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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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VuWall

VuWall Releases Free Visualization Tool to Help Coordinators on the Front Lines of COVID-19 Response

VuWall is offering its VuWall2 visualization tool as a free download, allowing organizations fighting COVID-19 to create a temporary video wall solution.

March 24, 2020 TD Staff Leave a Comment

Managing the overflow of information as the coronavirus outbreak continues across the U.S. and around the world has become a complex challenge for everyone involved. VuWall is looking to partner with those who are on the front lines working to keep communities safe and healthy by offering its VuWall2 visualization tool as a free download, allowing organizations to […]

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Building Control & Automation ROI: Time, Cost Savings and Efficiency

Building control and automation systems can bring considerable returns to both facility managers and occupants via time, cost savings and efficiency.

March 24, 2020 Zachary Comeau Leave a Comment

Have you ever wanted to have more control over your building’s infrastructure and thought your organization would benefit greatly if you didn’t have to spend so much time managing the facility? Maybe you’ve thought to yourself that if only you could automate some functions of your facility, you’d save a lot of money and resources […]

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Mass Notification System Best Practices: Getting the Most Reach

Cell phones have become incredibly useful mass notification tools, but they can't replace a fully-integrated mass notification system.

March 23, 2020 Richard Roe Leave a Comment

On Jan. 10, 2019, Kevin Limbaugh opened fire and killed Davis, Calif., police officer Natalie Corona. Limbaugh fled, sparking a city-wide manhunt that ended hours later when he killed himself. During the hours-long chaos, the University of California, Davis — which is just blocks from where the rookie officer was killed — sent text and […]

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Topgolf Automation Systems Keeps the Focus on Fun

SAVI Control's SAVI Canvas automation systems and LG webOS digital signage keep customers engaged at Topgolf entertainment venue.

March 23, 2020 TechDecisions Staff Leave a Comment

Topgolf Entertainment Group’s venues connect communities of fans in meaningful ways through technology, entertainment, food and beverage, and the belief that Topgolf is an entertainment destination where one can discover common ground no matter the occasion. The Tech Decision Topgolf venues feature high-tech gaming, climate-controlled hitting bays, a chef-driven menu, hand-crafted cocktails, music, corporate and […]

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Athena Security COVID-19

A Security Company Claims It Can Detect COVID-19

Athena Security's latest threat detection it has added is for COVID-19, the coronavirus that is quickly spreading across the globe.

March 20, 2020 Zachary Comeau Leave a Comment

Athena Security is an AI surveillance startup that created a platform it claims can stop threats before they happen. The latest threat detection it has added is for COVID-19, the coronavirus that is quickly spreading across the globe. According to the company’s website, “Our Fever Detection COVID-19 Screening System is now a part of our platform […]

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Atera ESET Integration

Kentucky University & UK Healthcare End Month-Long Malware Attack

Hackers from outside the United States compromised University of Kentucky computer networks to mine cryptocurrency in large malware attack.

March 20, 2020 TechDecisions Staff Leave a Comment

The largest university system in Kentucky recently rebooted its networks after dealing with a large-scale malware attack for a month. Officials say it was the worst in the school’s history. According to officials, the three-hour campus-wide network outage at the University of Kentucky (UK) and UK Healthcare was successful at “mitigating the existing cyber threat,” […]

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Zoom Transparency

Zoom, UC Platforms Are Becoming More Than Just An Enterprise Tool During COVID-19

Zoom's popularity is soaring as people are forced to work from home, but it's not just enterprises who are finding the platform useful.

March 19, 2020 Zachary Comeau Leave a Comment

Zoom, Webex, Microsoft Teams, BlueJeans and other videoconferencing apps were created to help enterprises communicate quickly and effectively. Videoconferencing solutions and apps help organizations save time and money by organizing large meetings with a few clicks. Now, with large parts of the world shut down due to COVID-19, these same apps are becoming a useful […]

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