Stating the obvious: You Can’t Trust Google
We have long preached about Google being a privacy vampire, finding any little way possible to monetize on every click you make. Why do you think so many of their services are “free” as in “cost no money”? Everything you put into Google is stored and your profile information is sold to whomever bids on […]
Connecting two domains in Zimbra for chat/autocomplete
We ran into a unique case recently where a client needed to connect two domains so they were essentially on the same domain. Let’s say one domain was DOMAIN_B.DEV and the other was DOMAIN_A.COM. What you are trying to do is make each domain’s GAL (Global Address Listing) available to each other. This must be […]
Fix macOS Ventura SSH access denied
The latest version of the Mac operating system, macOS 13 “Ventura” changes the way things are handled with OpenSSH. Certain legacy servers no longer adhere to the security policies of some servers that are running older OpenSSH software, specifically RedHat Enterprise Linux and CentOS Linux prior to version 7. There are a couple of ways […]
When something is free you are the product: Microsoft Edition
Microsoft purchased GitHub in 2018. For those who are not in-the-know, GitHub is a code repository that allows users to work collaboratively with their development team. It is a 3rd-party SaaS offering that offers a free tier and other pair tiers. Now GitHub Users Want to Sue Microsoft For Training an AI Tool With Their […]
WMD & Hurricane Ian
Our thoughts are with everyone in Florida, Georgia, the Carolinas and other states in the wake of Hurricane Ian. We have data centers around the world with the majority located in New York and San Francisco. We do have a data center in Miami, Florida that hosts a few sites for our clients in that […]
WMD Password Generator
A new tool has been rolled out on the WMD.dev site: our password generator. This new tool was built based on a bit of need and a lot of laziness in that there is a daily need for a secure password but it can be a pain to find something that doesn’t make you create […]
So yeah we have a new site
The “We’re 18 months into a 2-month project” joke was getting old. So, here it is, the new wavemotiondigital.com, or, as it is now known, wmd.dev. This new site could not have been created without the wonderful WMD support crew and all of our clients. For the longest time we never focused on our own […]
If you care the slightest about your privacy then stop using Chrome
…or any Google product for that matter. We preach the importance of protecting your online privacy. We also realize there is a balance to be had between that privacy and the convenience offered by online services. Wired recently posted the article “It’s time to ditch Chrome” and (despite their ironic insistence of accepting their cookies) […]
The Vatican Moves to Zimbra
If it’s secure enough for the Pontiff… Vatican City has consolidated all of their various email technologies into an on-premises hosted Zimbra solution. The Dicastery faced an all too common situation. They hadto integrate different groups, with different email platforms and data in different datacenters, onto one email system. They had users on Oracle Communications […]
Zimbra Drive working with the latest version of NextCloud
As of this writing the version of NextCloud is 23.0.2.1 but should changes be required this post will be updated. Zimbra Drive is officially supported up to NextCloud 18. However, NextCloud 18 is not longer being supported. Getting Zimbra Drive to work with the latest version of NextCloud is pretty straightforward but requires some modifications to […]