Businesses are increasingly reliant on technology. This means that keeping your IT systems secure is more important than ever. One of the most important ways to do this is to patch your systems regularly. Patches are updates that fix security vulnerabilities in software. By installing patches, you can help to protect your systems from cyberattacks....
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In today’s digital age, data breaches, and cyber attacks are becoming increasingly common. To protect their systems and data, IT departments must implement robust security practices, including monitoring and alerting software and password management tools. These tools can help IT techs keep a closer eye on their network, detect real-time issues, and prevent unauthorized access....
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Software is the backbone of most companies in today’s modern, connected world. But, software is also expensive. In a time of economic uncertainty, it can be challenging for IT departments to provide what companies need without blowing through a budget. IT spending is on track to increase in 2023, or at least remain flat, without...
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Governments of all levels provide a massive breadth of services. Unfortunately, the average user does not know about these services or cannot easily navigate them because there are so many. Government services can also be confusing to outside users. Technical language, for example, can create a barrier between the government and the residents and visitors...
"Enterprise Service Catalogs for CIOs and CEOs in K-12, Higher-Ed and State & Local Government: State & Local Government Examples"Read more
Education is a complex, frequently changing environment with many end users. From staff to students to family members and the community at large, there can be thousands of people with a stake in education. That means thousands of people who have wants and needs, all of whom expect prompt, high-quality service. This is a big...
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What is an Enterprise Service Catalog (ESC)?An ESC lists all the services an enterprise offers to employees or clients. In the case of higher ed and state or local government, the enterprise service catalog is essentially a database of everything the public service offers to stakeholders. It is a single source of accurate information about...
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Summary of the Situation The CDC has announced that there are 720,630 cases of COVID-19 in the US alone, and 2,407,537 globally. The World Health Organization has already classified this outbreak as a pandemic and it continues to spread across the globe. Schools, restaurants and many companies have closed and it seems like a large...
NOTE to readers: These first two paragraphs of comments in April 2020 lend perspective to a working-from-home [WFH] situation forced upon many. Future readers will also benefit from this perspective whether a WFH situation is part of a planned strategy – or is part of a survival response. We’ve said it a couple of times...
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In leadership, one of the most important skills is knowing how and when to delegate. But when all of your employees are working from home and in some cases where teammates are in different time zones, delegating can be a bit challenging and confusing. We’ve gathered some tips from various sources on how to handle...
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Now that “working from home” has become the new normal for many organizations, let’s also become productivity geniuses while we’re all inside our lovely homes with our family. Advantages Obvious advantages with this work environment include having adaptable around the work hours, being much more in control of the flow of our day, and the...
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