What’s the deal with ? You might have heard about Microsoft’s new Operating System Windows 8 and now you are wondering if you should upgrade? Microsoft has made substantial changes to their product compared to previous versions. The most noticeable thing for every… Read more »
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Disclaimer We are both a NetApp partner and a Nimble Storage partner. The information provided here in no way is implying one product is universally better than another, as we view both as great products. This article is simply meant to provide the rationale for why we decided to pick one over the other for… Read more »
From the mail room to the corner office, Eric Egolf named in prestigious Tri-County list of young innovators. November 8, 2012 – Santa Barbara – Eric Egolf, President of Santa Barbara based CIO Solutions, was honored to be included in the Pacific Coast Business Time’s annual list of 40 under 40. This prestigious list includes the… Read more »
CIO Solutions was honored by INC 5000 as one of the fastest growing companies in the country SANTA BARBARA – October 12, 2012 – CIO Solutions was recently selected by the INC 5000 as one of the Fast Growing Companies in the United States. “The award symbolizes our commitment to customer service, our clients… Read more »
CIO Solutions to add Alert Logic solutions to its line of Managed Security Services HOUSTON – August 15, 2012 – Alert Logic, a leader in delivering on-demand Security-as-a-Service, announced that CIO Solutions will integrate Alert Logic’s Web Security Manager into its current suite of managed security services. CIO Solutions will be able to provide enterprise… Read more »
CIO Solutions brings Strategic Incentives into their Private Cloud Santa Barbara – July 12, 2012 – CIO Solutions is enabling and empowering businesses in the Tri-County area with their innovative and flexible Private Cloud service offering. Focusing on efficiency and client-specific needs, CIO has designed a unique Private Cloud environment for Santa Barbara based Strategic… Read more »
When we started implementing Microsoft DPM we went through a series of headaches as we tried to get it working continually and consistently. We went through a number of online resources as well as conversations with other geeks who had successfully used DPM. Overall it was a huge pain and I wished one resource would… Read more »
The term “jailbreak” has worked its way into urban vernacular, but the definition has become somewhat lost in translation. In short, to “jailbreak,” or “root” a device is to gain the ability to modify protected system files. The process was dubbed “jailbreaking” shortly after the release of the original iPhone, as many consumers felt that… Read more »
March 12. 2012 – Santa Barbara – CIO was honored to present La Colina student, George Hutchinson, with the CIO Award for Excellence in Computer Engineering for his project titled “Soduku.exe” which also won Best in Fair (Junior High), Best in Division and a Gold Medal. Hutchinson used different heuristics to find out the fastest,… Read more »
Password Security By: Burt Ribet, Sr. Engineer There are four basic encryption authentication protocols that Microsoft uses: Lan Manager (LM), NT Lan Manager (NTLMv1), NTLMv2, and Kerberos. LM was Microsoft’s first attempt at an encryption/authentication. LM has a maximum of 14 characters and is case insensitive. It uses DES for encryption. NTLMv1 was introduced in… Read more »