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By Tom Fenton
VMware’s newly renamed Workstation Pro 25H2 introduces calendar-based versioning, automation tools, and expanded hardware and OS support, signaling a renewed focus on the long-running desktop hypervisor.
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Brien Posey details how resolving a driver issue unlocked full performance from an Nvidia A6000 GPU that was underperforming on AI video workloads compared to a consumer-grade Nvidia GeForce RTX 4090, sharing key troubleshooting steps for GPU bottlenecks.
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By Tom Fenton
After examining FydeOS in a previous article, Tom Fenton was excited to see if how well it runs on an Intel machine and if he can run Android and Linux applications on it, and how well they perform.
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By Tom Fenton
Learn how to explore, troubleshoot, and manage ChromeOS and other Chromium-based systems using simple chrome:// browser commands—no command line required.
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By Tom Fenton
After writing about ChromeOS Flex as a replacement OS for millions of Windows 10 devices that will not support Windows 11 due to hardware limitations, a colleague suggested Tom check out FydeOS.
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By Tom Fenton
"I was born and raised with the command line, and it bothered me that I couldn't find a way to open a terminal and run commands."
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By Tom Fenton
Tom Fenton sees Win 10 end of life as an excellent opportunity to utilize these devices for other business and personal purposes, as there are numerous creative and practical ways to extend their usefulness and prevent them from being thrown away, gathering dust, or ending up in a landfill.
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By Tom Fenton
For years, Tom Fenton wanted, yearned, and lusted for Windows to include a command-line editor. Yes, they did have one back in the day, but modern Windows versions did not include one -- until now.
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By Tom Fenton
AI meets cost control. Tom Fenton looks at EtherInsights, which helps you slash Microsoft 365 & Azure bills with smart, AI-powered insights—built for SMBs & enterprises alike
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By Tom Fenton
After examining and setting up Zabbix, a scalable, open-source monitoring solution designed to track the performance and availability of IT infrastructure, including servers, networks, applications, and cloud services, Tom Fenton cranks it up.
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By Tom Fenton
After previously providing an overview of Zabbix, a scalable, open-source monitoring solution used to track the performance and availability of IT infrastructure, including servers, networks, applications, and cloud services, Tom Fenton walks you through the process of setting up Zabbix server.
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As AI powers both cyberattacks and defenses, the ability to spot subtle threats in vast digital noise is paramount. Leading the charge is AI's power to intelligently monitor behavior, establishing baselines of normal activity to expose the aberrant patterns that signal attack.
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By Tom Fenton
After it catches his eye at VMware Explore, Tom Fenton begins a hands-on exploration of this free and open-source monitoring solution, describing its capabilities and features.
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By Tom Fenton
If you are not using a package manager on your Windows system to install applications and other software, you should, says Tom Fenton, because downloading, and installing applications manually is a waste of time.
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By Tom Fenton
Tom Fenton tests MacStadium's remote macOS desktops and finds a smooth, high-performance experience -- despite Apple's virtualization hurdles.
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By Tom Fenton
Tom Fenton explores using ChromeOS Flex as an OS replacement on a decade-old, dual-core laptop running Windows 10, as Windows 10 will soon reach its end of life (EOL).
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By Tom Fenton
Longtime IT pro Tom Fenton was disappointed -- along with many others -- when Broadcom discontinued the free version after acquiring VMware, but he's excited it's back.
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By Tom Fenton
Tom Fenton continues his investigation, loading the OS, using Gemini AI, Google Docs, the web-based Microsoft Office 365 and much more.
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By Tom Fenton
Because of technical limitations, many Windows 10 machines won't be able to upgrade to Win 11 in October when end of life is reached, but ChromeOS Flex could extend their use.
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For disaster recovery, Amazon recently introduced a time-based copy feature that allows you to tie the Amazon Machine Image (AMI) copy duration to your Recovery Time Objective (RTO).
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By Tom Fenton
In his final article of a series, Tom Fenton shows how he used ntopng Community edition dashboards to analyze his local LAN network traffic.
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By Tom Fenton
In the third part of a series, Tom Fenton explains how he set up and installed ntopng, along with detailing where it will sit in his home/lab network and how he redirected traffic to it.
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By Tom Fenton
Tom Fenton gets geeky in detailing how he is using ntopng to monitor and visualize network traffic in his home LAN, which he embarrassingly lost control of.
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In an accidental termination, thankfully, there are a few things that you can do to protect yourself against the loss of a critical instance, Brien Posey explains.
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Paul Schnackenburg looks at Microsoft's entry in the Secure Services Edge (SSE) market, Global Secure Access (GSA), and the different flavors of it, Internet Access and Private Access. Another buzzword for this kind of technology is Zero Trust Network Access, ZTNA.