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online classrooms, Zoom Suspends New Features

Zoom Suspends New Features to Address Security, Transparency

Zoom is suspending any new feature development to fix security flaws just now being discovered due to a massive increase in usage.

April 3, 2020 Zachary Comeau Leave a Comment

After a slew of negative headlines about Zoom’s cybersecurity issues and a lack of transparency about data sharing, Zoom is freezing any new feature development to fix security flaws just now being discovered due to a massive increase in usage. CEO Eric Yuan, in a long blog post, outlined several other steps the company is […]

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higher ed covid response

Higher Ed Tech Managers: This is the Type of COVID Response You Should be Getting from Your A/V People

This is a great example of the kind of campus tech-related higher ed COVID response you should expect from your facility's A/V folks.

March 25, 2020 Josiah Way Leave a Comment

It started Thursday, March 6, 2020. The University of Washington released a statement that all classes would be moved online for the remainder of the quarter. Then Friday came Stanford’s announcement. The dominoes continued to fall. Within the next 48 hours, every major institution in the United States announced some version of transitioning on-campus classes […]

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G Suite Users

G Suite Hits 2 Billion Active Users, Report Says

G Suite, Google’s cloud computing, productivity and collaboration platform now has 2 billion active users as the company looks to compete with Microsoft.

March 13, 2020 Zachary Comeau Leave a Comment

G Suite, Google’s cloud computing, productivity and collaboration platform now has 2 billion active users as the company looks to better compete with Microsoft. The news comes from an Axios interview with Javier Soltero, vice president and general manager of G Suite. However, Soltero didn’t say how any are paid users and how many user […]

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If Your License Plate is Scanned by an Automated License Plate Reader, Your Data Might be at Risk

An audit in California showed that police departments that scanned license plates held onto that data for over five years without regulatory policies, increasing the risk for mishandling people’s personal information.

March 3, 2020 Jessica Messier Leave a Comment

An audit in California showed that police departments that scanned license plates held onto that data for over five years without regulatory policies, increasing the risk for mishandling people’s personal information.

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WhatsApp Ending Support For Older Devices, Platforms

Encrypted messaging app WhatsApp says it is ending support for Windows Phones and devices running Android 2.3.7 and older and iOS 8 and older.

December 30, 2019 Zachary Comeau Leave a Comment

Popular encrypted messaging app WhatsApp will no longer provide support for Windows phones and other older operating systems, the company said in an FAQ posted to its website. Beginning Feb. 1, Android versions 2.3.7 and older and iOS 8 and older will no longer create new accounts or reverify existing accounts. Further, the app can’t […]

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Right to Repair Issue Affects U.S. Military

With many organizations not allowing customers to repair technology they purchased, people are finding it more difficult to take care of their items - including the U.S. military.

December 19, 2019 Jessica Messier Leave a Comment

With many organizations not allowing customers to repair technology they purchased, people are finding it more difficult to take care of their items – including the U.S. military.

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SQL server, PayGo, SIOS DataKeeper

PayGo Ensures High Availability of SQL Server with SIOS DataKeeper

PayGo's use of their SQL Server’s transaction logging to protect data could not ensure high availability, so they sought out a SIOS DataKeeper solution.

December 16, 2019 Jonathan Blackwood Leave a Comment

PayGo is an integrated utility payment solution provider that manages the largest energy company prepay programs in the United States. They’re currently running four production environments in AWS, with another coming online soon, and SQL Server 2017 Standard Edition running on Windows Server 2012 R2. The company plans to migrate to Windows Server 2019 after […]

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