Derick St-Hilaire

I normally don’t have much trouble choosing a New Year’s Resolution, but this year has been tough. I just couldn’t think of something really important that I wanted to commit to. Well, a few days ago,...

As an IT pro, you probably read the equivalent of a book a month – or maybe even a book a week. All of those emails, memos, articles, white papers, reports…and let’s not forget the endless TPS reports...

Organizations rely on privileged accounts to drive productivity and efficiency. Unfortunately, hackers also rely on vulnerable privileged accounts to breach networks, access critical systems, and stea...

Celebrate the holiday season with Devolutions! Read our special 2019 holiday message, filled with appreciation and joy. Thank you for your support and loyalty throughout the year.

As you may be aware, some companies such as Apple have decided to retire (a.k.a. deprecate) support for the 32-bit version of their applications. We have been thinking of making the same change to Rem...

December is here, which means that in a little while we’ll be spending time with family and friends, eating and drinking great stuff (and then wishing we didn’t eat and drink so much!), and of course,...

I have some BIG NEWS for all the Sysadminotaur fans around the world who can’t wait to see what strange and hilarious things Maurice, Max, Mel, Kali, Phil, Bob and the Boss are up to: the much-anticip...

If you’re thinking of entering or advancing your career in the cybersecurity field, then smart move — because your skills will continue to be very much in demand. The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics e...

Do you know that great Green Day song “Wake Me Up When September Ends”? Well, September can be rough, but many IT pros would prefer to sleep through October, because this can be a pretty stressful mon...

“RDM is the best solution I’ve found on the market, and I’ve never come across anything else that can do what RDM does. Getting it is a no brainer, and one of the best decisions I’ve ever made in my c...

Most Privileged Access Management (PAM) solutions on the market today are designed for large enterprises. While offering a lot of features and much flexibility, they aren’t suited to SMBs because of t...

At Devolutions, we like having a positive impact. That’s why delivering a “wow factor” is one of our core values. It’s also a big part of the ideas we conceive, the products we develop, and the servic...

As Queen Cersei declared, “When you play the game of thrones, you win or you die.” Well, the stakes aren’t THAT high in our Game of Thrones quiz – your life isn’t on the line here – but your ability t...

I have a confession to make: before starting here at Devolutions, I wasn’t an IT pro. Yes, I had some computer knowledge, but in the last 2.5 years I have learned so much from my colleagues, and from ...

The famous 19th century poet Henry Wadsworth Longfellow once said: “Look not mournfully into the past, it comes not back again. Wisely improve the present, it is thine. Go forth to meet the shadowy fu...

An estimated 81% of hacking-related data breaches are due to weak passwords, which have one or more of these characteristics: ,Composed only of numbers ,Composed only of letters ,Too short ,Uses a p...

By now, you probably know that I’m huge a Star Wars fan. Need proof? A couple of years ago I created a quiz about the Star Wars’ universe. I also co-manage the Devolutions Force, which is our Star War...

We have some good news, and some bad news. Let's start with the good news. The good news is that Star Wars Episode 9 will be released later on this year, and it looks like Emperor Palpatine will be ba...

As an IT pro, you’re probably very capable of steering clear of online scams. However, your non-technical end users may not be so fortunate. And if they get hacked on their personal device, there is a...

April is a month made to have fun. It starts with a day full of pranks and laughter. It’s spring and the snow from a harsh winter is finally melting. And then there are all of those chocolate bunnies....

Just like Stanley from The Office, we agree that it would be lovely if every day was Pretzel Day. After all, who doesn’t love free stuff? However, in the real world we often need to pay for things — a...

“The moment I saw all of Remote Desktop Manager’s features, I knew it was the solution we needed.” -Nicolas Bonnet, Microsoft MVP in Enterprise Mobility & System and Network Engineer at Groupe Sca...

If you’re wondering if we offer Not-for-Resale (NFR) license and subscription, then allow me to clarify that for you: the answer is yes! We offer single user NFR license for Remote Desktop Manager Ent...

THIS ARTICLE WAS WRITTEN BY THE PETRI TEAM IN PARTNERSHIP WITH DEVOLUTIONS. By Michael Otey, president of TECA, Inc., which focuses on Windows and SQL Server product development and consulting. He is...

THIS ARTICLE WAS WRITTEN BY THE PETRI TEAM IN PARTNERSHIP WITH DEVOLUTIONS. There’s no doubt that Remote Desktop is the SMB administrator’s go-to remote administration tool. Remote Desktop is incredi...

Devolutions Server offers users a way to manage, store and securely share strong passwords. At the same time, it gives IT departments the power to manage roles, monitor changes, launch remote...

In the offline world, we don’t let just anyone wander around our offices looking into files and opening drawers and cabinets. We have role-based security to keep things safe and secure. However, in th...

Several years ago, to defend against hackers, it was fine for organizations to rely on anti-virus software, secure web gateways, firewalls, and other perimeter-based security tools. But these days, it...

Science fiction inspires us to dream of a future that, in many cases, becomes reality years later. Take, for instance, a food rehydrator or a hover board. And how could we forget that Douglas Adams’ g...

Data breaches are happening all the time, in both big enterprises and even more so in SMBs – which experts view as “ground zero” for cyber crime. As a result, developing good password policies is esse...

If you spend any time on Reddit — and hopefully some of that is on Devolutions’ very own subreddit — then you’ve probably come across a great forum called “Explain Like I’m Five”, or ELI5 for short. I...

For all kinds of reasons, turnover is a fact of life. Even companies that routinely make “Best Employers” lists like Google and Costco need to be prepared for when — not if — an employee heads for the...

Adding a new team member is exciting — especially if they know how to play foosball! Of course, it’s always nice to say “welcome aboard” by having a team lunch, assigning a mentor, or viewing an orien...

Privileged Access Management (PAM) helps organizations achieve two key objectives: restricting access to privileged accounts and maintaining compliance. PAM is especially vital these days because, in ...

Don’t you hate it when your boss tells you thereasons cyber security is so importantand that the organization must adopt a stronger password policy? Seriously — who is your boss trying to impress? The...

May 25th is Geek Pride Day, and this year we’re celebrating the festivities with quizzes, special offers, new Sysadminotaur comics (start the series of comic strips here), and articles like this one, ...

In today’s technology-driven corporate environment, IT pros typically need to manage many different remote physical and virtual systems that reside locally, off-site, and in the cloud. However, while ...

THIS ARTICLE WAS WRITTEN BY THE TECH TARGET TEAM IN PARTNERSHIP WITH DEVOLUTIONS. Password management solutions evolve to accommodate needs of individuals and businesses in one highly secure setting....

IT pros know that having a strong and comprehensive password policy helps keep data safe — and away from hackers. Everyone knows that a password manager can help respect policies that involve securely...

Discover the four essential security tools everyone should be using to protect their data. Learn about firewalls, antivirus software, and password management solutions to enhance your cybersecurity.

We all know that protecting data at work is a critical priority, since a breach can lead to customer loss, reputation damage, investigation and remediation costs, and possibly even lawsuits, fines and...

Let’s start with this: Canada is a really, really big place. And while some parts of the country experience pretty mild winters, other places — like here in Quebec — are pretty much what you imagine: ...

To wrap up the year, we asked you to tell us: who’s the personality of the year? To make things more interesting, we invited you to choose anyone from any industry — not just the IT world. As we had h...

Today is a special day in the galaxy, as we welcome the latest entry to the Star Wars saga: The Last Jedi! It looks like it’s going to be a good one, with some cool special effects and Luke Skywalker ...

Last month, we asked you: “Which tasks in your job would you like to be automated by AI?” It definitely seems that many of you are looking for the improvement of Artificial Intelligence to automate so...

After reading our community member Frank McCourry’s very interesting article about surviving changes in the IT world, I was inspired to discover new ways that I could adapt. That led me to YouTube, wh...