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vSphere Integrated Containers

vSphere Integrated Containers provides critical enterprise container infrastructure to help IT Operating teams run both traditional and containerized applications providing a number of benefits: security isolation management speed agility I am looking forward to getting my hands on this and expanding my knowledge on how vSphere Integrated Containers (VIC) works in the real world. vSphere Integrated Containers includes the […]

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Data Breach: Recommendations on how to protect yourself

This has become an all too common event these days.  I am glad my home state has taken the time to inform citizens via recommendations protect ourselves. Here is the latest information from New Jersey Cybersecurity & Communications Office.   Under Armour/MyFitnessPal Under Armour announced that, in February 2018, an unauthorized party obtained access to data associated […]

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Blocking Internet Advertisements, and more with Pi-hole

The challenge is to mitigate exposure to the advertisements spammed all over the internet with the same approach as fighting against virus and malware threats. I recently upgrade my Pi-hole® to take on not only the task of blocking Internet advertisements, but malware, and adult sites. Here is my list on Pastebin: https://pastebin.com/eV3cUnjy Installing Pi-hole Pi-hole makes it as easy […]

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VMware Guest Customization Specification, Configure Domain Joining

I recently worked to correct an outstanding support issue of VMware Guest Customization Specification not joining guests to Active Directory Domains. I thought I’d share my setup so it might help others facing similar issues. Log into the vSphere console, navigate to the Home page section From the Home page click the Customization Specification Manager […]

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How to delay the Windows 10 Spring Creators Update

As we edge ever nearer to the release of the Windows 10 Spring Creators Update, we must pause and think about what could possibly break in the process.  That said, it’s a good practice to allow yourself time to test these things before deploying out to your company. Here are steps you can take locally […]

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Download a copy of your Facebook data

Recently we have all have been reading about Facebook’s breach of trust. Even Mark Zuckerberg, admitted that Facebook has made mistakes. The issue: Cambridge Analytica, a U.K.-based political data-analytics firm hired by the 2016 Trump campaign, got its hands on data for 50 million Facebook users — without the users’ knowledge or consent. At this point, it’s […]