Getting ready for IE 8

Saturday, 21 August 2010 11:13 Last Updated on Saturday, 21 August 2010 11:29 Written by Chris Colden

IE 8 is currently in beta and has introduced yet more complications with web development. I have been doing a bit of research into fixes for these issues and have come across the following site from Microsoft.

The article explains several approaches to keeping your website compatible with IE 8 and older legacy browsers through the use of IE 8's Compatibility Mode and Conditional Comments as well as configuration changes to IIS 7.

New Certifications

Friday, 20 August 2010 21:26 Written by Chris Colden

The last few weeks I have been working on finishing off my Microsoft Certified Systems Administrator (MCSA) certification. I have been working towards this certification since the start of university. I choose to go the long route and obtained the Microsoft Certified Desktop Support Technician (MCDST) along the way. This Wednesday I passed my final exam and finally obtained MCSA status.

Acronis

Saturday, 10 April 2010 10:13 Last Updated on Wednesday, 18 August 2010 16:26 Written by Chris Colden

The last couple of days I have been training in Acronis Backup and Recovery 10. It is a fantastic product which has features similar to that of Symantec Backup Exec System Recovery, a product which I already cover. Acronis do however have some advantages over Symantec when it comes to deduplication. Symantec have only included this in the Backup Exec at the time of writing and not in there Backup Exec System Recovery product. It also required a 64bit OS where as Acronis don't seem to have this sort of limitation. Obviously the the deduplication does require some powerful hardware as it is processor intensive.