May 2007 - Posts

• New Samsung Q1 UMPC

  I guess with as many years as I have been in IT I shouldn't be surprised when I buy something then a "new and improved" version comes out two weeks later :) Samsung has released the latest Q1 model that has a few neat features. One feature Read More... Posted Thursday, May 31, 2007 9:05 AM by Brad | 0 Comments

• Spam Volumes

  We deal with millions and millions of emails every month - sometimes 1,000,000+ in a single day alone. Because of the different ways that spammers are constantly trying to get around spam filters, there is still a decent amount of spam that gets considered Read More... Posted Tuesday, May 29, 2007 11:10 AM by Brad | 7 Comments

• UMPC

  My only complaint so far about the Samsung Q1 is the battery life. I am seeing about three hours of battery power which seems unreasonably low considering that my laptop gets approximately six hours of run time. It is taking a lot of effort to get use Read More... Posted Friday, May 25, 2007 3:24 PM by Brad | 0 Comments

• Staying Connected

  I work a lot of hours but don't like being tied to my desk all the time. So I very often will take a notebook pc with me and connect it to my pda for an Internet connection then VPN into Exchange. At other times I'll connect to Exchange to do Read More... Posted Wednesday, May 23, 2007 9:04 PM by Brad | 0 Comments

• SQL Server Locking (and Blocking)

  SQL Server smartly "locks" specific data during certain operations. For example, you probably wouldn't want two SQL users to update the same data at the same time. You might also not want to read from a table that is in the process of being Read More... Posted Wednesday, May 16, 2007 5:51 AM by Brad | 0 Comments

• Webfarms II: Balancing The Load

  Okay, so you understand webfarms now. What's the magic that actually distributes the load, and how does it determine how the distribution is handled? At ORCS Web we use the Foundry Server Iron products to perform our webfarm load-balancing. If one Read More... Posted Friday, May 04, 2007 9:00 PM by Brad | 0 Comments

• Exchange 2007 Rocks

  We recently upgraded our internal mail and communications to Exchange 2007 and I must say, it rocks. The interface is intuitive, features are awesome, and the performance is great. I strongly recommend it for your communication and collaboration needs. Read More... Posted Tuesday, May 01, 2007 11:06 AM by Brad | 0 Comments