by sofsol | Nov 5, 2018 | Blog, Enterprise Solutions, ManageEngine
The biggest ransomware attack to date, WannaCry, used the EternalBlue exploit to infect more than 300,000 victims in over 150 countries. According to the Kaspersky security bulletin 2016, every 40 seconds a company got hit with ransomware and one in five small and...
by sofsol | Sep 17, 2018 | Blog, Enterprise Solutions, ManageEngine
One of the daily tasks for an IT admin is user provisioning and user de-provisioning. Although this sounds very straightforward, there are few other tasks that need to be performed to fully set up a user account. The first step for the IT admin is to configure an AD...
by sofsol | May 15, 2018 | Blog, Enterprise Solutions, ManageEngine
Every day, organisations of all sizes face network security threats from hackers. While Anti-Virus software and firewalls are a great way to secure your business, typically businesses neglect an important part of security, that is log file management. The very purpose...
by sofsol | Mar 15, 2018 | Blog, Enterprise Solutions, ManageEngine
Recently, I have been reading a lot of forums and blogs for ‘best practise guides’ to avoid any disasters in Windows Active Directory. These best practise guides provide you with enough information to get you started with your AD but it is still not enough. With the...
by sofsol | Mar 13, 2018 | Blog, Enterprise Solutions, ManageEngine
Today, Microsoft Office is the backbone of every organisation. Without applications such as Word, Excel or PowerPoint, it would be impossible to complete our everyday tasks. Microsoft has definitely come a long way from the traditional Office suite to the cloud-based...
by sofsol | Jan 30, 2018 | Blog, Enterprise Solutions, ManageEngine
We spend more time taking care of our Active Directory, looking after the File servers, SQL servers, etc. but end up neglecting the Exchange environment. Exchange is a Black Hole to network admins until the email communication is disrupted and it is time to fix. Like...
by sofsol | Dec 14, 2017 | Blog, Enterprise Solutions, ManageEngine
As an admin, you are not always present on your desk, instead, you are out and about patching cables, fixing servers, etc. You need to be on top of all your tickets and deliver your customer’s requests within an appropriate time period. As an admin, you need to...
by sofsol | Nov 21, 2017 | Blog, Enterprise Solutions, ManageEngine
Congratulations Chris Whiley from Tararua District Council for taking our booth prize of a Weber BBQ and having fun with our green screen experience at the booth. This positive engagement at the event helped us to win the “Best All-Round Exhibitor”...
by sofsol | Nov 20, 2017 | Blog, Enterprise Solutions, ManageEngine
The Soft Solutions ManageEngine team have a long history of supporting the ALGIM Conferences. This year Ron Pher and his team decided to change things up and bring a little bit of fun to the...
by sofsol | Oct 17, 2017 | Blog, Enterprise Solutions, ManageEngine
It’s already been a week since we hosted the free 1-day seminar in Auckland and Wellington. Soft Solutions together with ManageEngine would like to thank everyone who attended. At the end of the day, there was a lot of information shared on the day and you may...
by sofsol | Jun 28, 2017 | Blog, Enterprise Solutions, ManageEngine
Interested in learning more about ManageEngine Mobile Device Manager? Why not attend our webinar on Wednesday 19th July at 2:30pm to learn more. At one time, most users had a basic cellphone, and smartphones and tablets were a “nice to have” device used by a small...
by sofsol | Apr 19, 2017 | Blog, Enterprise Solutions, ManageEngine
Application and Operating System vulnerabilities are being exploited by hackers and cyber criminals more rapidly and aggressively than ever, and few admins would question the importance of ensuring that servers and client devices are kept up-to-date with the...
