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 […]
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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 […]
Facebook Privacy
One topic we always include in our security conversations with clients, even though it may not be business-focused, is social media privacy. We remind users to take a look at who can see their data, which apps and services they share data with, and evaluate whether the sharing of their data could have negative implications. […]
IoT: Internet of Things
The Internet of Things (IoT) is a growing mass of connected devices from cars to smartphones to wireless wearable products. Depending on who you listen to, IoT will reach either 26 billion or over 200 billion devices by 2020. Market size estimates convey a similar range, with experts predicting IoT will become a $1.9 trillion […]