by David Mengert | Feb 2, 2015 | Clouds, IT Blueprint, Security, Technology, Training
Three simple steps prevent delivering breakthrough experiences for the bad guys. The choice is yours whether to take action or not.. “For the third time in the last couple of weeks, Adobe is dealing with a zero day vulnerability in Flash. The company is working...
by Dan | Oct 14, 2014 | Clouds, Desktop Apps, IT Blueprint, MSO 365, Security, Technology
Three simple reasons that upgrading makes sense now: Always The has been huge growth in data over the past few years. Big data this and big data that. Where do we put it and what do we do with it? We actually have plenty of places to put it all… 16k is how many...
by David Mengert | Sep 4, 2014 | Clouds, Security, Technology
Home Depot Breach Today’s Home Depot breach is another in the series of cracks that show up weekly in companies security portfolios. Information that I received this morning, Home Depot did the right thing and came clean about the breach. Big corporations, the US...
by Dan | Sep 3, 2014 | Clouds, Desktop Apps, IT Blueprint, Security, Technology
Windows 8.1 Pro Opportunity Tuesday 8/9 The Windows 8.1 pro opportunity is easy for people. Many of our clients have taken the opportunity and are enjoying the benefits of easier work desktop, secure transparency to other devices. “Do you ever use your PC for work?”...
by David Mengert | Aug 30, 2014 | IT Blueprint, Security, Technology
Defense in depth Defense in depth is the only answer. The question is what are people and businesses to do about the growing security threats? Tekmar has been providing comprehensive Threat Protection since the late 1990s. Many in our industry are getting on the...
by David Mengert | Aug 16, 2014 | Clouds, Security, Technology, Training
All internet users should beware when updating their systems. Business people should push back against busy work. Busy work is the part of business that makes more work but does not get you nearer to your goals. All kinds of busy work are a drain on good energy needed...
by David Mengert | Aug 12, 2014 | Clouds, Security, Technology, Web presence
Great content: What that means This man is not Weird Al’s Father In July on a simple mission – find a better language resource I searched many sights. There are millions of good blogs and web sites. Most have genuinely fine information and stories that have an...
by David Mengert | Aug 1, 2014 | Security, Technology
Reputation risk A security breach is a big reputation risk. Reputation risk is the number one concern of members of boards of directors at medium and large businesses. This statistic is the same for the second year in a row. It actually increased. According to the...
by David Mengert | Jul 30, 2014 | Clouds, Security, Technology
Net Neutrality EFF to FCC: Defend the Neutral Internet: Agency Must Abandon Dangerous Traffic-Discrimination Plan The Internet is a network of networks. People often talk about it as the cloud today, but that is a marketing term. It is the same Net we businesses and...
by David Mengert | Jul 12, 2014 | Clouds, IT Blueprint, Security, Technology
The anti-Microsoft attitude is curious. The Mac PC war rages on even though both are less dominant brands than they recently were. The anti-Microsoft approach is especially interesting when expressed by people and companies whose practices are built around PCs and...
by David Mengert | Jun 19, 2014 | Clouds, Desktop Apps, IT Blueprint, Security, Uncategorized
Another New malware exploit spreading calls for renewed vigilance. A new malware exploit spreading the Zeus Trojan via phishing messages is at work on the internet. It was discovered by researchers early Wednesday. People launching these malware and viruses are...
by Dan | Jun 6, 2014 | Clouds, IT Blueprint, Security
Reset the Net for safer browsing Reset the net is an initiative to take back privacy on the internet. It was a day targeting privacy and security on the net. The mission statement: We can’t stop targeted attacks, but we can stop mass surveillance, by building...
by David Mengert | Jun 4, 2014 | Clouds, Desktop Apps, IT Blueprint, Security
Privacy in search engines is rare. This is just sad but true. Mostly, because the best results from the hyped information super highway turned out to be selling focused ads. One reason Apple announced DuckDuckGo as a default browser choice in new Safari releases...
by David Mengert | Jun 2, 2014 | Clouds, IT Blueprint, MSO 365, Security, Training
Vision and Mission Vision and mission are critical concepts in regard to your IT Blueprint. Not in the business management and strategy sense, but with a getting the most out of one’s technology investment formula. What do you see the cog doing for you and your...
by Dan | May 23, 2014 | Clouds, Security
Security measures need to be applied today at or near ones information systems. http://www.whitehouse.gov/sites/default/files/microsites/ostp/PCAST/pcast_cybersecurity_nov-2013.pdf When Adobe was attacked last October, The NY Times reported that there was evidence...