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Self Service Temperature Scan

FeverWarn Self Service Temperature Scan Solution for Schools, Hospitals

FeverWarn self service temperature scan monitors individuals via their fist by detecting infrared radiation energy and wavelength distribution.

October 9, 2020 TechDecisions Staff Leave a Comment

MachineSense, a technology company, introduces FeverWarn, a no-contact, self-service thermal scanning solution that is said to provide reliable results in an orderly fashion, allowing for the recommended six feet of social distancing. FeverWarn, an IoT-based system, measures temperatures of individuals through their fist in one second or less. Users place their fists under the scanner, […]

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Smart Building Assessment

Telecomm Industry Association Launches Smart Building Assessment Program

SPIRE Smart Building Assessment designed to help building owners and operators make better informed investment decisions, more.

October 5, 2020 TechDecisions Staff Leave a Comment

The Telecommunications Industry Association (TIA), representing the manufacturers and suppliers of high-tech communications networks, have announced the SPIRE Smart Building Program, said to be the first-and-only objective assessment and rating program for smart buildings. Created in a partnership between the two organizations, SPIRE provides an assessment of connected technologies within buildings, delivering insights, benchmarks and […]

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Microsoft Digital Defense Report

Microsoft’s Digital Defense Report Details Increasing Cyber Threats

Microsoft's Digital Defense Report details advanced cyber threats facing the world and sophistication with which hackers and cybercriminals are operating.

September 30, 2020 Zachary Comeau Leave a Comment

A new annual report from Microsoft details the advanced threats and sophistication with which hackers and cybercriminals are attempting to infiltrate our networks and IT systems. The Digital Defense Report, released Tuesday, covers cybersecurity trends from the past year and “makes it clear that threat actors have rapidly increased in sophistication over the past year, […]

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IT Budget Pricing

How IT Pros Can Determine Pricing

Determining how much the company will pay for a product or services involves leadership, research, route market reevaluation and security.

September 30, 2020 Zachary Comeau Leave a Comment

When it comes time to set your IT budget and get it approved by your organization’s leadership, there are several things to keep in mind as you navigate the sea of service providers, vendors, manufacturers, and dealers to determine how much your organization will pay for critical products and services. This involves conversation with leadership […]

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Microsoft Ignite

Microsoft Announces New Features, Products at Ignite

Unified communicaiton, cloud services and security tools highlight announcements made at Microsoft's annual Ignite conference.

September 23, 2020 Zachary Comeau Leave a Comment

Microsoft’s annual Ignite conference from Tuesday to Thursday, has already been eventful for the myriad of new products and features the company has unveiled. Many of the new tools are designed to help companies meet the challenge of doing business in the COVID-19 era and hybrid work. Here’s a look at some innovations in Office […]

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Crestron 4-Series

Crestron Releases 4-Series Control Systems

Crestron its 4-Series control systems are the company's fastest, most powerful and secure systems company has ever built.

August 31, 2020 TD Staff Leave a Comment

The number of devices and building systems on networks continues to increase, as does the need to intelligently and efficiently control various technologies. Crestron says it has the ideal solution with its just-released line of 4-Series control systems, which the company calls “the fastest, most powerful and secure the company has ever built” in today’s […]

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PyroFarms is Creating a Sustainable Lighting Source with Bioluminescence

Are bioluminescent dinoflagellates - sold by PyroFarms - the future of sustainable lighting? ...Wait, what the heck are those?

August 20, 2020 Adam Forziati Leave a Comment

Bioluminescence is the science of tiny, light-emitting plankton — and it might be a source of sustainable, zero-energy lighting if harnessed at scale. That’s what PyroFarms hopes for, anyway. A report from Grit Daily recently covered the company. It explored how they harness bioluminescent dinoflagellates, the glowing things, to create small, focused light sources which […]

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Intelligent Assistant Regional Accent Alexa

Research: Alexa Devices Vulnerable to Hacking

Virtual assistants and IoT devices are inherently vulnerable to cyber attacks, including Alexa devices, according to Check Point.

August 13, 2020 Zachary Comeau Leave a Comment

New research from Check Point suggests that Alexa is not as secure as we thought. Alexa, Amazon’s virtual assistant which is becoming a larger presence in the enterprise, is not immune to outside attacks because its subdomains are vulnerable to Corss-Origin Resource Sharing (CORS) misconfiguration and Cross Site Scripting, Check Point researchers wrote. “Using the […]

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HID Location Services, Workplace distancing

HID Location Services Automate Distancing, Contact Tracing

HID Location Services for Workplace Safety app leverages fobs which can alert employees when they are closer than 6 feet.

June 24, 2020 TechDecisions Staff Leave a Comment

HID Global has added new additions to its HID Location Services IoT platform which streamline the management of workplace distancing and contact tracing. The new HID Location Services for Workplace Safety physical distancing application leverages Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) HID BEEKS Aware fobs that alert employees when they are closer than 6 feet (2 meters) for a […]

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