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Vice Media’s Complete IT Overhaul Relies on Freshservice

Vice Media's "IT" operations relied on unreliable tribal knowledge. Now, with Freshservice, their 1-hour first response SLA is consistently hit.

November 2, 2020 TechDecisions Staff Leave a Comment

Vice Media Group LLC is an American digital media and broadcasting company with media properties and firms in over 30 countries. As their global news sites expanded, so did the number of pain points. To eliminate IT silos, Vice Media has aligned 80% of the organization and plans to go all-in on one IT support […]

Sonoma Valley Hospital Hit With Cyber Attack, Computers Briefly Shut Down

Sonoma Valley Hospital in Sonoma, Calif. reported last week that a security incident shut down its computers as attacks on healthcare sector rise.

October 30, 2020 TD Staff Leave a Comment

Sonoma Valley Hospital in Sonoma, Calif. reported last week that a security incident shut down its computers. In its October 22 notice to patients, the hospital said the October 11 incident “triggered a significant downtime event”: Currently, the Hospital is maintaining operations while computer systems are being fully restored. We have maintained the ability to care […]

Majority of Colleges Give COVID-19 Reopening Plans ‘C’ or Lower

Kaplan asked over 300 college admissions officers to grade their industry’s COVID-19 reopening plans. The results aren't great.

October 30, 2020 TechDecisions Staff Leave a Comment

A survey of admissions offers at colleges across the nation found that a majority rated their industry’s overall COVID-19 reopening plans rather poorly. According to the Kaplan survey, which asked admissions officers at over 300 institutions of higher education to evaluate their industry’s reopening performance as a whole, 4% gave it an A, 36% gave it […]

How to Use Data and Analytics to Make Business Decisions

We look at current examples of data and analytics strategies to help technology managers better understand how to create strategies unique to their organizations.

October 29, 2020 Jonathan Blackwood Leave a Comment

We look at current examples of data and analytics strategies to help technology managers better understand how to create strategies unique to their organizations.

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

The Two Keys to Election Security

Protecting the election ecosystem from rising nation state threats requires good network security and network resilience.

October 20, 2020 Zachary Comeau Leave a Comment

With the 2020 presidential election just two weeks away, cybersecurity officials are warning that the U.S. voting system is not secure as new concerns arise around election tampering from different nation states and other bad actors. According to Todd Rychecky, vice president of network technology provider Opengear’s U.S. unit, the entire voting ecosystem is not […]

Google Introduces New AI Improvements to Search

New artificial intelligence tools are coming to Google's search engine that decipher misspellings and improve search results.

October 19, 2020 Zachary Comeau Leave a Comment

Google is getting new artificial intelligence tools that improve Google’s search service and account for misspellings and provide more accurate search results. The improvements rely heavily on AI and machine learning, including Google’s BERT language understanding system, which is now used in almost every search in English. This will help users find content even if […]

Rural Airport Uses Open Platform Video Monitoring for Security

October 19, 2020 TechDecisions Staff Leave a Comment

The Jackson Hole Airport (JAC) lies seven miles north of Jackson, Wyo., at the base of the Teton mountains. It is unique for being entirely within Grand Teton National Park. Jackson Hole Airport is the busiest airport in the state, with nearly 500,000 in-bound passengers annually. The airport covers over 500 acres and has one runway […]