Gone are the days when users worked on a single IT system. Users today have mastered the art of working with different IT platforms, thanks to the proliferation of apps across platforms and the urgent need to adapt to technological advancements. Organizations today implement new solutions and apps targeted to solve everyday problems.
Christmas Week Active Directory Task
There are far too many administrators who must work the week of Christmas. They are there to ensure that the network is running and the company is still making money.
2014 Security Year in Review
Whew! Thank goodness 2014 is over! Well, at least if you are considering the year’s security issues, attacks, leaks, and password issues . As a security and Windows Active Directory professional, I feel like I have earned the right and it is the appropriate time to say, “I told you so.” Let me put this into perspective, to prove my point. 2014 financial services firms – $20.8 million lost to breaches 2014 tech companies – $14.5 million lost to breaches 2014 communication providers – $12.7 million lost to breaches Ebay – 150 million user accounts compromised due to phishing attacks, users asked to change password immediately Home Depot – 56 million credit cards compromised US Post Office – 800,000 employees’ confidential data breached Unfortunately, there are many , many more that could be listed
ADAudit Plus Voted WindowSecurity.com Readers’ Choice Winner
Talk about a wonderful holiday gift: Leading Windows security resource site, WindowSecurity.com, recently announced that ManageEngine ADAudit Plus was voted the winner in the Network Auditing category of the 2014 WindowSecurity.com Readers’ Choice Awards . Better still, ADAudit Plus garnered 25 percent of the votes cast. To put that in perspective, we received almost twice as many votes as the first runner-up.
2014 – A Bumper Year for ServiceDesk Plus!
As our ServiceDesk Plus team constantly focuses on what’s next, it’s easy to lose sight of how far we’ve come. Looking in the rear view, 2014 was a fantastic year for us filled with major releases/upgrades, user conferences, trade shows, webinars, major revamps and most importantly, a pioneering move of making the Standard Edition free for all our users that saw a huge spike in downloads and sign ups. We’re also proud to see how much of our roadmap we’ve covered with numerous features and integrations guided by constant feedback from our customers
Tracking Administrative Group Modifications
Security of elevated privileged access is becoming more and more important with every Active Directory installation. Attacks are going to happen and ensuring you know who has privileged access will help reduce the overall effectiveness of these attacks
ServiceDesk Plus Now Brings Advanced Analytics
This holiday season, we bring you good news: ServiceDesk Plus is now integrated with Zoho Reports. This integration will empower you to analyze and generate advanced reports on IT service desk data. Zoho Reports is an online business intelligence and reporting platform from Zoho.com .
Windows Desktop Naming Convention Unveiled
I was sitting in an interview in Dubai, UAE , discussing the finer points of Active Directory, provisioning users, user life cycle management, monitoring AD changes, recovering from AD changes, etc. During our conversation, we got onto the issue of Windows desktops and the history of Microsoft and the desktop. We noticed that there is a distinct pattern of good and not-so-good (OK, in some cases AWFUL) operating systems.
Achieving Data Center Agility With Converged Infrastructure
Most enterprises rely on their data centers to offer services to internal and external users. Important concerns for any data center today include the following: Faster provisioning of new services to meet sudden business demands Scaling existing services without affecting users Optimizing resources for reduced power and energy costs Achieving service-level agreements (SLAs) Reducing management complexities Reducing energy costs Provisioning and Scaling Services Data centers must be more agile to meet growing business needs. The conventional infrastructure is very rigid and takes a lot of time for both provisioning and expansion.
5 Steps to Successfully Implement an IT SLA
Every IT manager aspires to improve performance, accelerate incident response times, reduce system downtime, and simultaneously cut service costs in his or her IT support operations. Now, if you are in the pursuit of similar goals, then look no further than an IT SLA .