http://kilpen.com/blog/Recent content in Knowledge Share on KilPen Technical Services - IT with AlohaHugoen-usWed, 31 Dec 2025 00:00:00 +0000http://kilpen.com/blog/auto-company-gmail-signatures/Wed, 31 Dec 2025 00:00:00 +0000http://kilpen.com/blog/auto-company-gmail-signatures/<h2 id="business-problem">Business Problem</h2> <p>Our client valued consistency in branding within email. Concerned that employees creating their own signature blocks in email would result in branding conflicts, KilPen was consulted to develop a company-wide signature standard in Gmail.</p>http://kilpen.com/blog/extending-itop-webapplication-object/Wed, 24 Dec 2025 00:00:00 +0000http://kilpen.com/blog/extending-itop-webapplication-object/<script type="text/javascript" src="https://cdnjs.buymeacoffee.com/1.0.0/button.prod.min.js" data-name="bmc-button" data-slug="kilpen" data-color="#FFDD00" data-emoji="" data-font="Cookie" data-text="Buy me a coffee" data-outline-color="#000000" data-font-color="#000000" data-coffee-color="#ffffff" ></script> <p>SKILL LEVEL: Advanced.</p>http://kilpen.com/blog/customizing-itop-software-licence/Sun, 03 Aug 2025 00:00:00 +0000http://kilpen.com/blog/customizing-itop-software-licence/<script type="text/javascript" src="https://cdnjs.buymeacoffee.com/1.0.0/button.prod.min.js" data-name="bmc-button" data-slug="kilpen" data-color="#FFDD00" data-emoji="" data-font="Cookie" data-text="Buy me a coffee" data-outline-color="#000000" data-font-color="#000000" data-coffee-color="#ffffff" ></script> <p>SKILL LEVEL: Advanced.</p>http://kilpen.com/blog/running-ubuntu-desktop-gcp/Thu, 27 Mar 2025 00:00:00 +0000http://kilpen.com/blog/running-ubuntu-desktop-gcp/<script type="text/javascript" src="https://cdnjs.buymeacoffee.com/1.0.0/button.prod.min.js" data-name="bmc-button" data-slug="kilpen" data-color="#FFDD00" data-emoji="" data-font="Cookie" data-text="Buy me a coffee" data-outline-color="#000000" data-font-color="#000000" data-coffee-color="#ffffff" ></script> <p>SKILL LEVEL: Intermediate.</p>http://kilpen.com/blog/migrate-mastodon-to-linode/Thu, 11 Jan 2024 00:00:00 +0000http://kilpen.com/blog/migrate-mastodon-to-linode/<script type="text/javascript" src="https://cdnjs.buymeacoffee.com/1.0.0/button.prod.min.js" data-name="bmc-button" data-slug="kilpen" data-color="#FFDD00" data-emoji="" data-font="Cookie" data-text="Buy me a coffee" data-outline-color="#000000" data-font-color="#000000" data-coffee-color="#ffffff" ></script> <p>SKILL LEVEL: Advanced.</p>http://kilpen.com/blog/automating-pgp-key-management/Fri, 25 Aug 2023 00:00:00 +0000http://kilpen.com/blog/automating-pgp-key-management/<script type="text/javascript" src="https://cdnjs.buymeacoffee.com/1.0.0/button.prod.min.js" data-name="bmc-button" data-slug="kilpen" data-color="#FFDD00" data-emoji="" data-font="Cookie" data-text="Buy me a coffee" data-outline-color="#000000" data-font-color="#000000" data-coffee-color="#ffffff" ></script> <p>SKILL LEVEL: Advanced.</p>http://kilpen.com/blog/google-form-response-emailer/Tue, 25 Jul 2023 00:00:00 +0000http://kilpen.com/blog/google-form-response-emailer/<script type="text/javascript" src="https://cdnjs.buymeacoffee.com/1.0.0/button.prod.min.js" data-name="bmc-button" data-slug="kilpen" data-color="#FFDD00" data-emoji="" data-font="Cookie" data-text="Buy me a coffee" data-outline-color="#000000" data-font-color="#000000" data-coffee-color="#ffffff" ></script> <p>SKILL LEVEL: Beginner</p>http://kilpen.com/blog/migrate-peertube-to-linode/Tue, 25 Jul 2023 00:00:00 +0000http://kilpen.com/blog/migrate-peertube-to-linode/<script type="text/javascript" src="https://cdnjs.buymeacoffee.com/1.0.0/button.prod.min.js" data-name="bmc-button" data-slug="kilpen" data-color="#FFDD00" data-emoji="" data-font="Cookie" data-text="Buy me a coffee" data-outline-color="#000000" data-font-color="#000000" data-coffee-color="#ffffff" ></script> <p>SKILL LEVEL: Advanced</p>http://kilpen.com/blog/gate-review-risk-management/Thu, 01 Jun 2023 00:00:00 +0000http://kilpen.com/blog/gate-review-risk-management/<h2 id="business-problem">Business Problem</h2> <p>The organization faced challenges with poor product quality exiting their product development workflows. Since multiple contributors participated in development with varying quality levels, a systematic approach was needed.</p>http://kilpen.com/blog/google-sheets-data-aggregation/Thu, 01 Jun 2023 00:00:00 +0000http://kilpen.com/blog/google-sheets-data-aggregation/<h2 id="business-problem">Business Problem</h2> <p>The client faced efficiency challenges stemming from significant waste related to employees manually updating Google Sheets that fed business critical decision making information. Operating with over 150 concurrent projects, each requiring its own spreadsheet, leadership lacked an automated method to consolidate data across this distributed portfolio.</p>http://kilpen.com/blog/image-conversion-api/Thu, 01 Jun 2023 00:00:00 +0000http://kilpen.com/blog/image-conversion-api/<h2 id="business-problem">Business Problem</h2> <p>The client required converting over 1,000 images from PNG to TIFF format. A manual approach would demand substantial time and resources.</p>http://kilpen.com/blog/motor-pool-vehicle-maintenance/Thu, 01 Jun 2023 00:00:00 +0000http://kilpen.com/blog/motor-pool-vehicle-maintenance/<h2 id="business-problem">Business Problem</h2> <p>The client faced constraints in a low-margin sector without budget for commercial fleet tracking software. As operations expanded, monitoring vehicle maintenance and licensing renewals became increasingly challenging. They needed:</p>http://kilpen.com/blog/project-vendor-management-tracking/Thu, 01 Jun 2023 00:00:00 +0000http://kilpen.com/blog/project-vendor-management-tracking/<h2 id="business-challenge">Business Challenge</h2> <p>A startup company needed to manage a complex vendor ecosystem. The organization employed independent contractors on short-term projects, requiring tracking of hundreds of projects with thousands of contractors along with multiple Statements of Work and invoices per contractor. Commercial solutions exceeded their budget constraints.</p>