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Q3 2014 Server Baseline Updates

By Marvin Huffaker|2016-12-22T14:36:22-07:00June 30th, 2014|Uncategorized|

Major Patches Published through June 30, 2014. Patches published after this date are not included in this listing. Our Baseline Document is a compilation of patches that are considered stable and production ready for the current business quarter. This list outlines the major products which fit into our core expertise, primarily in the Data Center. We generally perform a quarterly Baseline process for all of our customers, and ensure that all the updates listed here are applied and functional. This [...]

Q2 2014 Server Baseline Update

By Marvin Huffaker|2016-12-22T14:36:26-07:00April 1st, 2014|Uncategorized|

Major Patches Published through Mar 31, 2014. Patches published after this date are not included in this listing. Our Baseline Document is a compilation of patches that are considered stable and production ready for the current business quarter. This list outlines the major products which fit into our core expertise, primarily in the Data Center. We generally perform a quarterly Baseline process for all of our customers, and ensure that all the updates listed here are applied and functional. This [...]

Server Baseline Document: Q1 2014
(Current Versions through Feb 28, 2014)

By Marvin Huffaker|2016-12-22T14:36:26-07:00February 28th, 2014|Uncategorized|

Major Patches Published through Feb 28, 2014. Patches published after this date are not included in this listing. Our Baseline Document is a compilation of patches that are considered stable and production ready for the current business quarter. This list outlines the major products which fit into our core expertise, primarily in the Data Center. We generally perform a quarterly Baseline process for all of our customers, and ensure that all the updates listed here are applied and functional. This [...]

5 Reasons Why Social Media and Instant Messaging Can't Replace Email

By Marvin Huffaker|2016-12-22T14:36:31-07:00December 8th, 2011|Uncategorized|

There have been a few news stories recently about a French IT company called Atos that has announced their intention to replace email with Social Networking and Instant Messaging over the next few years. The company has 74,000 users and claims that most of the current email is either worthless or it is spam. Whether the company pulls it off is yet to be seen, and some people may argue that it is simply a publicity stunt (I'm one of [...]

Novell Client 2 SP2 Released

By Marvin Huffaker|2016-12-22T14:36:31-07:00December 5th, 2011|Uncategorized|

Novell has released Novell Client 2 SP2 for Windows 7, Vista, 2008, and 2008 R2. It supports NetWare, OES 2, and OES 11. We expect this is foreshadowing for the release of OES 11 on SLES 11. Here is the readme for more details.

GroupWise 8 SP2 HP3 (8.02 Hotpatch 3) Released

By Marvin Huffaker|2016-12-22T14:36:31-07:00September 27th, 2011|Uncategorized|

It's been a long time coming, but the Hotpatch 3 bundle for GroupWise 8 SP2 was finally released yesterday. The hotpatch includes a slew of significant bug fixes for the server back end as well as the client. We had experienced various agent patches and quite a few different client crashes. Novell has been really good about fixing those issues along the way and providing updated code, but it's good to see an "Official" hot patch. The prior release was [...]

Our new website and blog

By Marvin Huffaker|2016-12-22T14:36:32-07:00May 17th, 2011|Uncategorized|

Throughout history, folks have had a lot to say about change… that it’s a good thing, it’s inevitable, and it’s the one thing you can always count on. At Marvin Huffaker Consulting, we’ve had our fair share of change since starting out as a one-man shop in 2002. Today, our team of highly-trained and certified engineers provides clients around the globe with superior business collaboration and virtualization services and support. Change has been good for us. As we’ve worked to [...]

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