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Linux Foundation Now Enrolling for Intro to Open Source & Fundamentals of Open Source Courses

December 17, 2021 TD Staff Leave a Comment

The Linux Foundation has announced the immediate online enrollment for two courses: Introduction to Open Source License Compliance Management (LFC193)  and Fundamentals of Open Source IT and Cloud Computing (LFS200). The Introduction to Open Source License Compliance Management (LFC193) course explores the basic concepts and approaches needed for an open source compliance program. The two-hour online […]

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Shure Logitech Collaboration

Shure, Logitech Collaborate to Create Innovative Audio Conferencing Solutions

December 17, 2021 TD Staff Leave a Comment

Shure Inc., the Niles, Ill.-based company, collaborated with Logitech to offer organizations innovative conferencing solutions for hybrid environments. According to a statement, users can now bring Shure audio to Logitech’s room solutions with Shure’s Microflex Ecosystem devices. Shure announced its Microflex Advance microphones are supported and tested for use with Logitech video collaboration devices. These include […]

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Poster of Userful's Networking Solution

Userful Named as Leader of Software-Based Solutions for the Enterprise AVoIP Market

December 17, 2021 TD Staff Leave a Comment

Userful Corp. has been named the leader in global sales of software-defined AV-over-IP (AVoIP) by Maia Research. Userful is a California-based provider of software-defined networking solutions for the enterprise AVoIP market. The 2021 Maia Research report recognized Userful as a pioneer in the AVoIP market. Particularly notable is its offer of software-based solutions that are deployable across non-proprietary hardware. According […]

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LogMeIn established LasPass as standalone company

LogMeIn To Establish LastPass as Independent Cloud Security Company

December 16, 2021 TD Staff Leave a Comment

LogMeIn, Inc., a Boston-based cloud-based solutions provider of LastPass, GoToConnect, GoToMeeting, and Rescue, is making its password management solution LastPass a standalone company. According to the company, LastPass is used by more than 30 million users and 85,000 businesses worldwide and is set for strong and sustained growth as consumers and businesses continue prioritizing password […]

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Log4j, Older Vulnerabilities, CISA KEV

Which Products Are Impacted By the Log4j Vulnerability?

December 15, 2021 Zachary Comeau Leave a Comment

Multiple governments have released a long list of IT vendors and their products that are impacted by the Log4j vulnerability, including the U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) and the Dutch National Cyber Security Centrum (NCSC) The two agencies are maintaining running lists of vendors impacted by the vulnerability on their respective GitHub repositories, […]

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Exertis Almo

Exertis To Acquire Almo, Expand North American Business

December 15, 2021 Zachary Comeau Leave a Comment

Technology distribution giant Exertis is acquiring Almo Corp. in North America, the biggest such deal in the history of Extertis’ parent company DCC Technology, one that purportedly makes it the largest pro AV specialist business in North America. According to Exertis, this deal builds on other acquisitions the company made in North American, including Stampede, […]

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December Microsoft Patches

Prioritize These December Microsoft Patches

December 14, 2021 Zachary Comeau Leave a Comment

As system administrators, cybersecurity experts and other IT professionals work around the clock to address the Log4j vulnerability, Microsoft, Google, Apple, Adobe released a slew of security patches this week that address significant software flaws. Microsoft and Adobe followed the typical patch Tuesday cycle, releasing a total of 78 patches across products from the two […]

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ChaosSearch IT Pros Spend just as much time prepping data as analyzing

IT Pros Spend Nearly as Much Time Prepping Data as Analyzing It

December 14, 2021 TD Staff Leave a Comment

Boston-based ChaosSearch shared findings from its survey of 1,020 U.S. IT professionals on data retention, data usage, and investments in data lake and cloud data platforms. The findings show that IT talent may be wasted on moving, migrating, pipelining and transforming data—a process that can be automated to enable faster, more insightful analytics. The volume […]

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Log4j Vulnerability

What You Need To Know About The Log4j Vulnerability

December 13, 2021 Zachary Comeau Leave a Comment

The Log4J vulnerability discovered late last week continues to make lives extremely busy for IT and cybersecurity professionals and software vendors rush to investigate if their products are vulnerable and push patches out to customers while those customers investigate the hundreds of apps their organization uses to determine how exposed they are. The widely used […]

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