolve an issue which requires an update to the certificate revocation list on Windows Mobile devices and to keep your systems certificate list up to date. Affected systems are Windows Mobile 6.x, Microsoft Zune HD and Windows Phone 7. more...

It’s not just about cost savings!

Date - Jan 24th, 2012

Author - George Chetcuti

According to Business Insider, China offers more benefits than just cost-savings and that's why major manufacturers of electronics such as Apple, build devices there! •    Most of the components of iPhones and iPads — the supply chain — are now manufactured in China! •    China's factories are now far bigger and more nimble than those in the United States. They can change production practices and speeds extremely rapidly. more...

Data Backup Policies & Procedures

Date - Jan 20th, 2012

Author - George Chetcuti

There's more to Data Backups than a software solution! Although, some major solutions are so well designed that you can form procedures around them! However, Data Backup Policies and some specific procedures still need to be created for your environment and aligned with other processes. Then, you can use the backup solution according to the set policies and procedures. more...

Super Micro Computer’s Cloud

Date - Jan 18th, 2012

Author - George Chetcuti

Super Micro Computer Inc., the Taiwanese computer manufacturer will be setting up a cloud computing center in northern Taiwan. The Taiwanese government is working on a technology park that is intended to host the development of high-end server equipment and cloud computing for both the country and the rest of the Asia-Pacific region. more...

Wireless Charging Technology

Date - Jan 17th, 2012

Author - George Chetcuti

Qualcomm's (a world leader in mobile technologies) last year acquisition of HaloIPT (provider of wireless charging technology for electric cars) seemed slightly unusual! But Qualcomm's investment and interest is not the automobile industry but the wireless technology in mobile devices and the added value wireless charging would bring to their existing wireless devices. Read more about Wireless energy transfer technology - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wireless_energy_transfer. more...

Free Bulk Password Reset tool

Date - Jan 16th, 2012

Author - George Chetcuti

Netwrix Corporation, a well-established provider of change auditing software solutions, has released a full-featured edition of its Bulk Password Reset tool for free! The free tool includes: • Reset passwords on all local accounts. • Enable or disable local accounts. • Re-processing of passwor. more...

1,100 trillion calculations per second supercomputer

Date - Jan 13th, 2012

Author - George Chetcuti

Gaea, Mother Earth supercomputer is being upgraded to a 1,100 trillion calculations per second beast. The climate research supercomputer at Oak Ridge National Laboratory simulates complex climate conditions and performs intensive research. Gaea is a high-performance supercomputer which produces massive heat however, the technology behind its cooling mechanism compensates well for this. Read more - http://www.knoxnews.com/news/2011/dec/29/huge-mother-earth-research-computer-loaded-with/. more...

Windows 8 will install faster!

Date - Jan 11th, 2012

Author - George Chetcuti

According to Microsoft, Windows 8 will be easier to use and faster to install! Windows 8 has a revamped install process and will install in only 21 minutes on a clean system. Until we are able to verify such statements (second half of 2012) Microsoft will continue to improve reliability while also improving the installation experience and raw performance. PCs capable of running Windows 7 should be able to handle Windows 8 flawlessly. more...

Kinect for Windows

Date - Jan 10th, 2012

Author - George Chetcuti

February 1st, Microsoft will launch Kinect for Windows hardware and accompanying version 1 software. It will be available in limited quantities in United States, Australia, Canada, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Mexico, New Zealand, Spain, and United Kingdom. Microsoft has plans to release a cheaper academic version later on this year. more...

New GPU design for mobile devices

Date - Jan 9th, 2012

Author - George Chetcuti

Future smartphones and tablet computers can leverage the enhanced performance of the new Mali-T658 GPU designed by ARM. Up to ten times faster than its predecessor, the new GPU is aimed at boosting mobile graphics and increasing ARM's market share in mobile graphics. more...