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Password Security

Study: Tiny Visual Cues Can Give Hackers Your Password On Video Calls

A hacking method uncovered by researchers relies on tiny visual cues and an algorithm to guess a user's password over a video call.

November 10, 2020 Zachary Comeau Leave a Comment

Remote work has brought with it a host of cybersecurity challenges, exacerbated by the surge in use of popular videoconferencing platforms like Zoom, Microsoft Teams, Google Meet and others. Those companies have been active in enhancing the security controls for those applications, but one new hacking method uncovered by researchers from the University of Texas […]

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Cloud CRM benefits

5 Reasons Why You Should Choose a Cloud CRM for Your Business

If your business or org is considering customer relationship management, here are a few key cloud CRM benefits that might help cement your decision.

November 5, 2020 Akhilesh Kumar Nandwana Leave a Comment

Customer relationship management is one of the most important aspects of a business. That’s precisely why enterprises invest a lot of money in selecting the right CRM tool. In the last few years, cloud technology has revolutionized the way organizations have adopted CRM. According to an IBM report, in 2008, only 13% of organizations used […]

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Google Meet Virtual Background

Google Begins Rolling Out Virtual Backgrounds in Meet

Google Meet users will soon be able to select from virtual background templates or upload their own image to replace their background during video calls.

November 2, 2020 Zachary Comeau Leave a Comment

Google Meet has now caught up with other videoconferencing and collaboration platforms with the company’s rollout of custom virtual backgrounds for video calls. Google in a Friday blog post announced the feature, which allows users to either select one of Google’s hand-picked backgrounds or upload their own image. Google’s backgrounds include office spaces, landscapes and […]

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Salesforce Einstein GPT

Salesforce Report: Strong Digital Operations Are Helping Businesses Survive Pandemic and Beyond

A new report from Salesforce demonstrates how small-and-medium-sized businesses are using technology to survive COVID-19 and beyond.

October 27, 2020 Zachary Comeau Leave a Comment

A new report from Salesforce demonstrates how small-and-medium-sized businesses are coping with the COVID-19 pandemic and how companies with a strong digital presence are better equipped to weather the storm. The research, the results of the fourth edition of the company’s Small & Medium Business Trends Report, is a culmination of a survey of more […]

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Data Collection

How IT Pros Can Collect Data to Improve Business Operations

To collect data and better understand what their organization needs, IT pros need to deploy the right tools in the right places.

October 27, 2020 Zachary Comeau Leave a Comment

Collecting data on your business’ practices can being about valuable insights and help inform your company’s leaders as they make critical decisions that could affect the organization for years to come. Data like productivity, meeting room utilization, IT infrastructure performance, ticket response time and security analytics can help set the organization up for future success, […]

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Google Meet Duo

ManagedMethods Announces Google Classroom Monitoring, Reporting

Using ManagedMethods, IT administrators can monitor Google Meet sessions, create Meet attendance reports for teachers, and view any Meet sessions.

October 26, 2020 TD Staff Leave a Comment

ManagedMethods, a Google G Suite and Microsoft 365 cybersecurity, student safety, and compliance platform for K-12 schools, has launched its new Google Classroom monitoring and reporting features. The announcement of the newest features comes after the May announcement of the company’s Google Meet monitoring and reporting capabilities. Using ManagedMethods, IT administrators can monitor which Google Meet sessions students […]

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QSC NV-32-H

QSC Adds Q-SYS Processing Capabilities to Reimagined NV-32-H

QSC's new NV-32-H core capable network video endpoint for its Q-SYS Ecosystem allows users to transform the device into a fully capable Q-SYS processor.

October 23, 2020 Zachary Comeau Leave a Comment

AV hardware manufacturer QSC has announced the release of the multipurpose NV-32-H core capable network video endpoint for its Q-SYS Ecosystem that allows users to transform the device into a fully capable Q-SYS processor with local HDMI switching capabilities. The device has been reimagined and developed as a multi-purpose, all-encompassing endpoint that gives meeting room […]

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employee data access

Schools Have to Address These Distance Learning Cybersecurity Threats

As administrators struggle to ensure connectivity and accessibility, many aren’t addressing distance learning cybersecurity threats.

October 22, 2020 TechDecisions Staff Leave a Comment

Perhaps no single industry has struggled to adjust more to COVID-19 than education. The pandemic has greatly accelerated the broad adoption of e-learning solutions. Those school districts that invested in robust IT systems have been validated and are continuing to build out their resources. Meanwhile, those districts that did not already have e-learning technologies in […]

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Google AI Investment, Anthropic, OpenAI, ChatGPT

Google Says Company Mitigated 2.5 Tbps DDoS Attack, Largest Ever

Google says it was the target of a massive 2.5 Tbps DDoS attack in September 2017, the highest bandwidth attack ever reported.

October 21, 2020 Zachary Comeau Leave a Comment

Google says it was the target of a massive 2.5 Tbps DDoS attack in September 2017, the highest bandwidth attack ever reported. In a blog post exploring the growth of distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks, Google revealed that it was the target of a six-month campaign that utilized multiple methods of attack. “Despite simultaneously targeting thousands […]

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