Well I have struggled to post much over the last few weeks just because it has been such a busy and exciting time for us.  So before publishing the monthly security bulletin I wanted to share some of what we have achieved over the last few weeks.

Nine Clients have had new network or servers installed a massive feet and a lot of migration work, all of these are now using Cent OS 5 (Linux) servers and all are using Kerio mailserver.  So far so good, a handful of teething issues left and one or two bumps on the road but all in all relatively smooth and no major hick-ups.  I think the biggest issue for everyone is that all of this work is included in our unique Strategic Technology Partnership, thus these clients have the best and most up-to-date systems and with no capital out lay for our clients.

Two Windows Servers died, I would say unexpectedly but is the death of a windows server ever unexpected?

The first Windows server to die was during a scheduled and upgrade of their other windows server to Linux this was completely unrelated to Migration as the server that died was not being touched.   Unfortunately because of some proprietary software used by the client it had to stay as windows.  It turned out to be a hard drive failure, never simple to fix under windows, but luckily they were set up with mirrored drives.

The second Windows failure was more severe and I am really proud of the team, the (new) Client phoned us to say there server had died could we help. Their motherboard was dead and as you may know on windows that’s terminal, and you are looking at a complete server rebuild (3 – 5 days).  Well 24 hours later we had completed a full migration and they had a Linux server operational on site.  All of their files and documents were recovered, the domain control was restored (samba) and all of their email imported to Kerio Mailserver.  Unsurprisingly the clients are very happy and have signed up right away to our Strategic Technology Partnership.

On top of all that we have had a total of four new clients join our Strategic Technology Partnership, which is excellent news and they are all already seeing the benefits of working closely with krayatec and benefiting from our unique style and approach.

So interesting times at krayatec.  Now on with the boring monthly security bulletins.