Feb
16
2012
Well, sometimes things simply work out. As my MSc ISM dissertation topic is starting to take shape I have to opportunity to attend Blackhat Europe in Amsterdam from the 13th till the 16th of March. I’ll be able to attend some of the leading presentations in the field (a few of which relate to my …
Oct
18
2011
While we use a number of monitoring tools CACTI is still a faithful option to just keep the basic graphing in place. The ops team obviously have to keep this page running in the background – even when on standby remotely etc. A common pain with Cacti is it’s default meta refresh approach which redirects you to …
Oct
13
2011
Just a quick note – will update with a more complete post later… I’ll not go into details of why I had a spare Meinberg LANTIME 300/GPS as it would make my blood boil – so let me stick to the positive With a rather limited set of SA Stratum-1 servers publicly available we decided to deploy one …
Jan
10
2011
As part of my preparations for this year’s studies I pulled my study apart – not a fun project. One of my main frustrations was that my multiple desktops chew power, generate heat and most importantly make noise! While I don’t need access to all the systems all of the time I certainly need the …
Jan
07
2011
While recently reading an article I was reminded of the value of effective decision making. There are a number of decisions that need to be made over the next couple of months and it is often very difficult to make a good decision – we all know just how a bad decision can affect the …
Nov
10
2010
I hate it when I once again need to tick the ‘Rant Category’ – but what is a man to do when service delivery is less than it should be? So, after much deliberation Apple managed to corrupt my soul and I am now the owner of an iPad! Overall a very impressive device though …
Nov
02
2010
Ok, so there’s been a ton of hoopla around MWEB’s decision to refuse to pay for local transit. Few have openly supported them with many such as Telkom (SAIX)and MTN somewhat less than enthusiastic. I thought it might be of interest to provide my perspective as a proponent of public peering. Neology went live at …
Oct
05
2010
While Neology doesn’t make much use of the media, press releases or marketing we are often quoted or in the press. Our primary to-market opportunities are based on word-of-mouth, conferences and networking. In an effort to get our site updated I went hunting for some more info and press where Neology has been mentioned. Imagine …
Sep
15
2010
<Rant On> Well, its been a rather frustrating 15 hours….. most of this could have been avoided with better interaction of an incumbent. While this is a ‘rant’ post it’s rather meant to show that communication needs to be improved… Around 5pm yesterday we experienced a massive network failure. This started off as an intermittent …
Sep
01
2010
At the best of times I don’t consider myself someone that suffers fools – today I was held to be the fool. I decided to “quickly” pop past the Cresta Vodashop to buy a new BlackBerry Curve 8520 as an after-hours support phone for the Neology support team. After taking one look at the apparently …