Setting up an Internal Chocolatey Repository
Dan Franciscus | | IT Insights
If your organization is serious about using Chocolatey as a means for Windows package management, then setting up your own internal package repository is a must.
Dan Franciscus | | IT Insights
If your organization is serious about using Chocolatey as a means for Windows package management, then setting up your own internal package repository is a must.
Michael O'Dwyer | | IT Insights
Online privacy is a mythical creature not unlike the unicorn or Cyclops—we’ve all heard the tall tales, but we’ve never seen it in the wild. And we have only ourselves to blame. If we take governmental monitoring as a given and add the fact that U.S. ISPs can now...
Michael O'Dwyer | | IT Insights
If some comedians speculate that women only tolerate men only because replacement devices can’t buy them dinner, perhaps employers of the future will be as logical when allocating robotic resources to their workforce?
With so many available languages, knowing which one to choose for automation can be overwhelming. In our interview with Eric Chou from A10 Networks, we learn advantages of using Python Networking to automate tasks as engineers.
Michael O'Dwyer | | IT Insights
The prospect of spending more than $1,000 in cold hard cash on a smartphone seems ridiculous to many of us, but after the much-publicized release of the iPhone X, the prospect became a very real one.
Jeff Edwards | | Cloud | IT Insights
In 2018, it’s pretty obvious that Larry Ellison was wrong. The cloud is here to stay, so you'd better understand it, if you don't already.
Missy Januszko | | IT Insights
You turn on your computer. You navigate to your favorite IT blog, Defrag This, to read about what’s new in the world of technology. Select one of the articles to read:
Adam Bertram | | File Transfer | IT Insights
It's easy to copy files with PowerShell Copy-Item via the command line. Once you specify the source and destination location, it just happens. Unfortunately, many administrators don't think about how this process occurs until it doesn't work.
Adam Bertram | | IT Insights | Security
Large organizations typically have lots of devices that require IP addresses. Client desktops, tablets, mobile and desk phones, servers and more all consume IPs. The only way to manage IPs at this level is to use Microsoft Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP),...
Whenever you're building and maintaining infrastructure for your company or an open-source project, you're probably using Amazon Web Services (AWS).
Dan Franciscus | | IT Insights
Vagrant provides a solution for creating disposable and consistent environments, all within a single configuration file.
In the Python world, PyCharm is designed to be the integrated development environment (IDE) necessary for any successful coding project.
The PowerShell AST essentially breaks down the code into a hierarchical tree with each element representing a part of the tree, making the scripts self aware.
Most of us have had a few weeks now to let it all sink in and maybe even get a second or third viewing of Star Wars: The Last Jedi.
Dan Franciscus | | IT Insights
Puppet is one solution that is trying its best to make sure Windows engineers and admins have the tools necessary to manage effectively. Here's how to use it.
When you think of PowerShell, what comes to mind? Scripts? Probably. Of course, one of PowerShell's core focuses is about scripting; the other is a great shell.
CCleaner has been used by IT professionals and users alike for cleaning up temporary files and the Windows registry. But is cleaning the Windows registry useful?
Need to keep an eye on your IIS web server app pools? Here's a guide on getting started with PowerShell.
Dan Franciscus | | IT Insights
If you’re managing servers and aren’t using an infrastructure-as-code solution such as Puppet, Ansible or Chef, be warned: you should be.
PowerShell 5.x is soon being replaced. Once the official version of PowerShell Core 6.0 is deployed into production, we can get more details about the future.
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