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VMware OEM portal offline, customers cannot activate VMware licenses
[German]Is Broadcom starting the "shakeout" of VMware customers? After Broadcom terminated all VMware partners as of February 4, 2024, the OEM portal is now down. However, the VMware OEM portal is required to activate VMware licenses purchased through OEMs. A … Continue reading
Happy New Year 2024
That's what I wish all of my blog readers. 2024 will bring some changes for me – after blogging here since 2012 (and writing as a freelance author for 30 years) – it's time for me "to let it slowly … Continue reading
The 3CX MySQL security vulnerability and how the provider deals with critical words
[German]Recently, there was a warning to customers of the telephone system provider 3CX who have integrated an SQL database into the software for CRM purposes. I reported on the issue in the blog post 3CX warning: Disable SQL database integrations … Continue reading
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Merry Christmas 2023
I wish all blog readers a Merry Christmas 2023. While browsing the web this week, I came across Santa Claus, who now seems to be traveling on a rocket sled, as you can see in the image on the left. … Continue reading
EasyPark victim of a cyberattack, data extradicted (Dec. 2023)
[German]The Swedish EasyPark (or the EasyPark Group) has confirmed, that they was the victim of a cyber attack on December 10, 2023. Nice, EasyPark play its down and wrote, "there was a breach of non-sensitive customer data". "Thankfully", only data … Continue reading
Why ISL Online: Critical factors when choosing a remote desktop solution
[Sponsored Post]In the rapidly evolving IT world, choosing the right remote desktop software is critical for organizations that value security, ease of use and reliability. One provider of secure remote access that has been on the market since 2001 is ISL Online, which presents some considerations for choosing such software below. More ...
Broadcom plans to sell VMware end-user computing and carbon black businesses
[German]A few weeks ago, it was announced that Broadcom had completed the acquisition of VMware. Now Broadcom is moving to sell all of VMware's end-user computing and Carbon Black (endpoint security solution) businesses.
40 years of Turbo Pascal
[German]I recently recognized that the Turbo Pascal development environment was introduced by Borland 40 years ago. But it completely passed me by. I myself only came into contact with Turbo Pascal around 1987/1988. Today, a brief look back for the … Continue reading
Microsoft decommission the Technet Wiki, will be read-only from Dec. 5, 2023
[German]A quick note for people who may have published content in the Microsoft Technet Wiki or would still like to access it. I have just noticed that Microsoft will probably remove or delete (decommission) this content in the future. This … Continue reading
BlueSky Invite codes available for my readers
I'm at BlueSky (@etguenni.bsky.social) and I have some spare invite codes for BlueSky (the X/Twitter alternative at bsky.app, see also this post) to give away for free to my blog readers. Just leave a comment with a valid email address … Continue reading
Shock: Sam Altman fired from OpenAI, and Greg Brockman leaves also
[German]It is a real quake and the employees of OpenAI are probably shocked. The founder and figurehead of OpenAI has been fired as CEO and Greg Brockman has also been removed from the board. Chief Technology Officer Mira Murati is … Continue reading