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Google container data center tour

2011-12-24T15:39:00.000+05:30

Extend Windows 7 partition with free partition manager

2011-06-23T00:10:00.000+05:30

What would you do if you want to install some programs on your Windows 7 and you find you have very low disk space available on your C drive?

Well, taking backup of your drive and deleting partition and re-creating will be time consuming and you will have to re-install all programs, configure settings and many things which may take couple of hours and after you are ready restoring your data back to your hard drive.

DON’T WORRY! YOU CAN RESIZE your Partition using a free tool.

You can use EASEUS Partition Master Home Edition to perform this task.

Install EASEUS Partition Master and follow steps below:

Launch this free partition manager software and you will see the main interface.

After select the partition you want to resize, just click "Partitions" > "Resize/Move partition", or choose "Resize/Move partition" in left "Operations" or right click the mouse.

Drag the handle to the partition size you want when the mouse pointer changes to a double-headed arrow.

Then click Apply.

This tool will allow you to re-size your partition.

Please “BACKUP ALL YOUR DATA BEFORE YOU PERFORM THIS OPERATION” it may not be required. but it’s better safe than sorry"!

Sony Hacked Again - Will you believe?

2011-06-06T16:28:00.002+05:30

YES ! Sony Hacked Again once more by Lulzsec. The Target is SonyPictures.com and It compromised over 1,000,000 users'personal information, including passwords, email addresses, home addresses,dates of birth, and all Sony opt-in data associated with their accounts.Also compromised all admin details of Sony Pictures(including passwords) along with 75,000 "music codes" and 3.5 million "music coupons".
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How To Use Kaspersky Rescue Disk to Clean Infected Computer

2011-04-11T11:55:00.000+05:30

Kaspersky Rescue Disk is designed to scan and disinfect x86 and x64-compatible computers that have been infected. The application should be used when the infection is so severe that it is impossible to disinfect the computer using anti-virus applications or malware removal utilities (such as Kaspersky Virus Removal Tool) running under the operating system.

Download and burn the Kaspersky Rescue Disk image to a disc or use USB

The first thing you’ll need to do is download the latest version of Kaspersky rescue disk, and then use any of your favorite CD/DVD burning application to burn that ISO image file to an optical disc.
You can also install the Kaspersky Rescue Disk ISO image to a USB device and boot your computer from it (if you are not having optical drive option), follow the steps below:

In order to use a USB device, you have to first make sure that the device is FAT or FAT32 formatted.
Download a special utility Kaspersky USB Rescue Disk Maker (rescue2usb.exe).
On the Kaspersky USB Rescue Disk Maker window, click Browse… and select the iso image of Kaspersky Rescue Disk.
Select the required USB device from the drop-down menu. and click on the big START button.
- Wait until the process is complete.
Use the Kaspersky Rescue Disk to clean an infected PC
Once you have the disk or USB device ready, insert it to the computer and reboot it. After reboot, a message will appear on the screen: Press any key to enter the menu.
Press any key. A loading wizard will start (you will see the menu to select the required language). If you do not press any key in 10 seconds, the computer boots from hard drive automatically. You’ll now be able to choose between the Graphic or Text mode, we recommend using the Graphic mode for keeping the process simple.
Now, accept the End User License Agreement to continue. It then scans your computer for connected devices and searches for file systems of your local and removable disks. After that, within a few seconds you should see the full working environment of Kaspersky Rescue Disk.

Now, the first thing you should do is switch to the My Update Center tab, and then click the Start update button to download the latest anti-virus definitions from Kaspersky.

After updating the virus definition files, switch back to the Objects Scan tab, select the drives that you want to scan, and then click the Start Objects Scan button. Kaspersky will start scanning, and clean up any viruses that it finds.
Note: You’ll be prompted when you do encounter any virus, and you’ll have to than choose whether to clean or quarantine the files.

2010 Security Threat

2011-04-05T13:08:00.002+05:30

286 million - number of unique variants of malware detected.
1 million - number of zombie computers controlled by Rustock botnet.
260,000 - average number of personal identities exposed in each corporate attack.
6,253 - number of new software vulnerabilities that could be used by criminals.
42% - increase in the number of vulnerabilities on smartphones.
14 - number of never-before-seen 'zero day' vulnerabilities that first turn up in malware.

Criminals target mobile devices and social networks

2011-04-05T12:59:00.000+05:30

Smartphones and social networking sites are likely to become the next big target for cyber criminals, according to a security industry report.
Symantec's annual threat analysis warns that the technologies are increasingly being used to spread malicious code.
Users of Facebook, Twitter and Google's mobile operating system, Android, are said to be particularly vulnerable.
However, the number of attacks remains small compared to other online crimes such as e-mail phishing.
According to Symantec, known vulnerabilities in mobile operating systems rose from 115 in 2009 to 163 in 2010.
In several cases, the security holes were exploited and used to install harmful software on Android handsets - suggesting that criminals now view smartphone hacking as a potentially lucrative area .
At least six different varieties of malware were discovered hidden in applications that were distributed through a Chinese download service.
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Protect your network with Cyberoam UTM with built-in Firewall

2010-12-29T16:10:00.001+05:30

Cyberoam UTM (Unified Threat Management) appliance is hardware device with built-in Firewall, access control, policy based content filtering, gateway antivirus, VPN, user based site access, bandwidth management and link management. with powerful reporting and identity based access control you can view reports of sites visited by users, what categories, details of downloads, google search keywords, virus detected and other network threats.

IDENTITY-BASED UTM APPLIANCE

Unlike other firewall or UTM device; Cyberoam uses identiry based access control. Here you can manage, control and restrict content or bandwidth based on user name. You can also integrate Active directory authentication with Cyberoam UTM.

CONTROL ACCESS TO WEBSITES LIKE FACEBOOK OR ORKUT

Cyberoam content and application filtering allows you to control access to specific websites to specific users. You may allow access to job portals to your HR team, your Accounts departments can view bank websites and other accounts related sites. You may block access to all free web-emails, social networking and chating websites.

LINK FAILOVER

Cyberoam will detect that your main link is not working and with switch to next working link automatically and send you an alert email.

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How to Replace Print Cartridges - HP Photosmart C3180 All-in-One Printer

2010-12-18T11:45:00.000+05:30

Upgrading to Windows 7

2010-12-16T20:26:00.001+05:30

Which editions of Windows 7 you need?

Windows 7 is available in Home basic (Available in Emerging Market), Home Premium, Professional, Ultimate. (Windows 7 Enterprise is available using Volume License only).

Home basic or Home Premium is more than enough if you want to use it on Home computer. Home basic is available in 32bit version only. Home Basic can't join domain.

Windows 7 Professional and ultimate has almost all the features of Home basic and Home premium. Windows 7 Professional and ultimate can join domain network. You can protect your files with Bit Locker. This feature is available only in Windows 7 ultimate. Ultimate allows you to work in 35 diffrentlanguages.

You need compatible hardware:

Before you upgrade make sure you have compatible hardware. As per Microsoft Windows 7 will run on Minimum 1Ghz Processor and 1GB RAM.

If you want to use all features of Windows 7, you may need Minimum Core2Duo processor with 2GB RAM and a better graphics card. If you want Windows 7 64bit, you will need processor with 64bit support.

Application Compatibility:

This should be your major concern if you are using any third party applications, still many application may not work on Windows 7 32bit or 64bit. You can contact your application vendor for more details.

Here you can use Windows XP mode for your XP compatible application. Windows XP Mode lets you run older Windows XPsoftware on your Windows 7 desktop.

Windows XP Mode comes as a separate download and works only with Windows 7 Professional and Ultimate. Windows XP Mode also requires virtualization software such as Windows Virtual PC. Both are available free on the Microsoft website. Note that you may need compatible processor and extra RAM to use this feature.

Drivers for Printers and other hardware:

Make a list of your existing hardware and check if drivers for your hardware is available. You can check in forum, manufacturer's website or contact your hardware vendor for drivers.

Resources:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_7_editions - Windows 7 Editions

http://optron.co.in/windows/windows7/windows-7-overview -

Bhavesh is Owner at Optron Technologies, with more than 6 Years of experience in Information Technology he is managing Mumbai based IT company. http://www.optron.co.in

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QNAP Tutorial_First-time Installation of Turbo NAS

2010-11-20T16:58:00.000+05:30

Weekly Address: Exports & Earmarks

2010-11-20T16:47:00.000+05:30

Inside the latest web threats - Anatomy of an Attack online - Sophos

2010-11-18T12:08:00.000+05:30

Kaspersky is Compatible with Latest Mictosoft Operating System

2010-11-18T12:03:00.000+05:30

New level of protection and improved performance now available for corporate users of Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2

Kaspersky Lab, a leading developer of secure content management solutions, announces the release of their updated Kaspersky Open Space Security Release 2 for corporate users. The product comes complete with the latest edition of Kaspersky Lab’s centralized management tool, Kaspersky Administration Kit 8.0, plus three additional applications designed to protect workstations and servers running under Microsoft Windows.

Protecting a modern corporate network requires robust solutions that secure each node on the network, including servers and workstations, in addition to offering convenient, centralized management tools. Kaspersky Lab’s corporate product range does exactly that. The new components are fully compatible with Microsoft Windows 7 and Windows Servers 2008 R2.

Main advantages of Kaspersky Open Space Security Release 2’s upgraded range of business solutions:

With over 40 new or improved functions, the latest version of Kaspersky Lab’s management tool, Kaspersky Administration Kit 8.0, provides intuitive and convenient centralized management of the antivirus protection system. It offers a flexible administration model for the protection of corporate networks of any shape or size, from just a small number workstations, up to a complete distributed network with complex management structures. Straightforward installation procedures and minimal system management requirements mean that Kaspersky Administration Kit 8.0 can dramatically reduce the costs of installing and maintaining corporate antivirus solutions

Superior levels of protection and performance

Corporate users also benefit from the inclusion of three additional applications that are vital for securing network nodes: Kaspersky Anti-Virus 6.0 for Windows Workstations, Kaspersky Anti-Virus 6.0 for Windows Servers and Kaspersky Anti-Virus 6.0 Second Opinion Solution. All the Releases 2 versions of these products incorporate a new scanning engine and heuristic analyzer – a proactive defense tool.

Seamless integration with Windows 7

Seamless integration with Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R8: Kaspersky Anti-Virus for Windows Workstations comes with ‘Compatible with Windows 7’ certification. That’s your guarantee of complete, proven integration with the new Windows 7 platform. Also Kaspersky Anti-Virus for Windows Servers comes with ‘Works with Windows Server 2008 R2’ certification.

Article from : http://www.kaspersky.com/windows7

Kaspersky PURE - Meet The Woodgates

2010-11-18T11:41:00.000+05:30

Top 20 Social Networking Websites

2010-11-13T23:40:00.000+05:30

Source: http://www.hitwise.com/us/datacenter/main/dashboard-10133.html

Netgear ReadyNAS Duo RND2000 Review

2010-11-06T12:44:00.000+05:30

India - Number 2 in Spam

2010-09-21T15:21:00.002+05:30

As per report form TrendLabs India is on Number 2 in Sending Spam
Rank    Country                     Percentage
1          United States              24.93%
2          India                           12.55%
3          Brazil                          12.00%
4          United Kingdom        11.30%
5          Germany                     8.66%
6          Vietnam                      7.71%
7          France                         6.17%
8          Republic of Korea      6.09%
9          Italy                            5.46%
10        Romania                     5.13%

Share photon internet Tata Photon Wi-Fi Pocket Routeris

2010-09-17T13:02:00.000+05:30

Now you can share Tata Photon Internet with others using Wi-Fi. Tata Photon Wi-Fi Pocket Router allows you to share wireless Internet access and stay connected on the go. With this device you can get internet access speeds up to 3.1 Mbps (downlink) and 1.8 Mbps (uplink).

Overview

This Wi-Fi pocket router is supported with an in-built battery for 2.5 hours of seamless operation and sports a RJ45 Ethernet port for local area network (LAN) support. This feature all ows users to simply plug the device into laptop or desktop and get connected instantly.

It has an in-built battery back-up up to 2.5 hours. It comes with a RJ45 Ethernet port for local area network (LAN) connection. This feature lets you plug the device into your PC and get started instantly.

This product is very useful if you are a small office having 4 to 5 people using laptop or netwbooks. This will allow you to share internet connection with all using wi-fi. Not only on laptop, this will allow you to use high speed internet on your mobile phone using wi-fi.

Pricing and availability

The sleek new product is available in Mumbai, Hyderabad, Bengaluru and Delhi at a lower introductory price of Rs.4,999, while the open market price is Rs. 6,500. Let’s see, how much impact this slim and revolutionary device can have in today’s fast-evolving technology.

Change your UPS! Why?

2010-09-09T15:54:00.002+05:30

If your business has grown over the past three years, you’ve most likely upgraded your IT environment to accommodate this business growth. Or perhaps you’ve rolled out new applications (such as server virtualisation, consolidation, and network convergence) that place “more eggs in one basket.” In either case, relying on yesterday’s UPS is a risky way to handle the increasing criticality of today’s IT deployments.
But even if your IT environment has remained static, don’t be lulled into a false sense of security. Even the best UPS batteries last only an average of 3–5 years—sometimes less. Millions of UPS batteries expire every year, often without users ever realising that their UPS is no longer providing the power protection they are counting on.
APC by Schneider Electric offers three ways to proactively recharge your peace of mind and make sure the UPS doesn’t become the weak link in your IT environment:

1. Upgrade to a new UPS with the latest technology

A UPS bought only three years ago relies on “old” technology. A UPS in today’s network environments requires backup runtime of hours, not minutes. Increased loads call for much greater VA capacity. IT managers need a higher degree of visibility into their physical infrastructure to manage these more complex networks. And newer technology has improved the energy efficiency of UPSs by 30–40%, making them less expensive to operate. The cost of a new UPS is small compared to the risk of depending on an aging unit to prevent data loss and system downtime.

2. Extend the life of your current UPS

Continue to rest easy with a rejuvenated factory warranty that covers your entire UPS. A 1- or 3-year Service Pack Extended Warranty prolongs the reliability of your UPS, giving you greater peace of mind.

3. Purchase only genuine APC replacement battery cartridges

With a UPS even just a couple of years old, it’s not if the unit fails because of an aging battery but when. Replace your aging battery with an authentic APC replacement battery cartridge (RBC). Don’t compromise the Legendary Reliability of your APC UPS by installing anything less than a genuine APC RBC. Only genuine APC replacement batteries are guaranteed for 100% compatibility. APC recycles used batteries in an environmentally friendly manner—almost 100% of the lead content is reused.
LinkBack : :http://www.apcc.com/solutions/display.cfm?id=9AD75AE4-5056-AE36-FE7A1B7CDF38360F&ISOCountryCode=in

Google Gmail Priority Inbox

2010-08-31T10:03:00.000+05:30

Do you really need Antivirus Software?

2010-08-30T19:10:00.002+05:30

I don't think you need an antivirus software if you are using DOS or Similar Software, Do not transfer Data using flash drives or external drives, Do not user internet or use email. But if you don't do all this things, why do you need computer.

The answer is simple. If you have computer and you are using it; you need good antivirus software to protect it.

Today, New viruses, spyware, trojans, worms, and other malware are created every day. The virus landscape has also changed; they can not only crash your system but they can steal your data, they can hijack your email accounts, they can start sending emails to your friends, contacts and customers.

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Now since you know that you need to have an antivirus software, next question is which is good antivirus software?

Like all fingers are not same, not all antivirus software are same. It more or less depends on network setup, software and configuration. Not only that it also depends on how the antivirus software is configured. I have seen many engineers just install the software and forget to enable/disable or make changes to default settings. Such mistakes would not provide you effective protection and you will have a question ...I have antivirus installed, still I get virus. What do I do?

Here is a list of things to Look For in Antivirus Software.

Detection Rate
If your antivirus can not detect a virus or threat it will not be able to protect. Well you need to keep your antivirus software updated. Higher the detection rate is better.

Scope of Protection
You will find two types of antivirus programs in market. 1. Internet Security Suite 2. Just Antivirus Software. Well, the difference is features and protection levels. If you use your computer in corporate network where you already have protected internet, secure emails and firewall on your network; you may not need firewall, email protection, web protection in your software. unless you have a laptop which you use outdoor or use USB modem like TATA/reliance.

If you are not in protected network environment or you are on small office network, you must use software which provides you complete protection against Internet Virus, web site filtering, firewall and other such features.

Ease of Use
It's like having all kind of weapons but you do not know how to use them. It's as good as not having any protection. If you can't use your antivirus software you may not be protected. Ease of use is very important when it comes to configuring settings, tuning your application, allowing or blocking access to some sites etc.

Updates
If your antivirus is not updated it will not be able to detect latest threats and will not protect your computers of networks. While selecting antivirus software you must also check how soon vendor is releasing updates for new threats.

Help & Support
A good antivirus companies must have online support portal, email and telephone support and they should be able to respond to your queries when you are stuck.

A well-balanced antivirus solution should be effective, easy to use and affordable.

If you need more information about antivirus software .. check our website

www.optron.co.in

http://optron.co.in/index.php/kaspersky-antivirus

Spam and Virus Statistics

2010-08-14T12:09:00.000+05:30

Introducing Voice Actions for Android

2010-08-14T01:08:00.000+05:30

Get UPS free with Tally Single user

2010-08-13T10:10:00.000+05:30

For more details call Mr. Piyush on 9320504461 or email him piyush@optroninfo.com

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2010-08-09T03:11:00.001+05:30

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From gmail blog - About attachement

2010-08-06T12:07:00.002+05:30

The more I use Google Docs, the less I have to deal with sending attachments back and forth. While attachments' days may be waning, they're still very much a part of most people's email experience. Here are five things you may not know you can do with Gmail to make sending, receiving, viewing, and finding attachments easier:
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1. Drag attachments in
Simply drag files from your desktop right into the message you're composing and they'll upload from there. (Make sure you're using Google Chrome or Mozilla Firefox 3.6 for this to work.)

2. Select multiple attachments
Attaching multiple files one by one is no fun. Instead, just multi-select the files you want to attach by holding down the Ctrl key (or Command on a Mac) and clicking on each file you want to attach. Holding down the Shift key will select a continuous list of files.

3. Never forget an attachment again
Gmail looks for phrases in your email that suggest you meant to attach a file (things like "I've attached" or "see attachment") and warns you if it looks like you forgot to do so. Every day, this saves tons of people the embarrassment of having to send a follow up email with the file actually attached.

4. View attachments online
When you receive an attachment, sometimes you just want to view it and there's no need to download or save to your desktop. The Google Docs viewer allows you to view .pdf, .ppt, and .tiff files in your browser. Just click the "View" link at the bottom of the message.

5. Find that long lost attachment via search
If you're looking for an attachment someone has sent to you, Gmail's advanced search operators can help you find what you're looking for quickly and accurately.

A couple examples:

To find all messages that contain attachments: has:attachment
To find all messages from your friend David that contain attachments: from:david has:attachment
To find all messages that have .pdf attachments: has:attachment pdf
To find a specific attachment named physicshomework.txt: filename:physicshomework.txt

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How to secure your wireless network.

2010-07-31T20:00:00.001+05:30

Wireless networks are very common today, wireless allows you to connect to network, send mail and browse Internet without wires. Giving you benefit of using your computer anywhere in your office or home.
What if your wireless is not secure?

Anybody can access your wireless network and hack into your network.
Send email from your IP address.
Can use your Internet to send spam mails.
Can copy your data or even delete your files from your computers or servers.
Can intercept data and steal your password, credit card details etc.

How do I secure my wireless network?

Here are some simple but useful tips to secure your wireless network.

Change default administrator password of your wireless router or access point. This is most common mistake people make when they install wireless router and access point.
Disable SSID Broadcast : SSID identification for wifi network. This will make your wireless network invisible. If you or anybody tries searching for wifi network in range they will not find any network around.
Change Default SSID for your device. If you don’t change anyone can guess common password used for that device based on manufactures name.
Enable Encryption: You can use WPA or WEP encryption. Never use common name or commonly used words. Try to make your password and encryption key as long as possible.
Never write your router or wifi password on manual or on your device. You may use passwords managers or maintain other ways to store your passwords.
Use MAC binding if possible. This will allow only selected computers having mac entries to connect to your network.
Many wireless routers come with firewall. Enable and use firewall to block unwanted incoming and outgoing ports.

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The Right Posture to Use Computers

2010-07-26T00:09:00.000+05:30

Many people who use computer suffer from neck pain, a lower back pain after working on computer for long time. Unnatural alignment of body cannot only cause severe pain, but in long run it may even cause cumulative stress disorder(CTD) or repetitive stress injury.

Using Computer

You can't correct it by trying harder, in fact, you need to stop sitting badly and let your body resume its natural posture.

Here are some guidelines you may find useful.

The first step to better posture at a desk is to adjust your chair to the right height for computer work.
Ensure that the computer is placed on stable work surface. Your monitor should be at a distance of about an arm’s length when seated comfortably. Ensure that there is no glare on your monitor.
Your keyboards and mouse should be pleased at the same height as your elbow. The mouse should be placed adjacent to the keyboard at same height of keyboard.
Make sure you keep your fingers relaxed while typing and using a mouse. Use a soft touch on the keyboard instead of pounding keys with unnecessary force.
Make sure there is space under your desk to move your legs freely. Your feet should be flat on the floor or use footrest.

Anti-Stress Tips

When working on computer for long hours, make sure you take short breaks at regular intervals.
Stretch your neck by moving your head forward/backward and side to side.
Rotate your arms and ankles clockwise and anti-clockwise.
Every 30Minutes, give your eyes a break. You could rub your palms together and place them on eyes.

Hard Drive Fails! Why?

2010-07-17T11:16:00.002+05:30

Have you ever experienced hard drive crash? I am sure most of you have. But you never know why drive fails?

Hard drives are extremely delicate, the pieces inside are built with only a micron of space between them. It doesn't take much to cause a scratch or other damage. Among the causes of hard disk failure, overheating is a big one.

I am going to list some possibilities and how to prevent (Reduce chances of) failure.

Drive Installation: Yes! This could be an issue, I have seen in many computer hard drives are installed with only 2 screws or not mounted properly and there is no space for airflow. If your drives are not mounted properly it may cause vibration and can cause damage to drive platters and motors. If your platters are damages, you just can’t get your data back even if you are ready to pay huge sum.

Eclectic Surge: Electric surge is very dangerous to hard drives, you will never know if surge was present on your wires. Many people still feel they are getting clean power, but not true. An electric surge can destroy your drive electronics or can damage your drive motor. Not only your drive, many times it also destroys your motherboards and memories.

You can use good quality UPS and surge protectors, don’t rely on cheap and low quality spike guards.

Power Failures: This is again major cause of drive failure, if your drive is reading or writing and power goes off, it may cause head crash and damage your platters. Again you need to invest in good quality UPS.

The cause of drive failures may be many, they can be minimised. Still you need to take backup on regular basis to avoid data loss.

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I have RAID on my server. Do I need backup?

2010-06-26T13:16:00.001+05:30

Let’s understand this with an example,

You have a server on your network having RAID 1 configured. As we know, in RAID 1 Data written on both the disks means, if Disk 1 fails you still have data on Disk 2. This means you will get protection against single disk failure.

What if,

RAID configuration or RAID controller fails?
What if some important files are deleted from shared folder?
What if you have overwritten some folders by mistake and you need those files?

Means,

RAID can provide protection against only drive failure but backup can protect you against all three above listed possibilities including drive failure.

Mac Mini Upgrade: How To Open a Mac Mini and Add RAM

2010-05-22T13:41:00.000+05:30

Brand new ipad getting smashed by a baseball bat

2010-05-22T13:39:00.000+05:30

The New Dell Inspiron 15

2010-05-21T02:29:00.000+05:30

Are you looking for a budget laptop for everyday use?
The new Dell Inspiron 15 may fit your requirements. The new dell inspiron 15 has many improvements over the older model, both in terms of look and feel and overall performance. It starts @ Rs. 32,000.00
Quick Specs: Core i3 Processor, 3GB RAM, 250GB HDD, 15.6" Wide Screen with LED backlite, 8x DVD Writer.

Based on Intel's "Arrandale" Core i3 processor, the new Dell Inspiron 15 is a 15.6-inchhas all-purpose budget laptop with a full-sized keyboard and good performance.
The New Dell Inspiron 15 looks much better than the older Inspiron 15 with five glossy screen lid colors to choose from. The new Inspiron 15 is better built than the previous one. The Inspiron 15's one of the lighter 15-inch laptops, weighing just 2.4-kg.
The Dell Inspiron 15 comes with 15.6-inch LED backlit wide-screen display, which is nice for watching high-def content. A 1.3MP webcam is recessed on the Dell Inspiron 15's top screen bezel. The New Dell Inspiron 15 has a full-sized keyboard with dedicated number pad on right hand side and multi function keys on top.
The Dell Inspiron 15 is powered by Intel's latest Core i3-330M, 3GB of DDR3 RAM, 250GB hard drive, and onboard Intel GMA HD video adapter. The Inspiron 15 also bundles in a 8x DVD writer, three USB ports, multicard reader, VGA-out, audio jack and an ethernet port along its chassis.

The Dell Inspiron 15's performance is very good if you want to use this laptop for your office work, internet and some audio/video applications. The battery can run 1.hour and 30 Min. for normal operations.
You may contact sales@optroninfo.com for more information or buying this laptop.

Backup Assist V. 5.4 is Released on 31 December 2009

2010-01-03T10:42:00.001+05:30

New: Hyper-V Granular Restore Console
New: SATA support for non-hot-swap SATA controllers - correctly removes the drive after the backup; improved media preparation.
New: Intra Day - imaging jobs now support scheduling to run multiple times per day.
New: Blu Ray support
- Blu-Ray drives are now supported on 2008 R2 and Windows 7
- Fixed Blu-Ray "erase" (applies to all rewritables)
Enhanced: "Run now" functionality now gives immediate feedback if the job was immediately queued or failed to start, eg. due to problems with the Backup User Identity like password expiry.
Enhanced: Imaging
- Added up-front detection of wbadmin, and an inbuilt installer for Windows Server Backup.
- The UI now shows a loading message while it's searching for Hyper-V guests.
- Added a button to automatically select all drives required to backup all Hyper-V guests (not available on Server 2008 R2).
- If any Hyper-V guests require a drive that is currently not selected, they are shown at the top of the guest list.
- Volume selection now warns the user when they select a volume greater than ~2TB (Windows has limited support for these).
Fixes:
- Trial Expiry: the content of the trial expiry warning email has been fixed to specify the correct number of days remaining rather than specifying "{0} days remaining".
- Server Core and Hyper-V Core machines no longer attempt to call the Windows restore GUI - instead they are prompted to enter wbadmin /? at the console.
- Fixed a common exception while adding Exchange servers. This most often occurred when the BackupAssist machine was not on a domain.
- EBS Addin: fixed broken addin registration and icon exception during Refresh.
- Ntbackup: several minor fixes for rare issues, including a problem preventing backup of directory paths containing "IP addresses".
- File replication: fix potential arithmetic overflow on 64-bit Windows.
- File replication: fix possible memory access violation in file replication code.
- Zip: Fix a zip restore error on certain DAT tape drives.
- Backup: Fix to improve handling of unicode characters in the file catalogue.
- SQL Transactional: fixed bug causing invalid historical reports from showing in the reports list after a service restart.
- Zip: improve error handling during compression and report missed files as skipped.
- Zip: improve robustness of memory handling.
- Improved error handling in restore console.
- Remove invalid options from ntbackup jobs.
- Fixed a couple of rare exceptions in the UI, including one that occurred when in Prepare Media.

Before you buy server

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Branded or Unbranded : You have two choice, If you are looking for a mission critical applications and you really need performance and you are going to run your servers 24x7 you must opt for Branded Servers. You can choose from IBM, HP, Dell Servers.

Unbranded servers are good for small business or companies to run non-mission critical services like and budget is a problem. You can still use non-branded servers for mission critical use or running 24x7. It all depends on how your server is build, what components are used.

Rack or Tower : Rack servers can save lots of space compared to tower. If you are planning to co-locate your server in ISP data center you have no option but to buy Rack Mount servers. Rack mount servers are bit expensive compared to tower servers.

If you need only one or two servers and you do not have dedicated server room and rack. You must buy tower servers.

Hardware or Software RAID: Operating system like Windows 2003 or 2008 provides you option of having software RAID where you can do mirroring or even RAID 5. But this will effect performance. If you are looking for server for small set of users and your budget is limited, you may go for software RAID. Software RAID is created after Operating System is installed.

To setup hardware RAID you need a raid controller. Many server motherboard have onboard RAID controller with RAID 0,1 or 5. Hardware raid donot require processor resources hence you will get better performance. You may get features like Hot Swap which allows you to replace disk while server is running. You must opt for hardware RAID if you are using your server for mission critical applications like Exchange server or ERP server.

Running servers 24x7: If you are hosting mail server; website or running a mission critical business applications like SAP you may want your servers to run 24x7. You will need to plan and design your data center to run servers 24x7. It's not only running servers at 24x7 but your entire data center would run 24x7 to maintain availability. The first thing is providing enough power backup, cooling and redundant links. You cannot ignore security. Your server should be protected behind firewall which is configured well. Only required inbound ports should be opened. You must monitor event logs, disk space, processor and memory usage.

Call 9833189090 or visit www.optron.co.in

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Protecting tally data – Scenario 1

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Scenario #1

We have Tally Multiuser, we are sharing data using windows Sharing. Since we need to give read-write access to data for tally to work, I am concerned about security of my Data. Anyone can access and copy that data and take, anyone from my staff can delete files by mistake or purposefully.

What is solution?

I want to allow only selected people to access tally data.

I want to backup data automatically every day.

Answer:

Yes! There is solution available. (This is big concern for almost all companies who use tally for their accounting)

Tally is most popular and easy to use accounting software. Since tally requires full access on shared folder, it is biggest security risk. Anyone can copy your confidential financial information and share with competitions, sell it to someone or some employees purposefully delete data for whatever reason.

You can protect your data using NTFS Permissions and enabling Encryption depending on level of security you need. You can backup your data automatically every day or every few hours.

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Monitor your Exchange Server Availability

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SolarWinds free Exchange Monitor continuously monitors Microsoft® Exchange to deliver real-time insight into Exchange services, mail queue sizes, and host server health. Ensure this mission-critical app never fails!

olarWinds free Exchange Monitor delivers a clever desktop dashboard that continuously monitors Microsoft® Exchange to deliver real-time insight into Exchange services, mail queue sizes, and host server health. With Exchange Monitor at your fingertips, you'll be able to track Exchange health at-a-glance and ensure this mission-critical app never fails you… plus, the Exchange Monitor offers up some fancy desktop eye candy with its 21st century transparency mode, impresses your boss, and ensures the happiness of your Exchange server, so you're assured to be the envy of your fellow network administrators.

SolarWinds free Exchange Monitor makes it easy to:

Quickly identify and troubleshoot Exchange server problems, preventing email delays and calendaring issues
Spot growing mail queues that can indicate bigger issues, like transport failures, Internet connection failures, and virus activity
Leverage out-of-the-box settings based on best practices to start monitoring Exchange immediately
Prevent performance issues before they impact users with built-in red, yellow, and green health indicators
Monitor critical server health indicators, including disk space, CPU utilization, and memory utilization, to ensure optimal hardware functionality

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Do you really Need Server?

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Do you really need a server?

So what is server and what it can do for you?

Let's take an example of a small office having around 10 desktops and few laptop computers. You all work on your files. Where would you save them and how do you share with a colleague? You will share a drive on your computer. Well, what if your computer is off, you are concerned with if she can delete files or may get access to some confidential files also.

Server can help you –

You can share your files on a server. Create a users and groups and allow access to only people who should have permissions, you can set read only or read-writer permissions. Not only that, you can prevent deleting your files also.
Server with RAID configuration can add another level of protection by replicating content of one hard drive to other hard drive in real time. (Means you don't need to copy from one drive to other)
RAID can keep your server running even if one disk fails and you can replace disk. In some servers with hot-swap features you even don't need to shutdown server to replace hard drives.

Need more information?

What are different types of servers?
Should I buy branded or assembled server?
Can I keep my server running 24x7?
Can I replicate data of my server to another machine?

Write a mail to sales@optronnfo.com or post your queries on our community on orkut.

BackupAssist Hyper-V Granular Restore Demo

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This video shows how to use BackupAssist for Hyper-V Granular Restore

Backup Assist 5.3 is Live -

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Backup Assist 5.3 is out of beta and available for download. It has many new features and bug fixes. Here are some important updates.
• Added a Zip backup engine, which supports on-the-fly compression and encryption to any destination.
• New add-on that allows tape backups for Server 2008 and Vista.
• Overhauled the Exchange backup engine to allow backups directly from Exchange 2007 servers, Public Folders backup.
• PST files greater than 2GB is now supported.
• It’s much easier to recover data from Rsync,
• File replication and Zip jobs with the new BackupAssist Restore Console.
For a full list of changes, including some significant bug fixes and UI improvements see our release notes.
This update is free for anyone running an earlier version of BackupAssist 5 and we’d strongly recommend that everyone updates when they get a chance.
Try it out and let us know what you think!

Difference – Incremental and Differential Backup

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Difference – Incremental and Differential Backup

Well! They both look same. Means, they don’t backup everything. They backup only modified and new files. So, why two names?

Typically, only a small amount of the information changes on a daily, or even a weekly, basis. For that reason, it’s good idea to backup only modified or new files. You would use incremental or differential backup method to do that. It saves lots of time and space on your backup device.
A differential backup backs up only the files that changed since the last full back. For example, suppose you do a full backup on Sunday. On Monday you back up only the files that changed since Sunday, on Tuesday you back up only the files that changed since Sunday, and so on until the next full backup.
Incremental backups also back up only the changed data, but they only back up the data that has changed since the last backup — be it a full or incremental backup. If you do an incremental backup on Tuesday, you only back up the data that changed since the incremental backup on Monday. The result is a much smaller, faster backup.
While incremental backups give much greater flexibility and granularity (time between backups), they have the reputation for taking longer to restore because the backup has to be reconstituted from the last full backup and all the incremental backups since.

So, how often you backup your data?

Finally, one hassle-free address book

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Save time and frustration, stop messing with cables and difficult software

Keep your contacts in sync: Your phone, your computer and web applications will have the same address book.
Never lose your address book again!: Automatic daily backups of your contacts, so you'll be prepared when disaster strikes.
Keep your address book clean: Your duplicates are automatically removed, or you can merge them with our easy to use tools.Download from http://www.soocial.com/intro

Sync your Outlook Contacts with Gmail

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GO Contact Sync is an open source tool that synchronizes your contacts between Microsoft Outlook and Google Mail, it removes the hassle of entering details more than once. It supports contact categories and contact photos so your contacts will look exactly the same. There are a few sync options to suite your needs and it can all be done automatically, so it can be used as a backup tool.

Features

Synchronizes your contacts between Microsoft Outlook and Google Mail.
Supports contact categories and contact photos.
Multiple sync options to suite your needs.
Automatic sync.

Downloads

Download GO Contact Sync v1.0.0.3 Beta (hosted on SourceForge).

Outlook Add-ins

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Outsync (Facebook) – This utility can find matching contacts who are listed in your Outlook address book and are also connected with you on Facebook. It will then automatically update the picture of such contacts in your Outlook address book using their latest profile picture from Facebook. This is especially nice if you sync your mobile-phone with Outlook, since now you will have your contact’s picture on your screen when they call you.

Microsoft Small Business Server

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Who to blame for data leakage

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Sensitive data leak concerns are growing with increase in mobile computing and laptop users. Organizations may implement best security software, policies and password rules. Still, data leak may happen. And they blame IT department for poor services, policies and tools etc. But, the weakest link in laptop security is the user.

Some common mistakes can make all tools policies ineffective.

Users leave their laptop unattended and unlocked in public places like exhibitions, hotels etc.
They store password in browser, notepad, not using password for pst files.
Do not use password for administrator or using very poor password.
Many times they disable security software, enable USB or other access ports.
Connect to unsecured wireless network in public area, clients place, hotels etc.

There are many such examples.

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to delegate

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Delegating is one more way to increase productivity. It’s important for to be able to delegate tasks focus on what you should do best.

Here are a few key tips for effective delegation.

What can be delegated?

Make a list of tasks and priorities.

Many things like preparing report, handling inquires can be delegated.

Who is right person?
Next, match each assignment with the staff member who has the right skills and experience to handle the task.

What you want? Results!
Talk about what you are expecting. Be clear about goals, outcomes and deadlines. Give basic idea of how to get it done. Let them handle rest ..

Successful delegation is a win-win: you improve your personal workflows, employees develop new skills, and overall productivity is heightened.

It's tough time ....

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Everyone talks about recession and cost cutting.

Good idea! But, traditional methods of cost reduction often fails and effects growth, culture and sustainability.

Cost cutting is to do more with less without effecting long term goals. I would say "being more efficient and effective"

It is good time to take some efforts to learn automating routine things, finding ways to do things faster.

Review your processes, review your infrastructure gaps, find ways to make your people versatile and efficient.

In short ... review People, Process and Technology ...