GURU advisor: issue 10 - August 2016

Editorial

• Advice for a seaside reading

Technologies

• Remote control software: anatomy, functioning and types
  We have tried for you 10 different products of the sector
  By Riccardo Gallazzi
  
  
• Hosting: the right provider for a Wordpress website 
  Here's a comparison between the main european and worldwide Web hosting offerings
  By Roberto Beneduci
  

Tests/reviews

• Comodo One: a complete platform form MSP available for free
  On the road test of the modern RMM platform by Comodo 
  By Lorenzo Bedin

Interviews

• Cloud is the new hardware for the applications of the future 
  Interview with Rodolfo Rotondo - VMware Senior Business Solutions Strategist
  
  

Columns

• Cloud: evaluating a contract
  What you need to know in order to understand positive and negative sides of a contract for Cloud services
  By Veronica Morlacchi
  
  
• A sysadmin's glossary
  Here's the updated list of our words of the day

GURU advisor: issue 9 - June 2016

Editorial

• One month to the goal line: Windows 10 prepares to celebrates its first anniversary

Technologies

• Managed Service Provider: what it means, why becoming a MSP
  Let's see together what is means being a MSP and what tools can be used to work with this approach
  By Lorenzo Bedin
  
  
• Safer emails and Web sites: get protected with SSL/TLS certificates 
  Here's how to use certificates and cryptography in order to make your Web services and e-mail communications safer
  By Filippo Moriggia
  

Tests/reviews

• Anti-ransomware toolkits - How to fight Cryptolocker & Co
  An in-depth overview with advanced tools against cryptovirus
  By Riccardo Gallazzi
  
  
• Windows 10: news about security
  After almost a year since the release of Windows 10, its diffusion in corporate environments is growing
  By Lorenzo Bedin
  
  

Columns

• Virus, Ransomware and other Malware: legal implications and consequences
  In the first article of our column about laws and legality we'll cover how to behave (both as end users and professionals) in such a way that is not againsta the law
  By Veronica Morlacchi
  
  
• A sysadmin's glossary
  Here's the updated list of our words of the day
  
  

GURU advisor: issue 8 - May 2016

Editorial

• Even more news for GURU advisor
  

Technologies

• Advanced Linux troubleshooting: methods and tools for diagnostics
  An in-depth guide to the use of the various tools offered by the open source Operating System
  By Riccardo Gallazzi

• TeslaCrypt defeated: the universal decrypt key has been released
  The key released by developers, with the TeslaDecoder tool, allows the complete decryption of files attacked even by the most recent releases of the feared ransomware
  By Lorenzo Bedin
  
  
• VMware announces the definitive farewell to the C# Windows client
  With the next version of the hypervisor, the HTML5 Web client will be the only client available
  By Lorenzo Bedin

Tests/reviews

• Pritunl: enterprise on-premises SDN
  We have tried the free version of the OpenVPN-based open source VPN server
  By Lorenzo Bedin
  
  
• VM Explorer: the new tool by HP Enterprise for VMware vSphere and Microsoft Hyper-V backups
  Capabilities and new features of the backup software by the Swiss company Trilead, just after the acquisition by HPE 
  By Filippo Moriggia

• HPE Aruba 5406R zl2: a modular switch with 10GbE support
  We have tried one of the modular switches by HPE conceived to provide high reliability, flexibility and support for modern wireless technologies
  By Lorenzo Bedin
  
  

Interview

• Interview with Michael Shaulov – Head of Mobility Product Management at Check Point Software
  By Filippo Moriggia 
  
  

GURU advisor: issue 7 - April 2016

Editorial

• Focus on security
  

Technologies

• Ransomware: the complete guide
  Best practices and advices to prevent infections and for those who've been hit
  By Filippo Moriggia
  
  
  • How they are evolving - the latest news from Cryptolocker & Co.
    Remaining updated on the latest threats - How to behave if infected
  • How to protect: safe backups and specific tools to prevent infections
    Secure backups and ad-hoc tools to stay away from cryptoviruses
  • How to protect: technologies of the main antivirus and security firms
    We've asked which technologies they implement for ransomware protection
    
    
• FreeNAS: snapshots, an hidden tool
  Get started with one of the powerful ZFS features
  By Lorenzo Bedin

Tests/reviews

• Proxmox 4.1: the challenge to vSphere goes on
  A cheap and functional alternative to VMware, perfect for those who know Linux
  By Riccardo Gallazzi and Lorenzo Bedin
  
  
• Amazon WorkSpaces: when desktop becomes cloud-based
  The Cloud colossus offers a complete and competitive VDI-as-a-Service system
  By Lorenzo Bedin
  
  
• A virtual vSphere lab by HPE for less than 500€
  Here's a cheap and reliable testing solution for the platform by VMware, at home or at work
  By Lorenzo Bedin