Cisco is investing $10 million in the industry with its Cybersecurity Scholarship program. They are introducing two new CCNA Cyber Ops security certificates and for those awarded the scholarship, they will receive training, mentoring, and exam fees. To qualify for the scholarship, you need to be at least 18, proficient in English, have basic technical competency, be able to … [Read more...]
Windows Server 2016 and System Center Configuration Manager 2016 now available in VLSC, MSDN, and Azure
Microsoft's Windows Server 2016 is now available for download from the Volume Licensing Service Center. This includes Windows Server 2016 Essentials, Standard Core, Datacenter Core, and Multipoint Server Premium. It is also available on MSDN and Azure so you should be able to get your hands on the RTM bits with today's release date (10/12/2016) no matter how you get your … [Read more...]
Microsoft announcements at Ignite 2016
The first day of Microsoft's Ignite conference in Atlanta included a number of announcements in regards to Windows Server 2016, System Center 2016, Office 365, Windows 10, and other Microsoft products. The conference continues throughout the week, so there may be more to come but this compiles most of the announcements in one place. You can watch the recorded events or review … [Read more...]
How to create a USB installer for macOS 10.12 Sierra
Creating a bootable USB drive macOS installer can save you time and bandwidth when you have a few Macs you want to update or you want a backup copy of your operating system installer. Fortunately, it's pretty straight forward to create a USB installer for the latest Mac operating system, 10.12 Sierra, and the process is the same as OS X 10.10 Yosemite and OS X 10.11 El … [Read more...]
Open Google Now cards in full browser
Like many articles, this one stems from something that annoyed me. Android, at some point, changed how their Google Now cards in a light version of Chrome. They claim it is faster but I would gladly trade the speed for the familiar, full-featured Chrome browser. Fortunately, there is a setting to disable this light "Powered by Chrome" browser and use your full, preferred … [Read more...]