http://www.qbangsolutions.com/blog q!Bang Solutions | solutions you want. done. Tue, 11 Sep 2007 15:32:21 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en q!Bang was recently awarded the opportunity to implement a FOSS VoIP solution for Firefly Energy as they expanded into a new facility. Stephen Hultquist has written an excellent blog at InfoWorld about managed IT services. Why not leave your IT to the experts while you concentrate on your core. ... http://www.qbangsolutions.com/blog/index.php/2007/09/11/managed-services/ I knew for a long time that they overlap in frequency, but never knew the exact range. I recently bought a bluetooth headset for my phone, and some people have complained about hearing statics when I talk to them. I was curious if it’s because my 802.11b/g AP is getting ... http://www.qbangsolutions.com/blog/index.php/2007/03/29/80211bg-and-bluetooth/ (Article originally posted at InfoWorld Magazine) There was a great variety of exhibitors at the SCALE 5x (5th annual Southern California Linux Expo) event in the LAX Westin Hotel. There were Linux User Groups (LUG), non-profit groups, companies making money by improving and supporting Open Source Software (OSS), companies selling hardware, ... http://www.qbangsolutions.com/blog/index.php/2007/03/17/southern-california-linux-expo-scale-5x-exhibitors-non-profits/ (Article originally posted at InfoWorld Magazine) More news from last week's SCALE 5x event in Los Angeles! There were three network monitoring systems represented at the event. Zenoss, OpenNMS, and GroundWork all had booths at SCALE. These are definitely 3 of the heavy hitters in Open Source network monitoring. Zenoss and ... http://www.qbangsolutions.com/blog/index.php/2007/03/17/open-source-network-monitoring-at-scale-5x/ High Mobley's article The Business Case for Open Source Software has been posted to the InfoWorld Magazine web site. Of course everybody recognizes the financial benefits of free software, but there are several other reasons to choose Open Source Software. How about no more license keys? Or no ... http://www.qbangsolutions.com/blog/index.php/2007/03/13/southern-california-linux-expo-scale-5x-exhibitors-non-profits-article-posted-at-infoworld-magazine-2/ (Article originally posted at InfoWorld Magazine) The 5th annual Southern California Linux Expo (SCALE 5x) was hosted at the LAX Airport Westin this past weekend. It was a relatively small affair, nothing as extravagant as LinuxWorld in San Francisco. The show floor was small and there were no large, fancy booths ... http://www.qbangsolutions.com/blog/index.php/2007/02/26/southern-california-linux-expo-5x/ (Article originally posted at InfoWorld Magazine) Have you ever received a word document in email, only to find that it cannot be opened or edited by your version of the MS Office? Or perhaps you want to open a paper you wrote in 1996, only to find that you wrote it ... http://www.qbangsolutions.com/blog/index.php/2007/02/26/embracing-open-document-format-odf/ (Article originally posted at InfoWorld Magazine) When I build a network or a system, I try my best to make sure that everything is as redundant as possible: redundant power supplies, RAID for the drives in case of a hard drive failure, backup routes in OSPF in case someone trips over ... http://www.qbangsolutions.com/blog/index.php/2007/02/26/high-availability-with-open-source/ (Article originally posted at InfoWorld Magazine) Security is a topic that is getting more and more attention these days, and encryption plays a large role in security. However, those of us who have played with encryption know that it consumes a significant amount of system resources. If you are ... http://www.qbangsolutions.com/blog/index.php/2007/02/26/speed-up-encryption-with-padlock/ (Article originally posted at InfoWorld Magazine) Sure you have one. Everyone nowadays has at least one wireless router at home, be it Linksys, NetGear, D-Link, or Buffalo. With new wireless products being released nearly every month, I am willing to bet that some of you even have a couple ... http://www.qbangsolutions.com/blog/index.php/2007/02/26/beef-up-your-wireless-router/ (Article originally posted at InfoWorld Magazine) By now you've either seen them or read about them. Companies are selling all kinds of useful appliances based on embedded Linux. Some are for small tasks like wireless APs, mobile devices, or cell phones. Others are geared towards enterprise needs like load balancers, routers, ... http://www.qbangsolutions.com/blog/index.php/2007/02/26/secure-linux-appliances-in-your-enterprise/ (Article originally posted at InfoWorld Magazine) Have you checked out Google's Analytics package yet? No? Why not? It's a strong web analytics package and is offered for free from Google. Let's first address the definition of "web analytics." Wikipedia offers the following explanation which fits the parameters of this article quite well: Web ... http://www.qbangsolutions.com/blog/index.php/2007/02/26/google-analytics-is-worth-a-look/ (Originally posted on InfoWorld Magazine) It is often cited that the biggest issue in the fight against worms and viruses and other such malware is uneducated users. If a person doesn't understand why it's a bad thing to open email attachments from people that he doesn't know, then you can bet ... http://www.qbangsolutions.com/blog/index.php/2007/02/26/computer-security-explained-for-the-masses/ High Mobley's article Southern California Linux Expo (SCALE) 5x exhibitors: non-profits has been posted to the InfoWorld Magazine web site. The article runs down the non-profit exhibitors at the recent SCALE 5x event at the Los Angeles Ariport Westin Hotel. Comments are welcomed and appreciated. http://www.qbangsolutions.com/blog/index.php/2007/02/26/southern-california-linux-expo-scale-5x-exhibitors-non-profits-article-posted-at-infoworld-magazine/ Josh Kuo's article Dell, the new (free) Linux provider? has been posted to the InfoWorld Magazine web site. The article examines Dell's new look at pre-installed Linux. And it's not the Linux that you'd expect! Comments are welcomed and appreciated. http://www.qbangsolutions.com/blog/index.php/2007/02/26/dell-the-new-free-linux-provider-article-posted-at-infoworld-magazine/