TruItSupport Brisbane Queensland IT system support for Windows and Linux computer networks
TruItSupport Brisbane Queensland IT system support for Windows and Linux computer networks
Computer Virus – Fact, Fiction or Hysteria?
A new headline at PC Magazine calls the Downadup worm an “epidemic”. Other news sources have used similar words and FUD (Fear Uncertainty and Doubt) hype phrases. If you take the “growing exponentially” claims at face value, then throw away your PC right now because we are all doomed. Experts predict this worm will infect at least 8.7 billion PCs by Sunday 25th January.
Mikko Hypponen chief research officer at anti-virus firm F-Secure, says while the purpose of the worm is unclear, its unique "phone home" design, linking back to its point of origin, means it can receive further orders to wreak havoc.He said his company had reverse-engineered its program, which they suspected of originating in Ukraine, and is using the call-back mechanism to monitor an exponential infection rate, despite Microsoft's issuing of a patch to fix the bug."On Tuesday there were 2.5 million, on Wednesday 3.5 million and today [Friday], eight million," he told CNN. "It's getting worse, not better."
›› How to move to Linux and avoid any pain:
Moving to Linux can be a painless procedure for any organisation.
What it takes to make it painless in planning and Structure.
Moving sooner rather than later makes sense as you realise the benefits of cost saving and access to more open source software sooner.
Sometimes the move to Linux is called a Linux Migration but this term is rarely accurate, It is usually more accurately described as a move.
There are various reasons for moving to Linux some of these are:
Lower licensing costs (these are often but not always $0.00)
Freedom to view source code, Freedom to use where you like.
Higher security ( you don't have to purchase anti-virus of firewall programs)
Greater reliability
Greater choice of programs
Ease of use
Choice of interfaces ( e.g. KDE Gnome Command line etc.)
Linux is not Windows and Linux does not have all the Windows functionality.
Windows is not Linux and Windows does not have all the Linux functionality.
Both statements are true and as the French would say: viva la difference
If you really need to play games and can put up with insecurities then maybe Windows should be your operating system of choice, seriously for some tasks Windows is superior and we will recommend supply and support it.
On the other hand if you value up-time and security plus the ability to have the system modified to your own specific needs, and if you value the dramatic cost reductions then perhaps your choice should be Linux
The really cool thing about Linux for the desktop is that you can try it without buying it. This is not to say there is no cost at all but you certainly do not need to purchase any new software of hardware to give it a try. You do need to give some time and effort, and it might pay in the first instance to have a Linux professional set it up for you for testing.
It could be one of the best business decisions you have made, business have save thousands to hundreds of thousands of dollars by using Linux within or for their computer systems.
Some organisations have software vital to their business that will only run on a windows operating system an example of this might be a cad program. The good news here is that Linux and Windows Mix, you can have both and they can talk happily to each other.
Tru IT Support can help you plan a painless move to Linux either as a network server for Windows PC's or as a complete Linux system.
Please use the Contact page to share your requirements with us.
Virgin's Blue
Better late then never, or maybe not!
"Virgin Blue pursues $20 million in compensation for business loses in check-in crash."
Virgin Blue will seek to recover $20 million lost when it's reservation system crashed last month.
The carrier is expected to demand compensation from Navitaire the company which supplies the NewSkies system which failed on September 26 2010.
Apparently another carrier Ryan air had experienced similar problems in the preceding weeks so Navitaire should have been especially alert to possibility of systems issues with Virgin Blue.
Virgin in this situation are probably in a bind that smaller organisations don't have to face. That is they are locked into a proprietary IT solution because of their need to collaborate with other industry players. This mean that Virgin probably cannot change IT suppliers even if they wanted to.
To an outsider the performance of Navitaire in this situation has been outstanding. When most businesses expect an up-time of 99.99% which means a downtime of around one hour a year and some businesses demanding up-time of 99.999 or about six minuets a year, it is hard to understand how an Navitaire could let their customer suffer an outage of days.
Virgin Blue do not see this situation as causing long term damage to their company. How would your business be perceived if you suffered a similar outage. The concept of disaster recover somehow does not seem to have permeated the people at Virgin Blue or Navitaire and they both should share some responsibility for this. If organisations don't ensure that their IT providers have sufficient disaster recovery for them, the they must share some of the responsibility when disasters happens.
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Microsoft Products
A large range of Microsoft Products are supported.
Microsoft XP/Family, Server 2003 & Windows 7 and Server 2008
SQL Database
Remote Desktop
VNC - virtual network connection
VPN - virtual private network
Firewalls Office and various other products are catered for
We supply Microsoft Mice and Keyboards.
