September 2008
IOMega StorCenter NAS
I bought an IOMega StorCenter 1TB NAS for the home. I was initially a little irritated that we couldn't seem to locate it even from my wife's windows laptop with the tool that came in the box. However, on a whim, I unplugged the cable modem from the Belkin N access point and restarted both. This resulted in it getting an obvious IP address. From there I switched it into RAID 1 mode. Everyone now can back up their important files to it.
Research
This is the only direct-bill service we offer. The technology sector moves fast. Open Source software has offered companies a key way to reduce both costs and risks. However, this migration can be scary for companies that do not have the in-house experience with open source software. Doing cost-benefit analysis in this area requires a breadth of expertise and business sense. Sometimes the answer is open source, sometimes there isn't a credible open solution. We can help organizations large and small navigate these waters to integrate a solution that works for them.
Course Development
Open Software Integrators, LLC provides course development services to Open Source vendors. Our clear, concise, professionally written, tested and practice-driven content provides our customers with a clear advantage. We have experienced trainers, with professionally trained writers and experts in the appropriate fields of technology in order to ensure the content is of the highest quality. We combine open standards and open source to produce content that is deliverable, compatible and representative. Our OSEngage Process(tm) allows us to quickly engage a vendor, bring our staff up to speed, develop, and deliver the material at a fair price.
Support
Open Software Integrators, LLC has the infrastructure and expertise
to provide support for clients of Open Source vendors. Clients go to support.yourcompany.com, a site that we host, provide and manage. Clients log into their account, check their subscription status, enter cases, receive answers, and are routed to your sales staff for support. Building a 24-hour support offering requires a significant logistical, capital, technical and training investment. We've done this for you.
Consulting Services
Open Software Integrators provides consulting services to our partners and customers. Our consultants solve a variety of challenges that span technical, pre-sales, performance, and architectural issues. We represent our premier vendors and work with our direct clients both on and off site as needed. We specialize in the following services:
Training
Open Software Integrators, LLC provides training services on behalf of Open Source Software vendors. Our professional trainers represent our customers at the client site delivering training, and presales course content at intro, intermediate and advanced levels to staff, technical, developer, sales, marketing and management audiences. By using our OSEngage Process(tm) we identify and deliver training "service products" as well as provide clients with general guidence in utilizing best practices to successfully deploy customer products.
Ubuntu Hardy Fan Control and Power Management
I have a MacBookPro on which I run Ubuntu. I've had a rather dubious history with my MacBookPro and it knows the Genius Bar well. Not because I need help, but because it has had more hardware problems than I care to remember. The biggest problem though is it would have burned my lap off if I had used it as a "laptop".
That being said, Hardy was a great update. It gave me fan control (previously I had to boot to OS X, let the fan widget fix the speed, then restart to Ubuntu). Suspend works! Hibernate works!
I added the following to /etc/rc.local:
#!/bin/bash
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