Our experts regularly like to share their take on what's new - read more in their blogshttp://www.qa.com/about-qa/blogs//rssWed, 19 Jun 2013 10:18:19 ZWed, 19 Jun 2013 10:18:19 ZThe latest release of Apple’s Operating System is here, and in this blog Principal Technologist for Apple, Scott Hayes examines some of the new features and functionality which make this new release the best yet.http://www.qa.com/about-qa/blogs/2013/june/apple’s-latest-operating-system-–-os-x-mavericks-–-my-top-3-features/25364Wed, 19 Jun 2013 05:44:19 ZWindows Server 2012 introduces a new technology that allows any application to be enabled to allow SAN based storage to copy files internally rather than be copied by the Windows Server across the network. http://www.qa.com/about-qa/blogs/2013/june/windows-server-2012-offload-data-transfer-(odx)-testing/25325Mon, 17 Jun 2013 09:40:17 ZThe VMware Data Protection backup problem is fairly straight forward to setup, the hardest bit is remembering the initial root passwordhttp://www.qa.com/about-qa/blogs/2013/june/vmware-vdp-initial-root-password/25323Mon, 17 Jun 2013 11:22:17 ZWith huge amounts of machine data generated in dynamic, virtual and cloud infrastructures on a daily basis, there is an acute need to apply analytics-based technologies to solve IT problems. VMware vCenter Log Insight extends VMware’s leadership in analytics capabilities to unstructured data and log files, giving you operational intelligence and deep, enterprise-wide visibility across all tiers of your IT infrastructure and applications, without the need to know the data beforehand.http://www.qa.com/about-qa/blogs/2013/june/vmware-vcenter-log-insight-announced/23879Wed, 12 Jun 2013 09:48:12 ZI remember the first time I felt it. It was 1982 and my mum was playing the number one song from the charts on the radio and telling me to listen. http://www.qa.com/about-qa/blogs/2013/june/is-the-secret-to-your-life-hidden-in-your-favourite-anthem/23840Tue, 11 Jun 2013 10:31:11 ZNominations for the Microsoft Apprentice of the Year award 2013http://www.qa.com/about-qa/blogs/2013/june/newcastle-gains-third-nomination/23838Mon, 10 Jun 2013 05:35:10 ZNominations for the Microsoft Apprentice of the Year award 2013. http://www.qa.com/about-qa/blogs/2013/may/apprentice-you-are-hired/22322Fri, 07 Jun 2013 04:27:07 ZOur brain operates like a grid system, Neuroscientist Joseph LaDoux has suggested that our short term memory will only hold around 7 items at a time. So in order to free up memory we connect new concepts and ideas with old experiences and hard wired knowledge. We make connections that will determine our views, opinions and perceptions of new occurrences. http://www.qa.com/about-qa/blogs/2013/may/the-dangers-of-stereotyping/22089Tue, 04 Jun 2013 09:54:04 ZThoughts, ideas and reflections from the Head of Customer Experience at QAhttp://www.qa.com/about-qa/blogs/2013/may/customer-service-excellence-the-quest-for-customer-loyalty/21964Thu, 23 May 2013 02:37:23 ZIn case you didn’t know, since 1999 Campaign for Learning (CfL) has promoted an annual awareness day that supports learning in the workplace. This year it is Thursday 23 May and the theme is “Many ways to learn”.http://www.qa.com/about-qa/blogs/2013/may/8-things-you-can-do-for-learning-at-work-day-2013/21913Wed, 22 May 2013 09:59:22 ZApplocker can be used to restrict or allow which software can be run by end users.http://www.qa.com/about-qa/blogs/2013/may/creating-applocker-rules-in-group-policies/21904Mon, 20 May 2013 12:42:20 ZThere is a general expectation when we are employed to do a job that we will complete our tasks diligently and to the best of our ability. Because such expectations exist, when we do a good job it can often go unnoticed. http://www.qa.com/about-qa/blogs/2013/april/the-things-that-cost-us-nothing/21625Fri, 03 May 2013 05:12:03 ZSometimes Group Policies don't apply as expected, this demo is an overview of the Diagnostics available to help troubleshoot your GPOshttp://www.qa.com/about-qa/blogs/2013/april/using-the-group-policy-diagnostic-tools/21624Fri, 03 May 2013 04:59:03 ZGroup Policy allows you to control the computing environment. http://www.qa.com/about-qa/blogs/2013/april/demo-of-creating-and-configuring-group-policy-objects/21565Fri, 03 May 2013 04:58:03 ZThe VMware Storage Appliance from VMware allows us to create a virtual shared storage device, this can be used by small companies in order to benefit from VMware's distributed services.http://www.qa.com/about-qa/blogs/2013/april/an-offline-demo-of-the-vmware-vsa/21485Fri, 03 May 2013 04:57:03 ZIn this demonstration we look at configuring a single print device to have multiple configurationshttp://www.qa.com/about-qa/blogs/2013/april/creating-multiple-configurations-for-a-print-device/21468Fri, 03 May 2013 04:56:03 ZThis post contains a video demonstrating the installation of the Windows VMware vSphere Client 5.1http://www.qa.com/about-qa/blogs/2013/april/installing-the-windows-vmware-vsphere-client-51/21455Mon, 22 Apr 2013 05:03:22 ZYou use shadow copies to restore previous versions of files and folders. It is much faster to restore a previous version of a file from a shadow copy than from a traditional backup copy, which might be stored offsite. Files and folders can be recovered by administrators, or directly by end users. http://www.qa.com/about-qa/blogs/2013/april/restoring-data-from-a-shadow-copy/21454Mon, 22 Apr 2013 05:03:22 ZIf you want your users to access data from a Windows Server 2012 location, then you will have to Share out the folder that the users require access to.http://www.qa.com/about-qa/blogs/2013/april/creating-a-shared-folder-with-windows-server-2012/21453Tue, 23 Apr 2013 02:35:23 ZA storage pool is a collection of one or more physical disks that you can use to create virtual disks. You can add to a storage pool any available physical disk that is not formatted or attached to another storage pool.http://www.qa.com/about-qa/blogs/2013/april/creating-a-storage-pool-in-windows-server-2012/21452Mon, 22 Apr 2013 04:42:22 Z