An interesting question is being asked with increasing frequency: should we change out displays/digital signage that appear to be working well with new models? Conventional wisdom might say that if a display is working fine to those who are regularly exposed to it, it is best to leave it alone… at least until it no […]
In light of the coronavirus, distancing, and the remote classroom, all of us have been scrambling to not only finish a semester, but now to embark on a hybrid virtual classroom setup. If we rest our laurels on the mainstream of AV technologies, the industrial solutions get very expensive. My goal? To produce a very portable, […]
Look in a conference room today at almost any company, and what do you see? Not the pretty pictures in brochures with beautiful clean tables and happy people pointing at pie charts. No, it’s usually one or two table-top mics and maybe a sound bar. Perhaps a USB camera stuck on top of a monitor. […]
Hospitals, hotels, restaurants and retail establishments worldwide have adopted the use of masks, disinfectant, and social distancing. Soon, schools will follow suit, implementing similar protective measures as K-12 students and staff return for the 2020—21 academic year. But as the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) suggests, there’s more that schools can do to […]
Some schools will soon reopen in the fall — at whatever capacity they can in the wake of COVID-19 — yet many still suffer from alarmingly common school safety issues. Many school districts hire security consultants to do walkthroughs of their campuses to look for security risks. These assessments often consist of two parts: the physical assessment of each school […]
Schools across the country implement various school security systems to respond to emergencies. But as tech innovates, so should those solutions. Effective ones must protect against the most extreme crises as well as more common incidents school staff respond to every day. Districts also must prepare for the increased occurrence of medical and behavioral situations when […]
According to a study by Grand View Research, the global DevOps market size is expected to reach $12.85 billion by 2025. The reason why organizations are interested in adopting DevOps is to streamline their software delivery lifecycle and to be able to deliver better software faster. Despite all the promises that DevOps holds, Gartner also […]
Spot instances and similar “spare capacity” models are a great way to save money on public cloud. But a surprising amount of cloud customers are not taking advantage of this discounted capacity. Spot instances are a type of purchasing option that allows users to take advantage of spare capacity at a low price, with the […]
If you’ve been operating in the cloud for some time now, chances are your business has changed since you first made that move and particularly during the current climate. Has your cloud usage grown considerably—and your OpEx costs? Is that just the cost of doing business in the cloud? It doesn’t have to be. Here’s […]
When Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker ordered schools closed throughout the state in response to the coronavirus pandemic, sending home millions of students to learn remotely, Cicero School District 99 was ready. The K-8 district of 14,000 students, southwest of Chicago, was already five years into its mission, driven by Superintendent Rudy Hernandez, of changing the […]
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