RSA

I work as a Remote Systems Administrator for the largest health care company in the world and that means I’m responsible for a lot of different servers at a lot of different companies across the United States.  As a RSA, I’m continually challenged to learn new things that make for streamlining operations, thereby making my job easier.  Here’s a page that lists a few tips and tricks that I’ve picked up along the way. 

  • Deliver and Install Applications Remotely With Only a Batch File - February 17, 2010

    As a Remote Administrator for a software vendor, there’s a popular challenge I often have to overcome; I need to deliver a software package to a lot of computers without using the more popular technologies available. Why the restriction? I generally only maintain the servers that house the software my company builds. That being the case, I don’t get access to such tools as Group Policy, SMS or the latest, greatest SCCM that a lot of IT staffs will use to push out and deploy application installs.

  • Using Blat, Stunnel and Gmail Together - January 13, 2010

    I was looking for a way to create quick reminders for myself. After trying a few different programs, I looked to the command line to see what I could come up with. It turns out that "command-line email" is perfect for my needs. By combining Blat, Stunnel and Gmail, you can create a great reminder system for taking quick notes. [click to read more...]

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