My Work…
I started writing software back in the days of Dialup BBS software in 1991 I turned this into TNL Systems and started selling this software. I made about $20 every 6 months.
I spend nearly two years working with some of the brightest minds in business planning at Palo Alto software, after getting my eyesight back with the outback vision protocol, I felt like I could conquer the world. Palo Alto Software is the defacto leader in business planning software and resources. Palo Alto has recently started moving into the SaaS (software as a service) sector and the future looks bright there. I still maintain and write software for TNL Total Solutions, although TNL takes on very little, if any most of the time, custom development work.
In 1994 I started with IBM Corporation. Around 1997 I founded TNL Total Solutions / N5 Networks and was able to take advantage of the Dot.com boom which was only just beginning. During this time I did work for many fortune 500 companies and was involved in several dot com ventures. I was also owner of a web hosting company during this time and a short lived game hosting company. TNL Total Solutions is my primary focus these days.
Below are some links to work I’m involved with as well as some notable mentions.
N5 Networks is an endeavor I began in 1997, still going strong. I presently operate N5 Networks full time, providing managed services and custom programming to SMBs across the country.
Website: http://n5net.com
SiteGuard is a unique solution covering site monitoring, intrusion detection, offsite backups, and more. Website owners and server administrators alike find themselves faced with some very scary disaster recovery scenarios. Topping this list is website uptime, offsite backups and network intrusions. U7 SiteGuard protects your site and gives you a piece of mind from all of these things and more.
- SiteGuard will remotely backup your entire site via ftp either nightly, weekly or monthly. We know that some webhosts allot a certain amount of bandwidth and that the space to store backups can add up, so to save on your bandwidth and expense we only backup files that have been added or changed after the initial backup.
- SiteGuard can also do a dump and remotely backup your MySQL database and back that up nightly, weekly or monthly.
- Go back and review what files have changed for any previous backup from the control panel.
- One click download of any given backup since the beginning.
- SiteGuard will alert you if files are added, removed or if files have changed in your site, Protecting you from malware and phishing infections. Why is this important? Here is one webmaster’s account of one of his clients sites hacked, the attacker was hoping the hack would go unnoticed ( http://searchtempo.com/htaccess-redirect-hack-and-google-malicious-code-warning/ ). SiteGuard will help you discover these sort of issues before they become a problem.
- SiteGuard will alert you if files are added, removed or if files have changed in your site, Protecting you from malware and phishing infections. Why is this important? Here is one webmaster’s account of one of his clients sites hacked, the attacker was hoping the hack would go unnoticed ( http://searchtempo.com/htaccess-redirect-hack-and-google-malicious-code-warning/ ). SiteGuard will help you discover these sort of issues before they become a problem.
- SiteGuard will check your site nightly against the google safe browsing database. This is the database that most browsers use to determine if your site has been a deemed a phising site or is responsible for infecting users with malware. If your site turns up on this list, we’ll alert you immediately and offer some advice on getting delisted.
- SiteGuard will run a scan of your site every time it makes a backup, looking for viruses, phishing, trojans and other potential threats to your server as well as your visitors
- Get alerts via SMS text message, email or both.
- Have multiple server administrators or webmasters? No problem! You can add an unlimited number of additional users who get notifications of problems, again via email or SMS text message or both
Give it a test drive: http://siteguard.n5net.com
IsItAlive Website Audit
http://sitescan.n5net.com
The TNLSoft web site audit uses the Nikto scanning engine to perform comprehensive tests against web servers for multiple items, including over 6100 potentially dangerous files/CGIs, versions on over 950 servers, and version specific problems on over 260 servers.
You may scan your site once every month using the free service.
U7FILES.COM
http://www.u7files.com
This project began as an experiment working with PAD Files. PAD files allow software authors to provide standardized product descriptions and specifications to online sources in a standard way, using a simple XML schema that allows webmasters and program librarians to automate new program listings and update existing listings in their catalog. U7 Files serves as a repository of over 32k shareware and freeware software titles. The site is completely automated. Each software title’s pad file url is checked every 20 days for updates, and to be sure the title is still valid, each title is virus scanned and new titles are manually reviewed. There is a news feed specific to the tech and software industry that is updated from various sources hourly. Need some software, go have a look at U7Files.ocm
U7Radio.org
http://www.u7radio.org
This project was started as a means to automate a shoutcast net radio station. There are several different scripts and software packages out there but none of them seemed to be to robust. This site is my attempt. Unfortunately your not going to see the kick ass control panel where you schedule shows and whatnot. The site is currently operating 3 streams with the ability to relay multiple streams for increased capacity. It operates 24/7 with a different show each day of the week. The site/station is completely automated now. The automation includes automatically changing shows based on a pre-defined schedule, sending a tweet to twitter when a new show starts. I simply make adjustments to the playlists from time to time.
PAST WORK
Aside from being a very successful company they provided an excellent place to work. • http://www.paloalto.com
BPLANS.com is owned by Palo Alto software and is worth mentioning as there are a lot of valuable business planning resources available here. • http://www.bplans.com
This was a startup I founded in the late 90s in Ohio. The site still operates, however I haven’t been involved since 2001. • http://www.niteonthetown.com