October is Cyber Security Month; this first week focuses on staying safe at home and on home devices. When we prepare networks and firewall settings for our K-12 clients, we are often asked to block access to social media and blogging sites. Our settings can restrict students from accessing these on the school internet connection, […]
Custom Admin Roles in GSuite
As more schools are utilizing Chromebooks and GSuite, schools are finding that it is helpful to have multiple staff members on campus that have password reset rights in the GSuite console. There are several levels of administrative roles built into the console, and the ability to quickly develop custom roles if you want staff to […]
Keeping Your School Gmail Safe
Several times a year, we see waves of phishing and spam attacks cycle through K-12 email domains. Our K-12 schools are tightly connected with other districts – sharing staff, AEA services, vendors and more, so spam emails are quickly spread and quickly read, infecting inboxes of students, patrons, staff and more. When Google sees a […]
Lenovo Transform 2.0
Company President and Resident Geek, Joel Althoff, is heading to New York City this week as a guest and participant at Lenovo’s Transform 2.0 event. Althoff’s participation accompanies a major Lenovo announcement at the September 13 event. Althoff will also be available throughout the conference as a booth expert and brand ambassador. Lenovo offered five […]
What’s a Chromebook?
Each summer, we handle a wide variety of Chromebook duties for area K-12 schools. It may simply be the sale and delivery of new models, or may include setup and enrollment of new and/or existing models as well. Staff and students have reached a point in technology adoption that a Chromebook is a fairly […]