There are several options for transferring files between AIX and Windows, including NFS, SAMBA, SCP and FTP - all have there advantages and disadvantages but a recent connection method that we have been using is to mount a Windows Share as a CIFS (Common Internet File System) VFS (Virtual File System). Trying to mount a [...]...

Technology moves apace however elements of a computer room, especially small ones, can often be overlooked or given a low priority in favour of processing, network, communications and storing units. These elements can often include elements within the physical room itself such as dealing with cables, raised flooring, static-free floor tiles, dust, cooling, and environmental [...]...

I have a sense that mobile e-mail devices are set to dramatically increase the amount of email flowing around business, especially internal e-mail as users find the convenience of devices and the flexibility of short messages preferable to voice calls or SMS. Computing magazine recently reported (19 June 2008) that mobile devices were responsible for [...]...

Hard Disk Fragmentation can often sound like a scary phrase and yet it can hamper the overall performance of your computer and, once identified, can be improved relatively easily. First, you need to check if there is a problem. A quick way of doing this in Windows XP is to click Start then My Computer which [...]...

Technology Blog of the Week this week goes to Eileen Brown's Weblog where Eileen talks about and comments upon an array of technology related subjects and often gives a useful insight into what goes on behind the big doors over at Microsoft UK (Eileen manages the IT Evangelists team). I often talk about Messaging and [...]...