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InfoComm 2020

AVIXA Cancels InfoComm 2020 Because of ‘Concern for the Health and Safety’ of Worldwide Audience Due to Coronavirus

InfoComm, the largest pro AV show in North America, is canceled. AVIXA management is exploring other options to deliver some scheduled content to attendees.

March 30, 2020 Zachary Comeau Leave a Comment

AVIXA announced this morning that InfoComm 2020, the largest annual pro AV show in North America, is being canceled due to “concern for the health and safety of our exhibitors, attendees, partners and staff.” To be clear, the 2020 edition of the show—set for June 13 to 19 in Las Vegas—will not be rescheduled for […]

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school safety grants

Over $83M in DOJ School Safety Grants Now Available

OJP school safety grants support wide array of services, such as programs designed to tighten school security and improve the reporting of threats.

March 26, 2020 TechDecisions Staff Leave a Comment

Over $83 million in Department of Justice grants is available to help communities improve school security and protect students, teachers and faculty from threats of violence, according to a recent announcement from U.S. Attorney Bill Powell. “Schools should be a safe haven for students, a place to learn and grow. No child, parent, or educator should […]

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Cybersecurity, K-12

Cybersecurity Incidents at K-12 Schools Nearly Tripled in 2019, Report Says

For the first time since the K-12 Cybersecurity Resource Center began collecting data, schools have canceled classes or closed due to cybersecurity attacks.

March 25, 2020 TD Staff Leave a Comment

As schools become increasingly reliant on technology for teaching and learning, it is putting them at greater risk for cybersecurity incidents, which is apparent in the findings of a new cybersecurity report. “The State of K-12 Cybersecurity: 2019 Year in Review,” released by the K-12 Cybersecurity Resource Center, found there were 348 cybersecurity incidents reported at 336 K-12 […]

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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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CompTIA course

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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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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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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