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How Green Design Impacts Corporate Applications

Many market drivers are influencing building space design, and the implementation of new technology for corporate environments.

January 9, 2017 Jim Young and Shana Longo Leave a Comment

The green technology landscape continues to evolve beyond being simply “green”. It has grown to encompass a broad range of high performance attributes, including the desire for spaces that are resource efficient and sustainable, but are also active, human-centric, and even resilient. These attributes reflect a growing attention to the status of the building occupant, […]

3 Areas the AV Industry Can Improve on in 2017

The AV industry can always get better. Tim Albright offers three ways it can improve in 2017.

January 8, 2017 Tim Albright Leave a Comment

There was a significant amount of negativity toward 2016. Yes, some great stars passed from our existence, and it lasted up to the last day of the year. The AV industry even got in on the “2016 is the worst year ever” with a New Year’s Eve performance by Mariah Carey that went up in […]

University of Charleston Innovation Center Video Walls

January 6, 2017 TechDecisions Staff Leave a Comment

Just this month, the University of Charleston in W. Va. opened its all new Innovation Center, a dedicated space for students to enjoy live sporting events and connect with their peers. The Tech Decision During the building process, the University decided to incorporate innovative technology that would truly establish an engaging environment. To do so, […]

What is Cyber Security?

Infographic from GTreasury attempts to shed some light on the terms and issues around cyber security.

January 3, 2017 TechDecisions Staff Leave a Comment

What is cyber security? That’s the question that GTreasury, a company that offers a Treasury Management System (TMS), attempts to answer in a recent infographic. First, a primer on what some of the terms surrounding cyber security mean: Spam is electronic junk mail. The term refers to unsolicited, and often times unwanted, email. Spear Phishing […]

What’s the Trouble with Cloud-Powered Hardware?

There could be an expiration date on the hardware that you purchase attached to a services agreement.

January 1, 2017 Matt Whitlock Leave a Comment

I’ve long been a fan of electronic doodads, and as I’ve gotten older that’s made me a bit of a hardware historian. I think it’s the rapid evolution of computers and electronics that has fascinated me, almost to the point of obsession. Having a personal gadget museum isn’t exactly a “normal” thing (listen to ChannelPro […]

Why Becoming a Partner of Tech Providers Helps Schools

A principal shares how collaborating with a classroom audio company helped her serve her students better.

December 29, 2016 Dolores Gribouski, Ed.D. Leave a Comment

When I was the Principal of Columbus Park Elementary School in Worcester, MA, I often had companies try to convince me to buy their products. For the most part, I would say yes or no to what they offered, and that would be the end of it. Once, though, my colleagues and I went beyond […]

How IT Channel Pros Use Digital Signage to be Noticed

Signage technology is becoming a weapon of choice in the on-going battle to grasp the attention of consumers.

December 28, 2016 Rich Freeman Leave a Comment

Late in 2014, researchers in Microsoft’s Canadian subsidiary surveyed 2,000 people to see if the internet, mobile devices, and social media services really were shortening attention spans as widely suspected. The results? On average, study participants could concentrate on one thing for just eight seconds. That’s down from 12 seconds as recently as the year […]

Make Digital Signage Interactive for Today’s Millennial Students

There are many ways to augment digital signage with interactivity to appeal to new generations.

December 26, 2016 Debbie DeWitt Leave a Comment

Call them Generation Y, Generation Now or Millennials – they are already a huge part of the workforce, or attending colleges and universities to get educated and trained. They are easily the most technologically savvy generation in history, using a vast array of interactive technologies to meet, chat, plan, shop and work. It stands to […]

Myths About the Cloud Perpetuate Among IT Pros

Is the old wive's tale that cloud solutions are less secure and more expensive fact or fiction?

December 25, 2016 Rich Freeman Leave a Comment

Large numbers of IT professionals continue to question cloud computing’s cost-effectiveness and security, according to a newly published research study by partner community and managed services tool provider Spiceworks Inc., of Austin, Texas. The survey found that 29 percent of IT workers in North America, Europe, the Middle East, and Africa believe that personal and […]

Who Got Hacked This Week? Dec. 24 Edition

Who and what was hacked this week, December 24th, 2016? Read on to find out.

December 24, 2016 Jonathan Blackwood Leave a Comment

Note: Each week we bring you the latest hacking news on the internet. Read on to find out who and what was hacked this week.   DNSChanger Malware Returns to Hack Routers A malware that infected millions of computers across the world in 2012 is back. Called DNSChanger, the malware exists in advertisements that could […]