For all customers who have migrated to StorNext – we’ll be in touch about this – if you have any queries don’t hesitate to contact us.

http://support.apple.com/kb/TS4171

Key Options is pleased to announce its Mobile Strategy consulting services for Small to Medium Business, Corporate and Government so that they can maximise the use of their mobile devices.

“The growth in the uptake of Mobile devices such as iPhones, iPads, and other platforms has been incredible. We have seen many of our traditional clients move into providing their staff with mobile platforms to increase productivity, but integration of those devices into their existing systems has not always been smooth.  Due to our years of experience in building back-end systems for clients and integrating them with their local desktops or remote computers, we are very well position to assist our clients “go mobile” said  Rick Wylie, the CEO of Key Options.

Our Mobile strategy consulting covers  a number of key areas:

• Finding the right Mobile Device Management (MDM) solution for your organisation
• Integrating with your organisation’s existing systems such as Active Directory, Sharepoint and Exchange
• End user training
• Training administrators on iOS integration
• Change management from a desktop to mobile methodologies
• Integration into existing infrastructure and Cloud services
• Best options for managing your mobile devices
• Finding the right solutions on the AppStore
• AppStore application integration into an organisations existing environment
• Device Profile management design and testing
• Mobile security and Mobile file management.
• Custom iOS App development

In the coming months, KeyOptions will be running a series of Mobility seminars to show how organisations can maximise their investment in mobile devices such as iPhones and iPads.  To register for interest in our mobility seminars in Sydney, Melbourne, Canberra and Brisbane, please contact us on 1300 721 769 or email us at training@keyoptions.com

About Key Options

Key Options is an Australian IT solutions company that focuses on Apple technology integration, mobile strategy, solutions consulting and integration. The company specialises in making Mac OS X and iOS systems and applications work in even the most complex business environments. Key Options provides hardware and software solutions, training, maintenance and support for their clients. Key Options also actively uses and integrates clever and innovative third party products to provide a broader range of solutions to their customers.

Profile Manager has an impressive feature set including a standard location for a user to receive settings for both their iOS and Apple devices.

The “Lion 201″ training course we’re running includes an entire section on Profile Manager if you’d like to learn some more about this.

http://www.keyoptions.com.au/training

You can find the video at this site here:

http://www.apple.com/education/resources/information-technology.html#managing-macs-with-lion-server.

If these sound like you, please follow the links for the full descriptions.  Look forward to hearing from you!

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Rick gave a great talk about IPv6 and how to implement it and Duncan used his experience from his own package creation company, Mondada, to recount some best practices for package creation and imaging.  Both sessions received great feedback from the room as well as the twitter-verse!

If you have any interest in Mac or iOS Admin, there are some fantastic sessions that are all in English, with the slides and podcasts published on their site here:

http://documentation.macsysadmin.se/2011/2011doc.html

Thanks for the organisers for a terrific event!

It’s a great system for working together in a team -

It can be used as a central information site about your business, or as a Project share – with links to other websites, media for the project (including video)

One of its more powerful features is the ability to get a daily update of all changes in a “Space” (if you’re used to being a member of a FaceBook Group, you know the idea), but this is for information about what’s changed in a project or info site recently.

It also provides access using a phone-optimised site to your data on the road and it has a great feature allowing you to “check out” documents, work on them on your computer, then when you save them, it’ll automatically upload the document back to the Workspace Server.  You keep your documents on your own secure website, but can still work on them on your own computer too.

At the moment, Kerio is also offering a discount of 70% off Retail Pricing for existing Kerio Connect customers – so it’s a great time to implement the product without a huge outlay.

iMDM allows systems administrators to:
• Remotely install in-house iOS Apps onto iOS Devices without iTunes
• Configure, and secure iOS Devices via configuration and distribution profiles

Customisable
iMDM is designed from the ground up to be customisable, and direct access to the source code is provided.

Self Service
Through iMDM’s unique Self Service interface, users are able to install in-house apps right from their iOS Device’s Dashboard.
Using Self Service, administrators can easily suggest recommended apps to users based on smart groups or deploy Provisioning Profiles that allow them to install in-house apps on their own.

Configuration
Configure hundreds of Configuration Profiles from within a web-based interface.

App Distribution

Suggest recommended apps for users or deploy Provisioning Profiles allowing them to install in-house apps on their own.

Security Management

Remotely lock and wipe devices or clear passcodes to allow users to access their devices.

Inventory

Receive device inventory reports and detailed device records within a web browser.

As computer networks become more complex  and our reliance on them is 24/7, the need to have pro-active monitoring of the infrastructure and services has become a necessary part of any business’s critical operational requirements.  At KeyOptions we have developed a number specialised solutions for our clients that will give you peace of mind in how your networks, servers and services are performing. In fact if there is something wrong, we’ll probably know about it before you do.

We have designed a number of  solutions that will fit then needs of small to medium business and education

Basic Monitoring

Our basic monitoring service is an entry level service that will allow our engineers to monitor critical services in your network. This will include monitoring of your firewall and network traffic and uptime. We use a combination of unique tools depending on your network and infrastructure. Each day we will monitor your backups and emails from your servers or other office hardware to make sure your network is in a healthy state. Each month we will send you report on the status of your network.

Advanced Monitoring

KeyOptions advanced monitoring comes in 3 easy solutions, depending on the number of devices and services that need to be monitored. We put one of our custom configured monitoring devices into your network that gathers all the hidden critical information that is required to be reviewed to make sure your network and services are in a healthy state. In fact, if there are issues, we will probably know about it before you do, and will be on the case to get your critical servers and services back to where they should be, healthy and error free.

At the end of each month we will send you a report on the status of your infrastructure as well as traffic usage and also identify any issues that may start to arise, so we can be pro-active for your environment and allow your business to have peace of mind and get on with what you do best.

The 3 Advanced Monitoring solutions come in the following packages:

• Advanced Monitoring 1: Up to 20 computers or devices
• Advanced Monitoring 2: 21 – 50 computers or devices
• Advanced Monitoring 3: 51 – 100 computers or devices

With our solution, a device can be a firewall, router, server, desktop, switch, printer, UPS, or any other network device, so your entire infrastructure is covered.  Contact us for more information on a customised monitoring solution to suite your needs.

First, download the Installer via the App store, but don’t run the installer just yet! The Installer will “self destruct” if run immediately, and we need to make a copy.

Locate the installer in the finder:

And right click to show Package contents;

You’ll find a single folder inside called “Contents”. Navigate to Contents/SharedSupport/and select the InstallESD.dmg Disk Image.

Copy and Paste this image on to your desktop:

When it has finished copying, launch Disk Utility, located in your Utilities Folder within your Applications Folder.

You’ll be presented with a screen similar to this;

From the Menubar, select Scan Image For Restore…

Select the InstallESD.dmg from your desktop

You’ll be asked to enter your Admin password, then the Install disk will appear as an image to be restored, with the InstallESD.dmg appearing as the “source”.

Now, you can select any USB or SD Card larger than 3.74g as you “Destination” as above, and after hitting Restore,  Disk Utility will reformat, erase, and create a Lion Installer on your drive. If you’d prefer a DVD installer, simply highlight the InstallESD.dmg image in the sidebar and click the radioactive “Burn” button in the top of the window.