When customers move to the cloud, one of the questions they ask almost immediately is, “How do I access my data if the internet goes down?” Customers need to know you have a strategy for redundancy for every cloud product. “The concept of having reliable and redundant access to the internet is not new,” says […]
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Everything You Need to Know About the Dyn DDoS Cyberattack
The cyberattack on DNS provider Dyn created outages on sites as massive as Twitter and Amazon. What happened?
If you’ve been on the internet in the past few weeks you’ve heard about the large scale cyberattack on DNS provider Dyn. On October 21, major websites including Twitter, Amazon, Spotify, Reddit, PayPal, Airbnb, Wired, Pinterest, and more experienced outages. The common thread? Each of these sites used Dyn as their upstream DNS provider. A […]
How to Be Strategic and Frugal When Purchasing Instructional Materials
These steps help district leaders choose the right materials at the right price.
The superintendent of a large suburban district recently told his cabinet that the theme for this school year is to be “strategic and frugal” with district funds. The same message has likely been conveyed in many districts. Districts spend more on instructional materials (IMs) than on any other annual purchase, so IM purchasing practices have […]
Video Wall Installation in Acuity Insurance Auditorium
Acuity Insurance is a vital and growing insurance company in Wisconsin. They are a close knit and collaborative culture that was in need of a new and dynamic meeting space for their quarterly town halls. They wanted to maintain their culture through rapid growth, and wanted to expand the campus yet keep the spaces between […]
The Importance of the Cloud for Treasury Management Systems
When it comes to changing the way they’ve always done things, financial professionals want to be shown, not told.
No organization should leap into major changes without thorough analysis and a clear demonstration that what’s being recommended is going to work. And when we’re talking about the critically important and highly confidential business of treasury management, such skepticism is especially appropriate. Financial data is highly sensitive, after all. If we keep all of our […]
How an Outsider Transformed a School District’s Security Structure
Kevin Wren’s determination and versatility helped him change the way a city approaches school security.
In 2013, Kevin Wren stood in front of the Board of Rock Hill Schools and held up a picture of a local high school football team in a huddle. Wren, the district’s newly hired director of risk, safety and management, was trying to explain the importance of teamwork and drilling to board members. It was […]
Growing Businesses Should Keep Their Heads in the Cloud
By moving business models to the cloud, companies can improve agility, productivity, and speed of implementation and deployment.
Quick—name four wildly successful companies that are easily accessed through mobile devices. Did Facebook come to mind? What about Uber? Alibaba? Airbnb? Even if you didn’t name the aforementioned companies, it’s likely you’re familiar with or have even been a customer to these businesses at some point. These companies represent the epitomy of what other […]
Knitting Your District Together with Digital Signage
Digital signage is an invaluable resource for K-12 schools, but it doesn’t have to be limited to just individual institutions.
With just a bit of planning, you can unify your whole school district using the power of modern visual communications. When it’s web-based, your digital signage system isn’t locked into a single location – it can go literally anywhere there’s an internet connection. Each school can have their own playlists of messages, with information relevant […]
Mondopad Installation in Meadows Office Interiors
Meadows Office Interiors recently moved their Manhattan headquarters to the iconic Lipstick Building. The executive management team, consisting of CEO Sheri David, COO Marissa Allen, and Chairwomen Rosalie Edson, designed a state-of-the-art working showroom facility including conference space, as well as formal and informal meeting spaces to showcase the beautiful and seamless integration of technology […]
How to Handle Internet of Things Security
A world of Internet of Things is a world where your network has billions of possible entryways for hackers.
Here are some hard truths. The Internet of Things is coming to business. You’re going to need to adopt it in some fashion if you want to survive. When you do, your network will be more susceptible to being hacked than ever. At last week’s Internet of Things Security Summit in Boston, professionals from all […]
