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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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CompTIA Makes IT Intro Course Free During COVID-19

CompTIA is making its IT fundamentals online course free of charge for a month due to the international pandemic COVID-19.

March 23, 2020 Zachary Comeau Leave a Comment

If your IT department could use a refresher on the basics or onboard new technicians, now is a good time if have a lot of downtime due to COVID-19. Thanks to information technology trade organization CompTIA, that entry-level educational opportunity is now free. The organization is making its online course on the fundamentals of IT […]

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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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IoT technology smart cities

Why IoT Technology is Critical to the Elusive Smart City

Smart cities, like smart people, tend to be smart in different ways. IoT technology is helping both flourish in this new age.

March 19, 2020 Gautam Goswami Leave a Comment

Would you recognize a smart city if you saw one? For all the talk about smart cities over the past decade, there’s actually very little agreement about what they should look like. Candidates that have been touted as smart city examples are remarkably different from one another. There are some who even believe that the […]

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Zoom Channel

Zoom Expands Channel Partnerships With New Referral Program

Zoom expands its relationship with technology distributors with new program and partnerships with AVANT Communications, Intelisys, Pax8 and Telarus.

March 9, 2020 Zachary Comeau Leave a Comment

Zoom Video Communications has expanded its relationship with technology distributors by widening its global channel partner program, the launch of a new referral partner program and new partnerships with AVANT Communications, Intelisys, Pax8 and Telarus. In a press release, Zoom said these new partnerships with those firms, called Master Agents, expand the company’s global channel […]

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endpoint security

Survey Respondents ‘Very Concerned’ About Endpoint Security, Says IT Security Conference Survey

Endpoint security survey results underscore need for resilience-focused security approaches & investments as attackers continue to exploit vulnerabilities.

March 6, 2020 TechDecisions Staff Leave a Comment

Absolute, the endpoint resilience company, announces key insights from a survey of this year’s RSA Conference attendees to gauge where security and IT leaders are focusing their security investments, strategies, and resources with the ever-increasing concerns over endpoint security. Of the nearly 100 respondents, with most holding the position of a manager/supervisor or C-level executive, […]

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How Schools in the U.S. Prepare for Coronavirus

Some schools are preparing for extended closings by preparing online lessons and/or instructional packets. IT departments should help coordinate.

March 5, 2020 TechDecisions Staff Leave a Comment

Many school districts across the U.S. are updating their plans for preparing for possible closures surrounding the spread of coronavirus. Although health officials indicate the risk of exposure to the virus is still extremely low, when asked if there is a plan to close U.S. schools if the virus continues to spread, Health and Human […]

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Coronavirus Videoconferencing

Videoconferencing Companies Offer Expanded, Free Services to Help Coronavirus Workers, Transition to Remote Work

Remote work companies like Google, Zoom, LogMeIn and BlueJeans are expanding offerings to help coronavirus workers and customers adapt to remote working.

March 4, 2020 Zachary Comeau Leave a Comment

As the world begins to deal with the impacts from the novel coronavirus, communication in your company will undoubtedly become challenging. That’s even more true for workers on the frontlines battling COVID-19 in industries like healthcare, government and education. To help the world cope with the effects and keep businesses operating and frontline workers operational, […]

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Microsoft Adds New Outlook Integration, Other Features to Teams

New Microsoft Teams features include a new integration with Outlook, new collaboration features, file syncing and expanded cloud recording capabilities.

March 4, 2020 Zachary Comeau Leave a Comment

Microsoft finished February by adding several new features to unified communications and collaboration platform Teams, including a new integration with Outlook, new collaboration features, file syncing and expanded cloud recording capabilities. In a blog post last week, the company highlighted the new features that are either already available or are set to become available shortly. […]

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