Podcast – GFI MAX Building Blocks to Managed Services
By Giselle Borg Olivier on March 10, 2010 – 11:33 am | 2 Comments

Doug Wilson and Chris Martin of GFI MAX describe how it’s easy for you to move towards Managed Services.
(Part 1) This podcast outlines the Building Blocks program and focuses on the provision of a Managed …

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New Script Check and Automated Task Enhancements in GFI MAX RemoteManagement
Written by Giselle Borg Olivier on March 11, 2010 – 3:40 pm | No Comment

We are pleased to announce that we have added Script Check, a new scripting feature as well as automated task enhancements to our remote monitoring and management solution GFI MAX RemoteManagement.

When using this solution you can now write your own monitoring scripts for automating tasks and running your checks. The new feature will also help MSPs, VARs and IT support organizations to increase revenues and profits.

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Podcast – GFI MAX Building Blocks to Managed Services
Written by Giselle Borg Olivier on March 10, 2010 – 11:33 am | 2 Comments
Podcast – GFI MAX Building Blocks to Managed Services

Doug Wilson and Chris Martin of GFI MAX describe how it’s easy for you to move towards Managed Services.
(Part 1) This podcast outlines the Building Blocks program and focuses on the provision of a Managed …

GFI MAX Building Blocks – The answer to IT services
Written by Chris Martin on March 8, 2010 – 4:30 pm | No Comment
GFI MAX Building Blocks – The answer to IT services

I was having lunch today with a guy who runs a web/software development business for hire in our town.  He was explaining how he was growing tired of it and was considering other things.
I was …

Trust: Security, the enemy of Security
Written by Emmanuel Carabott on March 5, 2010 – 11:28 am | No Comment
Trust: Security, the enemy of Security

In the previous posts about Trust I outlined how things that are designed to help you with your security can sometimes hinder that very security that you are trying to achieve. Today I will take …

Survey shows that SaaS can save you money
Written by Chris Martin on February 25, 2010 – 2:38 pm | No Comment
Survey shows that SaaS can save you money

Earlier in the year we ran a survey on RMM Software, this is the software IT Company’s/MSP’s use to run their technical operations. What emerged were a few very revealing results on the software itself:

Only …

How to obtain productivity from your employees with GFI WebMonitor
Written by Giselle Borg Olivier on February 22, 2010 – 5:42 pm | No Comment
How to obtain productivity from your employees with GFI WebMonitor

We have just released a version of GFI WebMonitor 2009 that can now be installed on Microsoft Forefront Threat Management Gateway (TMG). Businesses using TMG, Microsoft’s latest generation of ISA Server, now have a dedicated …

GFI Software’s Building Blocks – making managed services a practical reality for IT support companies
Written by Giselle Borg Olivier on February 22, 2010 – 4:43 pm | No Comment
GFI Software’s Building Blocks – making managed services a practical reality for IT support companies

We are pleased to announce a program for IT support companies to help them start selling revenue generating services to their clients and get them on their way to becoming Managed Services Providers (MSPs).
As IT …

Spying – the new black?
Written by Emmanuel Carabott on February 19, 2010 – 12:57 pm | 2 Comments
Spying – the new black?

Today I came across a very disturbing story by Mike Masnick at techdirt. Mike reports about a class action suit by some students who claim the school was monitoring them through the webcam from laptops …

How Secure can Security be?
Written by Emmanuel Carabott on February 17, 2010 – 4:08 pm | 2 Comments
How Secure can Security be?

Today I came across a series of articles that claims that most solutions that encrypt voice communications on mobile phones are not up to par and can easily be intercepted. My first reaction was that …

Shell’s Data Breach: A Security Spill?
Written by Emmanuel Carabott on February 15, 2010 – 4:35 pm | 4 Comments
Shell’s Data Breach: A Security Spill?

This week the BBC reported that someone has disclosed contact details for 170,000 of Shell’s employees world wide. The disclosure comes with a note claiming it is being disclosed by former employees who can’t stand …

Twitter in the workplace – the threats
Written by David Kelleher on February 12, 2010 – 4:00 pm | 2 Comments
Twitter in the workplace – the threats

Twitter was named ‘word’ of the year in 2009 confirming the growth of a social networking and media site that is used by over 350 million people worldwide. However, Twitter is also gaining a reputation …