The TSA doesn't do a god-dammed thing besides violate our constitutional rights. It's all security theater. In fact, they haven't caught anyone in their check points. The shoe bomber and underwear bomber are great examples of this.
Instead, we are going to make 90+ year old senior citizens remove their diapers, refer to crying 4 year old children as "uncooperative suspects", and make women remove their prosthetic breasts. The terrorists have won. Our liberties our gone.
Both the iPhone and Android can just as easily be integrated into an existing business environment.
Correct.
Both can be forced to follow corporate policies.
Sort of true. ActiveSync's "policies" aren't really full featured policies. There's a handful of options available. BES on the other hand has hundreds of default policy settings and you can create custom policies too. BES policies are a lot like group policies in Active Directory. ActiveSync can't compete in this area.
Do you want to push software or new OS to your users? There's a BES policy for that. Do you want to deny software installation or BB App World for users? There's a BES policy for that. Do you want to log SMS messages or disable SMS altogether? There's a BES policy for that. Do you want to control Bluetooth connections? There's a BES policy for that. Do you want to control Browser access and and intranet access to handhelds? There's a BES policy for that. Do you want to control the photo/video camera on the phone? There's a BES policy for that. Do you want to allow synchronization to the desktop manager? There's a BES policy for that. Do you want to restrict incoming or outgoing calls? There's a BES policy for that.
Yeah, that was probably annoying but it made my point.
Both can be remotely wiped if lost or stolen.
Correct. But ActiveSync can't tell the difference between personal and business accounts on the phone. ActiveSync only allows a wipe of *all* data on the phone. BES can do a partial wipe (business data only) or full wipe of the device.
Both can connect to Exchange - and I mean a full connection, syncing email, calendar and contacts - without having to buy extra software or hardware (which for years was a pre-requisite to get the best out of Blackberries; I don't know if it still is).
Not true. ActiveSync does not offer a full connection. You cannot set out of office notices, which for a *mobile platform* is a big deal. Also, from what I remember, ActiveSync doesn't have full Task support. BES Express has been available for free for many years now.
Essentially, RIM's unique selling points were on borrowed time the day ActiveSync was made available for licensing. The only amazing thing is the length of time it took for any handset developer to actually integrate it properly.
ActiveSync, while handy, is no where close to being a feature-for-feature replacement for BES. It's almost like comparing Hyper-V to vSphere. Yes, ActiveSync product is free and integrated, but it lacks serious enterprise features needed for mobile device management. Mobile handsets aren't just email anymore. If anyone is behind its ActiveSync.
I have a half-height enclosed server rack for my servers. It's a 22u rack that I found on eBay dirt cheap. There's plenty of room for my multiple servers, SAN and APC 3000VA UPS, 24-port gb switch (not layer 3....yet), 4060 SonicWall firewall, and PDU.
Stuff like this can be done on the cheap. Yeah - I know that I don't "need" it. But I do lots of experimenting at home since I don't get training assistance from my employer. Soon I'll be adding a 6509 for free (except the power will kill me).
The only really big missing piece from my Drupal installation at work is a ticket system. Right now we use Tracker on eGroupware for IT tickets and Drupal for everything else. I wish I had time to covert Tracker to a Drupal module. The current offerings of ticket systems for Drupal is rather pathetic.
Last year I watched a special on a TV network about this tragedy. I can't remember if it was History, Science, etc. But they had shown that there was a very good chance that all of the speed sensors on the plane had frozen over with ice. Those speed sensors are critical to the operation of a fly by wire plane regardless if it's being flown manually or by auto pilot.
I'll try to find the video or transcript because it was a very well thought out scenario of what likely happened. The experts on the show said there wasn't much the pilots could do if the sensors had actually frozen over.
The US government is broke. So is most or all of the European governments. Of course, they are all spending money like its going out of style. Where is the money supposed to come from for government funded science?
Yes, government priorities are screwed up. But that isn't going to change anytime soon regardless of how much you hope for it. (yes, that is a dig at the current POTUS)
WinRT devices can be manged by Exchange Active-Sync polices that's the first step
In other words....they can't be managed. Active Sync policies are a joke compared to real mobile policy management like BES. Of course, RIM managed to screw that up by not supporting their tablets with BES.
It's almost as if tech giants like Apple, Microsoft, Google and others *want* IT shops to struggle with mobile management and security. VDI is still too expensive to deploy vs the cost of actual desktops. Providing a "free" VDI client license on a mobile device (whether is a smart phone or tablet) doesn't help. I have yet to see a company break even or come out ahead with VDI. The ROI simply isn't there.
This has nothing to do with security and everything to do with him wanting to watch US programming in Europe, which is not allowed by Netflix and Hulu. This is why he needs to tunnel through a US-based IP address.
* Windows 2008 R2 RSAT Tools -- you can RDP to a server instead, but that's not always possible or recommended. * PowerShell Active Directory module -- very handy, but doesn't work on XP at all. * You mentioned DX11 * Internet Explorer 9 or later * Location APIs for HTML5 apps * Proper IPv6 support (XP has some experimental support, but in practice it's not very usable)
The only reason why your list of things don't work is because Microsoft will not allow these updates/applications to be available on Windows XP because it is in "extended support". Windows XP is perfectly capable of running the software you listed with minor tweaks, but Microsoft doesn't want to support it.
There's a huge difference between planned obsolescence and a broken OS.
What good is security without reliability. RIM has so many issues, not the least of which is their failing infrastructure, and poor support.
That is false. If you want to compare uptime, RIM's BES network has had far less downtime in the last 10 years than Apple's iCloud service in the last 18 months.
Expect a bill to be introduced by Republicans that allows employers full access to employee's personal account info if at anyway related to the employment.
Really? Just Republicans? Our current Democrat POTUS has invaded our privacy just as much as Bush did. I don't trust any of those f_ckers in D.C. to do the right thing.
I'm hearing a lot about this, but I have yet to actually find someone who will confirm that they've been asked to hand over their account information. While I agree that employers should not be asking for this information, I suspect that a lot of this noise is just noise.
I want to see people name names. List the companies that are asking for usernames and passwords.
I agree completely. I want to legally own a physical version of my media. This is why I buy CD's and rip them to lossless formats for whole-home distribution and my mobile devices. I also buy Blu-ray in the hopes of someday (soon) having enough time to build a massive SAN to hold all of my data on the home network for ondemand viewing.
I don't trust "the cloud". I puke when people talk about "the cloud". We all know where this is going. All of our activities concerning the multimedia material in "the cloud" will be data mined. We will end up paying more for access to the stuff we already bought. No thanks.
I suspect the general public doesn't care about privacy, ownership and "the cloud" and that is why streaming services will become mainstream. Fortunately I can still think for myself.
The recession of the late 2000's caused a record number of US citizens to go back to school to get more education/training. Now we still have ~20 million unemployed people looking for work and companies are still complaining about a lack of skilled labor?
There are two explanations: 1 - The companies are full of shit 2 - Our education system is failing us horribly and not properly educating/training our workforce.
Ever since I graduated high school I've been advocating for schools to require a personal finance class. We have unprecedented access to tools that allow us to do most or all of our own financial planning. There's absolutely no reason for people these days to not understand how to spend, save, invest, etc. I firmly believe that the housing bubble could have been avoided if people truly knew what ARM mortgages were. But then again, Alan Greenspan was heavily promoting them too.
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The TSA doesn't do a god-dammed thing besides violate our constitutional rights. It's all security theater. In fact, they haven't caught anyone in their check points. The shoe bomber and underwear bomber are great examples of this.
Instead, we are going to make 90+ year old senior citizens remove their diapers, refer to crying 4 year old children as "uncooperative suspects", and make women remove their prosthetic breasts. The terrorists have won. Our liberties our gone.
http://www.naturalnews.com/033009_airports_security_breaches.html
Both the iPhone and Android can just as easily be integrated into an existing business environment.
Correct.
Both can be forced to follow corporate policies.
Sort of true. ActiveSync's "policies" aren't really full featured policies. There's a handful of options available. BES on the other hand has hundreds of default policy settings and you can create custom policies too. BES policies are a lot like group policies in Active Directory. ActiveSync can't compete in this area.
Do you want to push software or new OS to your users? There's a BES policy for that.
Do you want to deny software installation or BB App World for users? There's a BES policy for that.
Do you want to log SMS messages or disable SMS altogether? There's a BES policy for that.
Do you want to control Bluetooth connections? There's a BES policy for that.
Do you want to control Browser access and and intranet access to handhelds? There's a BES policy for that.
Do you want to control the photo/video camera on the phone? There's a BES policy for that.
Do you want to allow synchronization to the desktop manager? There's a BES policy for that.
Do you want to restrict incoming or outgoing calls? There's a BES policy for that.
Yeah, that was probably annoying but it made my point.
Both can be remotely wiped if lost or stolen.
Correct. But ActiveSync can't tell the difference between personal and business accounts on the phone. ActiveSync only allows a wipe of *all* data on the phone. BES can do a partial wipe (business data only) or full wipe of the device.
Both can connect to Exchange - and I mean a full connection, syncing email, calendar and contacts - without having to buy extra software or hardware (which for years was a pre-requisite to get the best out of Blackberries; I don't know if it still is).
Not true. ActiveSync does not offer a full connection. You cannot set out of office notices, which for a *mobile platform* is a big deal. Also, from what I remember, ActiveSync doesn't have full Task support. BES Express has been available for free for many years now.
Essentially, RIM's unique selling points were on borrowed time the day ActiveSync was made available for licensing. The only amazing thing is the length of time it took for any handset developer to actually integrate it properly.
ActiveSync, while handy, is no where close to being a feature-for-feature replacement for BES. It's almost like comparing Hyper-V to vSphere. Yes, ActiveSync product is free and integrated, but it lacks serious enterprise features needed for mobile device management. Mobile handsets aren't just email anymore. If anyone is behind its ActiveSync.
I have a half-height enclosed server rack for my servers. It's a 22u rack that I found on eBay dirt cheap. There's plenty of room for my multiple servers, SAN and APC 3000VA UPS, 24-port gb switch (not layer 3....yet), 4060 SonicWall firewall, and PDU.
Stuff like this can be done on the cheap. Yeah - I know that I don't "need" it. But I do lots of experimenting at home since I don't get training assistance from my employer. Soon I'll be adding a 6509 for free (except the power will kill me).
The only really big missing piece from my Drupal installation at work is a ticket system. Right now we use Tracker on eGroupware for IT tickets and Drupal for everything else. I wish I had time to covert Tracker to a Drupal module. The current offerings of ticket systems for Drupal is rather pathetic.
Yes, that was it! Thank you.
'By law, television stations offer political candidates advertising rates that are much lower than those offered to other advertisers.'
Why?
Last year I watched a special on a TV network about this tragedy. I can't remember if it was History, Science, etc. But they had shown that there was a very good chance that all of the speed sensors on the plane had frozen over with ice. Those speed sensors are critical to the operation of a fly by wire plane regardless if it's being flown manually or by auto pilot.
I'll try to find the video or transcript because it was a very well thought out scenario of what likely happened. The experts on the show said there wasn't much the pilots could do if the sensors had actually frozen over.
BlackBerry already demoed a car last year running QNX.
The US government is broke. So is most or all of the European governments. Of course, they are all spending money like its going out of style. Where is the money supposed to come from for government funded science?
Yes, government priorities are screwed up. But that isn't going to change anytime soon regardless of how much you hope for it. (yes, that is a dig at the current POTUS)
WinRT devices can be manged by Exchange Active-Sync polices that's the first step
In other words....they can't be managed. Active Sync policies are a joke compared to real mobile policy management like BES. Of course, RIM managed to screw that up by not supporting their tablets with BES.
It's almost as if tech giants like Apple, Microsoft, Google and others *want* IT shops to struggle with mobile management and security. VDI is still too expensive to deploy vs the cost of actual desktops. Providing a "free" VDI client license on a mobile device (whether is a smart phone or tablet) doesn't help. I have yet to see a company break even or come out ahead with VDI. The ROI simply isn't there.
bfor a long time that was the only way to get music in the form of playlists onto those devices and apple allowed it.
This is blatantly false. You have *ALWAYS* been able to mount the storage of a BlackBerry and move files to/from it.
So once again Apple/iOS is trying to catchup with other smartphones that haven't needed desktop software for years.
Why is iOS considered "cutting-edge" again? It's always trying to catchup with BlackBerry & Android.
This has nothing to do with security and everything to do with him wanting to watch US programming in Europe, which is not allowed by Netflix and Hulu. This is why he needs to tunnel through a US-based IP address.
* Windows 2008 R2 RSAT Tools -- you can RDP to a server instead, but that's not always possible or recommended.
* PowerShell Active Directory module -- very handy, but doesn't work on XP at all.
* You mentioned DX11
* Internet Explorer 9 or later
* Location APIs for HTML5 apps
* Proper IPv6 support (XP has some experimental support, but in practice it's not very usable)
The only reason why your list of things don't work is because Microsoft will not allow these updates/applications to be available on Windows XP because it is in "extended support". Windows XP is perfectly capable of running the software you listed with minor tweaks, but Microsoft doesn't want to support it.
There's a huge difference between planned obsolescence and a broken OS.
Now we know why Cmdrtaco left. This is terrible.
Note to editors: you are killing a once great site. Please stop before it's too late.
What good is security without reliability. RIM has so many issues, not the least of which is their failing infrastructure, and poor support.
That is false. If you want to compare uptime, RIM's BES network has had far less downtime in the last 10 years than Apple's iCloud service in the last 18 months.
Expect a bill to be introduced by Republicans that allows employers full access to employee's personal account info if at anyway related to the employment.
Really? Just Republicans? Our current Democrat POTUS has invaded our privacy just as much as Bush did. I don't trust any of those f_ckers in D.C. to do the right thing.
Thank you for the information. I hope others will come out and expose these companies and government agencies.
I'm hearing a lot about this, but I have yet to actually find someone who will confirm that they've been asked to hand over their account information. While I agree that employers should not be asking for this information, I suspect that a lot of this noise is just noise.
I want to see people name names. List the companies that are asking for usernames and passwords.
They should've done this before Solyndra went bankrupt and took $500M of tax payer money with them.
I agree completely. I want to legally own a physical version of my media. This is why I buy CD's and rip them to lossless formats for whole-home distribution and my mobile devices. I also buy Blu-ray in the hopes of someday (soon) having enough time to build a massive SAN to hold all of my data on the home network for ondemand viewing.
I don't trust "the cloud". I puke when people talk about "the cloud". We all know where this is going. All of our activities concerning the multimedia material in "the cloud" will be data mined. We will end up paying more for access to the stuff we already bought. No thanks.
I suspect the general public doesn't care about privacy, ownership and "the cloud" and that is why streaming services will become mainstream. Fortunately I can still think for myself.
This allows us to fill in the hole
That's what she said.
The recession of the late 2000's caused a record number of US citizens to go back to school to get more education/training. Now we still have ~20 million unemployed people looking for work and companies are still complaining about a lack of skilled labor?
There are two explanations:
1 - The companies are full of shit
2 - Our education system is failing us horribly and not properly educating/training our workforce.
Ever since I graduated high school I've been advocating for schools to require a personal finance class. We have unprecedented access to tools that allow us to do most or all of our own financial planning. There's absolutely no reason for people these days to not understand how to spend, save, invest, etc. I firmly believe that the housing bubble could have been avoided if people truly knew what ARM mortgages were. But then again, Alan Greenspan was heavily promoting them too.
I agree 100%. The words "give me liberty or give me death" mean more now than ever.