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Virtual Computing

Virtualbox and Centos installation How-To Video

I get many questions about how to use Virtualbox and virtualization in general.  I’ve decided to put together a video (well.. 2 part) on how to install Centos on Virtualbox.  This will actually work for any virtual machine you want to use and any OS.  (Linux, Windows, MacOSX).  It’s literally a step-by-step on how to(…)

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2 Projects a day J3KSD344SGNW

I receive many requests from people for help.  Something I’m happy to do with many people.  The only problem is I am inundated with so many requests I don’t have the time to help everyone.  After much thought (something I do quite a bit), I’ve come up with a solution. I will take on 2(…)

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Call Center Architecture and Systems Selection

As many of you know, I have extensive experience in VOIP architecture and systems.  I’ve decided to write this post about how to select the proper PBX or Call Center System while lowering cost of implementation and ownership. Call Center systems are some of the most complex application systems in the field of Technology due(…)

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Virtual Hosts and Apache Security Configuration

Problem:  You have multiple virtual named hosts in apache and when there’s a 404 or 403 error, it seems to redirect all your visitors to one particular virtual host.  It’s annoying isn’t it?  Of course, it’s not documented anywhere on how to fix the problem so I thought I’d share the solution. Solution and the(…)

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Hurricane Sandy and the ill effects of Downtime (uhm.. what downtime?)

Well, It would seem like Sandy did a major job on many services.  I don’t think I need to list who was down, it’s a long list.  Needless to say this all had to do with poor planning and testing of Fail-Over / High-Availability solutions. The irony of the whole thing is this blog and(…)

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Dear Amazon.. About Direct Connect Services you just rolled out.

I love the idea.  I think it’s great, but doing a deal with a local cable company or telecom company to provide private transport would be completely awesome.  You’d see a huge uptake on the product. Not many people can afford a DS-1 or a DS-3 to your data center and the bottom line is(…)

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