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Automation with Ansible
Ansible offers automatic provisioning and configuration capabilities similar to that of Chef and Puppet, but it's aimed more at admins than developers.
Handy Windows tools for sniffing network traffic
You don't need expensive software to study the traffic on your network. We look at some handy sniffers for Windows environments, including SmartSniff, SniffPass, Open Visual Traceroute, and Microsoft Message Analyzer.
Application virtualization with Docker
Half-lives of products are becoming shorter and shorter on today's virtualization market. This year, the buzz is all about Docker.
Innovations in PowerShell 5
Windows 10 brings an updated, fifth release of PowerShell that vastly simplifies the task of managing modules and software packages. The scripting language now also handles various formatted output from commands and selection lists.
Apache Storm
We take you through the installation of a Storm cluster and discuss how to create your own topologies.
Magnum: Exploring OpenStack's Container API
The Magnum project brings Docker container technology to the OpenStack cloud.
Working with the Exchange Management Shell
We take a close look at the Exchange Management Shell – an essential tool for Exchange administrators.
Set up and operate security monitoring throughout the enterprise
We describe some basic considerations for choosing a Security Information and Event Management system and designing its implementation.
Successful protocol analysis in modern network structures
Virtual networks and server structures require additional mechanisms to ensure visibility of data streams. We show how to monitor and analyze network functions, even when virtualization is involved.
Advanced Windows security using EMET
Although attacks on computers are numerous and varied, they are predominantly based on the same techniques. Microsoft closes these vulnerabilities on Windows computers using the Enhanced Mitigation Experience Toolkit (EMET).
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