It’s this time of the year again. I will probably receive notification for IT Audit in about 14 days. IT Audit is a process that is quite stressful for IT Managers. There is always something you can forget. There are just so many factors you can miss to review, from AD, Databases, ERP access, Backup, Security, Access […]
Lepide Active Directory Self Service Review
Lepide Active Directory Self service is a unique password self service solution. Unique because it’s unlike any other self service solutions. Password self service is usually difficult to implement or at least requires a lot of company resources. Consultants love selling security solutions as they can charge hefty prices for implementation. Lepide Active Directory Self Service […]
Nervepoint Access Manager Review
Nervepoint Access Manager can solve password management problems to a lot of companies. Yesterday I was looking at reports in our Service desk solution for the last 3 months. I wanted to know which are the most common incidents and how to optimize our work to have less problems. I was shocked that 70% of all […]
How we saved big with Synology Surveillance Station NVR
I joined current company in 2007. I was lucky that company was in hibernation state, meaning that I could easily got to know it easily. One thing that I was really impressed by were NVR’s that were from 1-4 years old and were running Windows 95 and Windows 98. Despite reliability issues of Windows 95 and […]
Secret Server Review
Password server market is quite competitive, but most products lack feature or two. I came across Secure Password server and when I saw features list, I downloaded the trial and installed application. First thing I noticed was user interface, it’s not the best looking and I am sure there could be some improvements with usability. […]
Passpack online password manager for groups
Keeping password secure is one thing. Keeping multiple passwords with login information secure is another. Add to this situation sharing information with teams and you have a problem. How to solve this challenge? There are several solutions and I think I found one of the best. Passpack is online password manager for groups and teams. […]
The Best Corporate Antivirus is known
As an IT Manager I always look for potential problems, security being first priority. First front in the security battle between good and evil, is antivirus. I often hear my buddies doubting: “Was my decision for using vendor X the right one?” Is huge discount I was provided worth the risk of being infected with […]
GFI Cloud Review
Cloud is the next black. It seems that Cloud trend is increasing rapidly. You really notice it when you see companies you know presenting new solutions in the cloud and cloud only. A couple of years ago I wouldn’t even consider using cloud products, but now, that seems normal. GFI has jumped on the Cloud […]
Review: ManageEngine Desktop Central
How to make IT Admin life easier? There was a time, couple of years ago, when I was looking for making my life as an IT Admin easier. I still remember how my life was complicated, year 2003, we were using Lotus Notes, every month we had to create batch scripts that were used to […]
Review: GFI Webmonitor UnifiedProtection
I got to know GFI Webmonitor when I was looking for additional functionality with MS ISA 2006. If you ever got to use MS ISA you either loved it or hated it. I was more of the latter kind of guy, I had only short periods of time to focus on MS ISA and I […]
