Our Statement on the Coronavirus.

The well-being of our employees and clients is our top priority, Zeo will be suspending on-site visits effective Monday, March 16th through Friday March 27th. Due to growing concerns brought upon by COVID-19, we have decided that this decision is in the best interest of our clients, staff and the public at large.   Remote issues, server outages and mission critical problems will still be addressed, however, may require…

READ MORE

Windows 7 end of life: Security risks and what you should do next

Microsoft Windows 7 will no longer receive security patches – and cyber criminals will be looking to exploit it to target businesses that still haven’t upgraded from Windows 7. Getting your security strategy right is vital. Windows 7 has reached end of life and now isn’t supported by Microsoft. It means businesses and consumers with PCs running on Windows 7 – which was introduced in 2009 – will no…

READ MORE

Microsoft dissolves links between features and Windows 10 releases

The company this week made more changes to its Windows 10 development model, changes that have implications for future releases. Microsoft this week reworked its Windows 10 development model, severing links between features and specific releases so that it can deliver the former “when they are ready.” “While features in the active development branch may be slated for a future Windows 10 release, they are no longer matched to…

READ MORE

Cisco issues critical security warnings its Data Center Network Manager

Cisco warns of vulnerabilities that can let attackers issue arbitrary actions with administrative permissions. Cisco this week issued software to address multiple critical authentication exposures in its Data Center Network Manager (DCNM) software for its Nexus data center switches. DCNM is a central management dashboard for data-center fabrics based on Cisco Nexus switches and handles a number of core duties such as automation, configuration control, flow policy management and…

READ MORE

Windows 10 version 2004 gets one step closer to public release

The November 2019 Update rollout has completed and Microsoft has been working on Windows 10 version 2004, also referred to as 20H1, for early 2020 release. According to a new report, Microsoft finalized the development of Windows 10 version 2004 in December 2019, but it looks like the public rollout won’t happen until the spring. It’s unclear if Microsoft is moving forward with its classic rollout schedule, but right…

READ MORE

Welcome to our new website

If you are reading this blog post, you must realize there is something different about our website. Our new website launched last Wednesday, the 6th of February after a lot of hard work and dedication. We have added a colorful boost with up-to-date information and upgraded user accessibility.

READ MORE

Oracle previews MySQL 5.6

Offering a glimpse of the new features some database administrators will be working with before too long, Oracle has posted a preview version of the next MySQL relational database management system. The Development Milestone Release (DMR) for MySQL 5.6 comes with a number of new and still experimental features for the open source database system, including improved replication and the ability to bypass the SQL framework for faster data…

READ MORE

Flashback Virus

Think your Apple computer is immune? Think different. A nasty bit of malware called Flashback has infected approximately 600,000 Macintosh computers worldwide through a Java security flaw, according to a Russian security firm — and Apple itself is hard at work on a fix, the company said Tuesday. “Apple is developing software that will detect and remove the Flashback malware,” the company wrote in a support document on its…

READ MORE