Jason Hiner
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Four reasons why business will take to the cloud

Four reasons why business will take to the cloud

Insight commentary Over the next five years, there will be a huge financial incentive to make the switch to cloud computing--and it will be hard to resist.

Friday, June 05 2009 10:05 AM

Tags: Cloud computing, IT Management, Mobile Broadband, Mobile, Broadband, Cloud computing, Jason Hiner, Server, CIO, WAN


Airport ad-hoc hot spots could be dangerous

Airport ad-hoc hot spots could be dangerous

News A new study suggests that travelers who connect to free, ad-hoc wireless networks risk allowing hackers access to confidential files.

Friday, March 07 2008 10:22 AM

Tags: Business broadband, 802.11/Wi-Fi, Security


SSL: Broken even more

SSL: Broken even more

Techguide Lately, security conferences have been bad news for SSL. At this year's Black Hat, independent security guru Moxie Marlinspike explained how he was able to completely bypass SSL security.

Sunday, April 05 2009 02:04 PM

Tags: Authentication and encryption, Security Management, Data security, PC security, SSL, Web Page, Web Browser, SHA-1, Moxie Marlinspike, SSLstrip


Using Twitter as a server notification tool: Pros and cons

Techguide Twitter is breaking out of its "look at me" shackles and may offer real business value. Scott Lowe suggests using the microblogging engine for server notifications.

Thursday, September 17 2009 10:39 AM

Tags: Servers, Web services, Internet Access, Social Media, Tool, Server, API, Internet, Microsoft Exchange Server, Servers


Networks vs. servers: The truce has ended

Techguide Recent activity by HP and Cisco suggests the truce between networking vendors and server vendors, has ended. See why, and how it could benefit IT.

Monday, March 23 2009 06:27 PM

Tags: Servers, Virtualization, Data Management, Data centers, Hewlett-Packard Co., IBM Corp., HP ProCurve, Cisco Systems Inc., Jason Hiner, Server



Configure Apache to support multiple SSL sites on a single IP address

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With Apache 2.2.12 and support for the Server Name Indication extension to the SSL protocol, you can configure name-based HTTPS sites, just as you can name-based HTTP sites.


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Amendments to empower Copyright Tribunal

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As a lawyer, I often inform my clients about the need to clear licenses with the various licensing societies whenever they use works belonging to other parties. This is especially..... by Bryan Tan

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