Product reviews and ther technologies like firewalls, VoIP, Skype, Hardware Comparisons and other how-tos
By Ian Matthews January 31, 2006 If you have ever been responsible for purchasing a firewall you know it can be quite intimidating. There are lots of buzzwords and lots of fast talking salesmen. This document is intended to provide a simple grid for you to evaluate competing products. For Read more…
By Ian Matthews, July 2005 Click HERE for an explanation of current e911 issues. Click HERE for an biased but still valid comparison of Skype and a New Service called Gizmo. Voice over IP (generally through internet) has been in popular use since the late 1990’s. Using a computer to Read more…
Prepared by Ian Matthews May 24, 2005 After dealing with several odd problems that have been caused by the seriously enhanced security provided by McAfee version 8 I thought I should document the solution. Problem 1: Can not send email from servers Backup Software called Vital Vault Problem 2: Can Read more…
Prepared by Ian Matthews August 2003 Most companies have a general awareness of new Canadian privacy legislation but lack detailed information they can use to develop a compliance strategy. The purpose of this paper is to highlight some of the key items in the legislation so that companies can start Read more…
This document is reprinted from “Intel:Build a Real Server” section of a Microsoft “How To Technology Fair” handout dated Aug 2000. Updated by Ian Matthews of Up & Running Technologies on August 28 2010 to include RAID 6. We also have a very simple explanation of SAN, NAS, DAS, iSCSI, FiberChannel updated Read more…
This product has been released to a small number of commercial testers, including Harrah’s in Vegas From MARCH 2007 (i.e. PRE-Apple iPhone): From CES, January 2008 Interesting “Surface” Experiments in 2006