CTOBOB Technology Podcast 017 – CASL Canadian Anti-Spam Legislation

CTOBOB TECHNOLOGY PODCAST talks about CASL Canada’s new Anti-Spam Legislation with Peter Clausi CTOBOB TECHNOLOGY PODCAST Host: Bob Pellerin Guest: Peter Clausi, , B.A., J.D. Topic: BYOD

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CTOBOB Technology Podcast 016 – BYOD with Acronis

CTOBOB TECHNOLOGY PODCAST talks BYOD with Mike Christensen (Acronis) CTOBOB TECHNOLOGY PODCAST Host: Bob Pellerin Guest: Mike Christensen, Director Sales at Acronis Topic: BYOD

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Import OVF Template – Unsupported hardware family ‘vmx-10’ error ESXi 5.5

I spent hours exporting a virtual machine (vm) to an OVF format only to discover that VMware vSphere ESXi 5.5 gives me an error when I tried to deploy it. Error message: Unsupported hardware family ‘vmx-10’ error Cause: You created the VM using Workstation 11 and didn’t set the vm version to 10 or below before creating…

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Intel i217-LM network adapter dropping connections

Issue: You notice intermittant drops in connections on the network, slow network connection or complete loss of connection. Affected: Intel i217-LM NIC (Used by HP, Lenovo, Dell in their recent Desktops) If you have a lenovo. HP or Dell business class desktop, it’s very likely that you have an Intel i217-LM network adapter. With more expensive…

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Intel now offers an 18 core processor

Intel has released 12 new 22-nanometer Xeon E7 v3 processors. The power consuption will be as predicted with a range of 115W to 165W. If you need more processing power you’ll find the number of cores going from the low end Quad to an 18 core superstar. These new processors support both DDR3 and DDR4…

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Microsoft Windows 10 launches July 29, 2015

It’s official Windows 10 will be launched on July 29th, 2015! Here’s a short list of what to expect:

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