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- SysAdmin 3.1 (Windows)
- RIA-Media SysAdmin simplifies the administration of your network based on Active Directory by providing in a single tool all the necessary features for managing domains, servers, computers, and users.
- Tags: System Administrator, Microsoft Windows, RIA-Media, Microsoft Windows Active Directory, Directory Services, Enterprise Software, Software
- Software downloads 2009-11-04
- Windows Security Analyzer 1.8.0.230 (Windows)
- This tool runs over 100 tests to gauge server security against best practices. Some tests include explanations and background information. It also calculates entropy and NIST Special Publication 800-63 compliance. The Windows Configuration Security Analyzer comes with a DOS batch script that system administrators can run on their servers to...
- Tags: System Administrator, Security, Windows Security, Security Audit, Server, Tool, Chris Nowell Information Security, Microsoft Windows, Productivity, Operating Systems, Software
- Software downloads 2009-02-12
- The Unix sysadmin salary premium
- A review of job openings at major American employers shows that there is no "Unix salary premium" but there is a 15% or so skills premium reflecting the typical Unix sysadmin's ability to fill other roles - like those of the DBA or Windows administrator - without, as it were,...
- Tags: System Administrator, Wintel, Data-processing, Salary, Payscale, Outliers, Sun Solaris, UNIX, Operating Systems, Linux, Microsoft Windows, Servers, Software, Hardware, Paul Murphy
- Blog posts 2008-08-13
- Distributed decision making in IT
- The reason you can't take the kind of personal IT management structure that works for very small businesses and make it work in large organizations is that neither the PC nor the tools to manage it scale - Unix does, and you can. by Paul Murphy
- Tags: System Administrator, Information Technology, Decision-making, Strategy, Management, Paul Murphy
- Blog posts 2008-07-01
- Formal Methods for Intrusion Detection of Windows NT Attacks
- This study develops a method to build Finite State Automaton FSA that models the dependencies between the Operating-System OS-level events recorded in the audit logs of a Windows NT machine. The FSA model contains both sequential and branching relations among audit log events that help the system administrator follow the...
- Tags: System Administrator, Audit, Intrusion Detection, General Electric Co., Attack, SISFSA, Financial Accounting, Microsoft Windows NT, Finance, Operating Systems, Microsoft Windows, Software
- White papers 2008-05-19
- Tray Users 1.05 (Windows)
- Tray Bar Unlock Users makes it more simple to unlock users and helps the system administrator when a user is locked out from the Active Directory Domain. It just became easier to unlock a locked out account. This version is the first release on CNET Download.com.
- Tags: System Administrator, Microsoft Windows Active Directory, Microsoft Windows, Directory Services, Enterprise Software, Software, Operating Systems
- Software downloads 2008-01-16
- Administrator's Reference for z/OS - Installation Prerequisite & Maintenance Implementation
- This whitepaper focuses mainly on the high-level overview of Installation prerequisite and maintenance implementation of z/OS system Administrator's perspective. The paper will be useful for intermediate system administrator to carry out their daily activities. It is geared towards teams that are still on the below version 1.8 release. This paper...
- Tags: System Administrator, Administrator, Tippit Inc., IBM z/OS, Utility Computing, Operating Systems, Servers, Software, Hardware
- White papers 2008-01-01
- Chris Nowell Unix Security Analyzer 2 (Windows)
- This tool tests Solaris, AIX, HP-UX, and Linux against best practices. Some tests include explanations and background information. The Windows Configuration Security Analyzer comes with a shell script that system administrators can run on their servers to gather data for the Analyzer. Unlike other tools, the script is easy to...
- Tags: System Administrator, Security Audit, Tool, Chris Nowell Information Security, Productivity, Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, UNIX, Servers, Software, Hardware
- Software downloads 2007-11-22
- Assisted Firewall Policy Repair Using Examples and History
- Using examples and history mapping, a system administrator can easily identify the two or three critical rules in a rule set that lead to a serious firewall error. Detecting these faults greatly reduces the amount of time an administrator must spend in careful examination of the policy and makes it...
- Tags: System Administrator, College Of William & Mary, Firewalls, Network Security, Security, Networking
- White papers 2007-10-17
- Sentinel NT 1.2 (Windows)
- System administrators can discover all Windows based Workstations, Printers and Ethernet Devices within a given ip range. No Remote client installation is required. Application allows discovering currently logged on user,Hardware, Software, Processes, Services, Printers, and Shared folders for unlimited client Workstations within each domain while providing the ability to ping...
- Tags: System Administrator, Microsoft Windows NT, Client Workstation, Global Professional Services, Workstations, Printers, Microsoft Windows, Hardware, Peripherals, Operating Systems, Software
- Software downloads 2007-10-09
- NetTools 5.0.7 (Windows)
- NetTools is an immense all-in-one network toolbox. A lot of sniffing and scanning network tools are present, but also other multipurpose tools (file, system) that could be used by system administrators. In this way many actions can be done easier and faster by various network and system administrators. It's cutting-edge...
- Tags: Software, System Administrator, Network, Microsoft Windows, Tool, Mohammad Ahmadi Bidakhvidi, NetTools, Networking
- Software downloads 2007-10-08
- Request Access 1.1 (Windows)
- Sometimes we encounter Firewall - Access denied for the Web site you requested, message while surfing from a corporate network. Unfortunately, firewalls sometimes rate a good valid site as blacklisted site. In that case we use to request our system administrator to whitelist that site. Request Access comes in handy...
- Tags: System Administrator, Microsoft Access, Microsoft Windows, Site, KaruppuSwamy.T, Firewalls, Microsoft Office, Databases, Networking, Office Suites, Software, Enterprise Software, Data Management
- Software downloads 2007-09-26
- 7 Things Every System Administrator Should Know About OpenSSH
- OpenSSH provides a powerful and flexible tool for system administrators, but like any powerful tool, without a proper understanding, its potential may be wasted or, worse, it may become a liability. This white paper provides a brief introduction to several techniques for getting the most out of this tool.
- Tags: Global Knowledge, OpenSSH, Productivity, System Administrator, Tool
- White papers 2007-09-04
- Inletex Easy Remote Control (ERC) 2.71 (Windows)
- Easy Remote Control ERC is one of the best programs for remote administration under Windows that allow you to work remotely on a computer using the regular graphic user interface GUI. Easy Remote Control is based on a wide experience of many System Administrators and was tested with them before...
- Tags: System Administrator, Inletex, Easy Remote Control, Microsoft Windows, Remote Administration, Operating Systems, Software
- Software downloads 2007-07-30
- Desktop Lifecycle Management With System Center Essentials 2007
- Properly managing an IT environment requires expertise and often takes significant amounts of time and effort. Systems administrators are responsible for providing their organizations with access to critical applications and services while ensuring that systems perform optimally and remain secure. Unfortunately, keeping pace with the frequency of changes in any...
- Tags: IT Environment, System Administrator, Organization, Desktops, Hardware
- White papers 2007-04-01
- A Tutorial on Disk Defragmentation for Windows
- Over the past decade, businesses worldwide have experienced a tremendous expansion of decentralized, distributed, and networked information processing. Much of this expansion is based on enterprise versions of Windows-based operating systems like Windows Server 2003. A processing paradigm where end users have computing power on the desktop, and reliance on...
- Tags: System Administrator, Disk, Raxco Software, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows Server 2003, Operating Systems, Servers, Software, Hardware
- White papers 2006-09-12
- Optimizing Your Server: Testing, Troubleshooting, and Disaster Recovery
- This sample chapter from Upgrading and Repairing Servers covers tools that systems administrators can use to test and maintain optimal server performance. To get the most out of servers, systems administrators need to know how well they are operating, what is "normal" behavior and what to change...
- Tags: System Administrator, Chapter, Disaster Recovery, Que Publishing, Servers, Hardware
- Book chapters 2006-05-24
- Fight spam with SpamAssassin
- This sample chapter from Slamming Spam: A Guide for Systems Administrators offers practical, administrator-focused coverage of SpamAssassin as an anti-spam solution. Written specifically for in-the-trenches system administrators, Slamming Spam: A Guide for Systems Administrators skips over theoretical discussions of spam and how spammers work, instead directly targeting...
- Tags: System Administrator, Anti-spam, SpamAssassin, Addison-Wesley, Spam, Security, Spam And Phishing
- Book chapters 2006-05-15
- Mastering the Active Directory Schema
- This sample chapter from Inside Active Directory: A System Administrator's Guide describes the Active Directory data model and the way in which the rules of the schema enforce it. This sample chapter from Inside Active Directory: A System Administrator's Guide examines the Active...
- Tags: System Administrator, Active Directory Schema, Addison-Wesley, Microsoft Windows Active Directory, Directory Services, Enterprise Software, Software
- Book chapters 2006-05-15
- Sudoers 1.0.6 (Windows)
- Sudoers allows a local administrator to give certain LUAs (Least-Privileged User Account) the ability to run some or all applications as system administrator. Unlike Runas or any other similar products, Sudoers does not execute applications in the context of another administrator account. The user LUA currently logged-on to the computer...
- Tags: System Administrator, Application, Microsoft Windows, Sudoers
- Software downloads 2006-05-15
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