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Election Vendor Hacked

Report: Election Vendor’s Internal Systems Hacked

According to Reuters, a company that provides software for elections told its customers that its internal systems have been hacked.

September 25, 2020 Zachary Comeau Leave a Comment

For the last few months during the COVID-19 pandemic and leading up to the 2020 U.S. president election, cybersecurity experts are being extremely vigilant and are warning of increasing attacks against federal agencies and enterprises. And now, according to Reuters, election vendors are being targeted. Tyler Technologies, a company that makes products used by U.S. […]

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Some Schools Are Reporting Large Numbers of COVID Violations: Can Tech Help?

Texas State Teachers Association reports over 3,700 safety violations across nearly 200 districts. Do tech managers have a role in preventing them?

September 25, 2020 Adam Forziati Leave a Comment

Our sister site Campus Safety cites a recent report which found that many Texas schools are not following state coronavirus safety guidelines. The Texas State Teachers Association (TSTA) distributed a survey and found more than 650 of its members from 135 districts reported issues in 12 categories, including inadequate ventilation, lack of personal protective equipment (PPE) and cleaning […]

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AI Automation burnout

Microsoft to Exclusively License OpenAI’s GPT-3 Model

Microsoft is partnering with artificial intelligence research firm OpenAI to exclusively license the groundbreaking autoregressive language model GPT-3.

September 24, 2020 Zachary Comeau Leave a Comment

Microsoft is partnering with artificial intelligence research firm OpenAI to exclusively license the firm’s autoregressive language model GPT-3. In a blog on Microsoft’s official website, Microsoft’s Executive Vice President and Chief Technology Officer Kevin Scott said the company will leverage the technical innovation to develop and deliver advanced AI solutions for Microsoft customers and create […]

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Honeywell 60, NDAA Section 889

Honeywell 60 Series IP Cameras Comply with NDAA Section 889

Honeywell 60 Series IP cameras and the 30 Series eNVRs designed for use as part of video systems and comply with NDAA, Section 889.

September 24, 2020 TechDecisions Staff Leave a Comment

Honeywell has launched the 60 Series line of 5MP IP cameras and the 30 Series Embedded Network Video Recorders (eNVR). The 60 Series is said to offer greater detail than legacy camera and recorder solutions, and are well suited for users who want fast notification and verification of potential threats and responses. The 5MP video delivers […]

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IT spending, budget, Gartner

How IT Pros Can Earn Budget from Key Stakeholders

If you’re an IT pro technology manager that wants to implement a new project, the first step is getting the go ahead from those that approve the budget.

September 24, 2020 Jonathan Blackwood Leave a Comment

As a technology manager in the IT department, a major part of your job will be researching, estimating, and justifying the purchase of technology for your organization. However, you’ll rarely be the one to approve the technology budget. Often, someone from management or the C-Suite is going to come to you with an initiative for […]

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Microsoft Ignite

Microsoft Announces New Features, Products at Ignite

Unified communicaiton, cloud services and security tools highlight announcements made at Microsoft's annual Ignite conference.

September 23, 2020 Zachary Comeau Leave a Comment

Microsoft’s annual Ignite conference from Tuesday to Thursday, has already been eventful for the myriad of new products and features the company has unveiled. Many of the new tools are designed to help companies meet the challenge of doing business in the COVID-19 era and hybrid work. Here’s a look at some innovations in Office […]

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Avocor 55-inch collaboration displays

Avocor ReleasingThree 55-inch Collaboration Displays

Avocor has released three new 55-inch collaboration displays designed to meet the needs of remote and hybrid work and learning.

September 23, 2020 Zachary Comeau Leave a Comment

Avocor has released three new 55-inch collaboration displays designed to meet the needs of remote and hybrid work as well as distance and in-person learning. According to the company, the displays are designed for home offices, dedicated remote learning areas, huddle rooms and other conferencing spaces across the enterprise. The three new offerings are the […]

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College IT: Did You Know about These Fire Regulation Changes?

New fire regulations in some areas require low frequency sounders due to these devices being more effective at waking “at-risk” individuals.

September 23, 2020 TechDecisions Staff Leave a Comment

Our sister site Campus Safety reports that the 2010 edition of NFPA 72, National Fire Alarm and Signaling Code, there are requirements in both Chapter 18, Notification Appliances and 29, Single- and Multiple-Station Alarms and Household Signaling Systems, that sleeping areas have low frequency sounders. This requirement was added to NFPA 72 based on research that was conducted […]

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Salesforce Einstein GPT

Salesforce to Roll Out Virtual Selling Enhancements for Pandemic Era Sales

Salesforce Meetings and other virtual selling tools will be released in the coming months to help sales reps succeed in COVID-19 era.

September 22, 2020 Zachary Comeau Leave a Comment

Salesforce is rolling out several new features in Sales Cloud as part of its virtual selling suite to help sales teams do their job through video meetings amid the COVID-19 pandemic. Highlining the new features is Salesforce Meetings, a new meeting management system that helps sales representatives during all phases of a virtual meetings. The […]

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