Lorenzo graduated in Telecommunication Engineering and works as freelance IT consultant, after a period of training as systems analyst. Currently he provides hardware solutions, virtualized infrastructures and websites.
Viruses evolve along with technology, too: nowadays the goal of the hackers is exclusively to profit from IT crimes. In this scenario, ransomwares -malwares that ask for a ransom- are an explicative example of this trend.
There is no sysadmin that hasn’t already dealt, directly or not, with Cryptolocker, Cryptowall or one of their forks. These viruses quickly encrypt all the content of a computer with a secret key once it gets infected: to decypher the compromised data -when an updated backup, protected from the same virus, is not available- the only way is to pay a ransom.
Here's a screenshot you might bump into after yout files have been encrypted by a Ransomware
Read more Ransomware: how to get protected against Crytolocker, Cryptowall & Co.You don’t always have to invest thousands of euros to build an enterprise-level networking: here’s our test of the Quanta LB4M switch
Quanta is a worldwide leader company in the development of ODM (Original Design Manufacturer) hardware products, that is, designed and manufactured for third parties. Among the brands that enjoy Quanta’s products we signal HP, IBM and Dell. The Cloud Technology department of the Taiwanese company instead directly sells a variety of datacenter level solutions that spans from networking devices to servers.
This month we tested a switch particularly renowned on forums and blogs suitable for the creation of networks and enterprise infrastructure even when the budget is particularly tight.
LB4M is, indeed, very interesting for those who want to experiment high-end features without spending thousands of euros.
Exclusively for GURU advisor readers, here’s a gallery of pics shot by our reporters at VMworld in Barcelona.
Read more VMworld 2015 GalleryWe have tried for you Windows Server 2016’s Technical Preview 3, whose release date is expected to be at the beginning of next year. Let’s see what are the principal new feature
Windows Server 2012 R2 successor, as it’s known to the insiders, has arrived to the final phase of its development: the third preview dedicated to developers and technicians has been released at the end of last August. Before analyzing some of the more advanced features, we’ll talk about the news on a graphical side: as it has happened before with the previous releases (2012, 2012 R2 and 8, 8.1), the server version presents a graphical interface (GUI, Graphical User Interface) that can be thought as wholly shared with the desktop version. The reference is of course to the newly-born Windows 10, so there’s no more space for Modern interface with full-screen Tiles or Charms Bar on the right. The classic Start menu returns and it’s restyled, a news that will be appreciated by most sys admins, in particular for remote control uses.
Read more Microsoft believes in containers, tooGURU advisor will be at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona from February 22nd to 25th 2016!
MWC is one of the biggest conventions about the worldwide mobile market, we'll be present for the whole event and we'll keep you posted with news and previews from the congress.
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