Why InterWorks Is Different, According to a New Guy
This time last month, I was rounding out a 10-year career spent among several large organizations. During my first week at InterWorks, I met people with an eclectic mix of experience and common passions for learning, teamwork and creative problem solving. After some reflection, I’ve put together the top 10 things that set InterWorks apart […]
Getting Access to Multiple Branches while Using a Split VPN Tunnel for Performance
I recently had to help a client who was having performance issues over the VPN. They had a fast connection at home, but just a standard T1 line at the office for VPN access. When they got onto the VPN, they kept complaining about the performance while working on other items. When we unchecked the […]
InterWorks Preparing for Europe’s Tableau Conference on Tour
Tableau purchased Power Tools in 2019. Contact Us for more information. InterWorks is getting ready for the largest data visualization event in Europe: the Tableau Conference on Tour. Many have heard of the European Tableau Customer Conference, which previously took place in one location, in the span of a week. Tableau is taking a slightly […]
InterWorks on the Road with Tableau
InterWorks is preparing for the biggest data visualization event in Europe to date: the Tableau Conference on Tour. Many are familiar with the European Tableau Customer Conference, which historically takes place in one location over the course of a week. This year, Tableau is opting to switch things up a bit. They’re taking their European […]
Enable RDP on a Remote Machine
In many organizations, IT administrators are expected to manage remote servers and machines from just about anywhere. Many administrators utilize Remote Desktop Connection to access offsite servers and desktops. If a machine was shipped to a remote location and RDP was not enabled, someone would need to have physical access to log on to the […]
I say burrito – you say ..
So many times in history one person’s valuable contribution ends up being eclipsed by another for no good or fair reason. Think of Galileo, who was not (and never claimed to be) the inventor of the refracting telescope – it was invented by Dutch spectacle makers. Isaac Newton is usually held out as the father […]
Using Logon Scripts to Add and Remove Network Printers
It is often impractical to touch every user’s computer in your organization to remove a printer and add a new one. There is a simple way to add and remove network printers using a logon script. Begin by insuring the printer being added has been installed on the print server and is shared and available […]
How to Enable Windows 8 and 8.1 Hypervisor
When many organizations switched to Windows 7, they found that many of their legacy applications built for Windows XP no longer worked. One way Microsoft alleviated this issue was by creating Windows XP mode, which can be found here: http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows7/install-and-use-windows-xp-mode-in-windows-7 When Windows 8 and Windows 8.1 were released, many users found that XP mode was no […]
Market Segmentation and Placing New Customers Using R
Setting Up the Problem In a study called “Multidimensional Segmentation at Work,” IBM asked marketing departments in various industries to rank their most difficult marketing challenges. Of the top four challenges, two were “identifying when a customer has migrated between segments” and “finding ‘real’ customers that fall into segments.” Suppose we have a set of […]
Exchange Online with Directory Sync Email Address Update Error
So, you’ve got an Exchange Online setup working with Active Directory synchronization, possibly an Exchange Hybrid setup going mid-migration, you now need to adjust alternate email addresses for a user who has a mailbox hosted with Exchange Online, and you receive this error message: “The operation on mailbox failed “John Smith” because it’s out of […]
