057: Kobayashi Maru

- Microsoft's takedown of 23 of No-IP's most common domains to stop malware, claiming their intention to keep "valid" subdomains resolving, but apparently they have been unable to handle the number of requests; Microsoft's statement

- when it rains, it pours: how to cope

- redundancy, fault tolerance, risk tolerance

- Mac mini colocation via Macminicolo.net or Mac Mini Vault

- running a mail server for clients: backup MX via Dyn.com or McAfee SaaS, or using a cheap mail server to forward messages to personal email accounts

- clients sending banking info or passwords by email, forming bad habits

049: Discretion Is the Better Part of Valor

Broadcast May 6, 2014

TOPICS:

• Apple's New OS Beta Program:
  Jerry Zigmont Quoted in CRN New Article: Is Apple's Free OS X Beta A Sign Of Big Changes?

• Watchman Monitoring - https://www.watchmanmonitoring.com
  Discussion On Watchman Monitoring Mac Monitoring Software - "Watchman Monitoring alerts you when your end-users' computers develop common issues such as failing hard drives and stale backups to more urgent issues ..."

• Information From Watchman For ACN Members

• MacTech Conferences - Link To Discounted Events & Free MacTech Subscription

• "Zendesk is a beautiful, lightweight help desk solution" - http://www.zendesk.com

• Installing Mini Server Without A Monitor http://support.apple.com/kb/ht5390

• LightSpeed issues
  LightSpeed is the premier next gen retail Point of Sale system for Mac - http://www.lightspeedretail.com

• The Gambler - Kenny Roger

• Saying "No" To Clients http://commandcontrolpower.com/podcast/2013/7/18/008-clients-in-the-cloud

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