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The Title: The Ins and Outs of Purchasing and Installing Access Control Technology

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https://mytechdecisions.com/physical-security/ins-outs-purchasing-installing-access-control-technology/?utm_source=integrator-newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=IntegratorNewsletters

The Summary:

When people want to get in and out of a room or building, access control technology is the gatekeeper. Learn the ins and outs of access control technology from figuring out your needs to writing and RFP to installation.

The Excerpt:

Access control can mean ten different things to ten different people. It can be as simple as a keypad unlocking a door, and it can be scaled up to an enterprise application with multiple sites and integration into different systems. If we talk in general, however, there are a few things that are commonly associated with access control. Some forms of credentials are commonly part of an access...

The Title: Here’s Why Cloud Service Providers Are Perfect for SMBs

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https://mytechdecisions.com/it-infrastructure/heres-cloud-service-providers-perfect-smbs/?utm_source=integrator-newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=IntegratorNewsletters

The Summary:

Cloud expert Brian Berger explains why Cloud service providers are the ideal partner for SMBs that may have a limited budget but cloud needs.

The Excerpt:

While the topic of Cloud security may have a lower budget priority to IT organizations than overall IT security, the convergence of topics is here to stay. Since the overarching trend of outsourcing to Cloud Service Providers (CSPs) for specific applications, platform services or infrastructure has become commonplace, the intersection of Cloud security and organizational security has merged....

The Title: ASSA ABLOY to Acquire August Home

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https://mytechdecisions.com/physical-security/assa-abloy-acquire-august-home/?utm_source=integrator-newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=IntegratorNewsletters

The Summary:

ASSA ABLOY has agreed to acquire the DIY smart lock company August Home as a direct reaction to the growing smart lock and doorbell market.

The Excerpt:

ASSA ABLOY has signed an agreement to acquire August Home, the San Franscisco-based DIY smart lock and doorbell camera provider on the DIY channel. August Home smart locks now feature its DoorSense technology, which is an intelligent integrated sensor that tells users if their door is open or closed. “August Home strengthens our residential smart door strategy with complementary smart loc...

The Title: When It Comes to Cybersecurity, Winter is Here

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https://mytechdecisions.com/network-security/comes-cybersecurity-winter/?utm_source=integrator-newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=IntegratorNewsletters

The Summary:

IT professionals have been warning businesses to prepare for the “winter” of constant hacks and cyberattacks. Winter is here. Check out these tips to help secure your company.

The Excerpt:

“Winter is Coming,” a phrase viewers of HBO’s Game of Thrones heard from the very first episode and continued to hear for seasons to come; a meaning of warning and constant vigilance.  Others laughed off the caution, believing winter would not arrive for thousands of years and there was absolutely no chance that the White Walkers would ever return.  Even if they did return, they had bu...

The Title: Nexteer Automotive World Headquarters Digital Signage System

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https://mytechdecisions.com/project-of-the-week/nexteer-automotive-world-headquarters-digital-signage-system/?utm_source=integrator-newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=IntegratorNewsletters

The Summary:

Nexteer Automotive World Headquarters hired Bluewater to install a digital signage system in its corporate headquarters, complete with video walls, displays, a CMS, and more.

The Excerpt:

When the Marketing Communications Leader and Executive Director for Global Corporate Affairs for Nexteer Automotive World Headquarters reached out to Bluewater, Nexteer knew what they had in mind for its digital signage system. They imagined a digital display and overall technology experience to create a big statement for guests and staff members. Bluewater brought it to life for the organizati...

The Title: My TechDecisions Podcast – Episode 27, Chris Thorson of Polycom

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https://mytechdecisions.com/podcast/techdecisions-podcast-27-chris-thorson-polycom-audioconferencing/?utm_source=integrator-newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=IntegratorNewsletters

The Summary:

Host Jonathan Blackwood speaks with Chris Thorson of Polycom about different audioconferencing considerations for both inside the office and at home.

The Excerpt:

In this episode of My TechDecisions Podcast, host Jonathan Blackwood speaks with Chris Thorson, Senior Director of Marketing for Polycom. Chris Thorson has over 20 years of experience in the video, telecommunications and wireless industries. As Senior Director of Product Marketing for Polycom, Chris is responsible for the v...

The Title: How to Build Employee and Customer Engagement through a Feedback Loop

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https://mytechdecisions.com/compliance/employee-customer-engagement-feedback-loop/?utm_source=integrator-newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=IntegratorNewsletters

The Summary:

A feedback loop is a way to take employee and customer feedback data and analytics, learn from it, and improve because of it.

The Excerpt:

It’s a tale as old as the Internet. Essential basics of human interaction get lost in the flash and promise of technology. Time and again, we have to take a step back, reconnect, and make sure the technology is serving us, and not the other way around. I see it happening again with Big Data and customer analytics. We now have immense power to collect, correlate, and manipulate data to produc...

The Title: All You Need to Know About Purchasing and Installing Projectors

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https://mytechdecisions.com/video/need-to-know-purchasing-installing-projectors/?utm_source=integrator-newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=IntegratorNewsletters

The Summary:

From understanding the type of projector you want, to understanding what type of projector will fit your space, to writing an RFP for projection technology, here’s what you need to know.

The Excerpt:

Projectors have been around for a long time. A projector is basically a light source magnified through a lens. Up until the LED display explosion that took place over the past decade, projectors were the only option for big viewing. Generation X will remember filmstrips, overhead projectors with transparencies, and reel to reel players from their days in grade school. How exciting was it when t...

The Title: There’s an App for That: Mobile Devices in Education

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https://mytechdecisions.com/mobility/app-mobile-devices-education/?utm_source=integrator-newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=IntegratorNewsletters

The Summary:

The app and mobile devices have cemented their place as the new technology tool for the education space in the early 2000s. Learn more about how they’re being used.

The Excerpt:

Every generation has new opportunities and tools at their disposal, and educational institutions do their best to keep up. Back in the 80s it was personal computers. In the 90s it was the internet. And today, since the 2007 launch of Apple’s iPhone, it’s mobile devices and the app in education. Much has been written about how Millennials are different than previous generations, in what they ...

The Title: Hy-Vee Dwight Vredenburg History Pavilion LED Video Displays

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https://mytechdecisions.com/project-of-the-week/hy-vee-dwight-vredenburg-history-pavilion-led-video-displays/?utm_source=integrator-newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=IntegratorNewsletters

The Summary:

Hy-Vee hired Dimensional Innovations to install a set of NanoLumens LED video displays throughout its new Ron Pearson Center in the Dwight Vredenburg History Pavilion.

The Excerpt:

Hy-Vee, Inc., one of the largest employee-owned companies in the United States, brought the idea of “something old, something new” to its brand new West Des Moines conference and event center by installing cutting-edge NanoLumens curved Nixel Series LED displays in the lobby to show highlights from the company’s rich 87-year history.

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