Imagine a water purity inspector not knowing the source of the water being inspected. Certainly the analysis tools do not care, but knowing the source of contaminated water is important to assure the contamination is eliminated. But in the data wo...

There is a story about a fellow who goes to a Doctor because of head pain. The General Practitioner sends him to see a specialist. The next day the fellow sees a specialist.  The specialist tells him that he has a problem in his nose.

“Ca...

In recent years, companies began facing the question of deploying a cloud-based email platform. The cloud model has been hailed for its cost saving and flexibility benefits. On the flipside, keeping email on-premise allows for greater control and security. Companies that do decide to mo...

To increase the awareness in the local market we cement ourselves into certain industries. This not only helps us with building our credibility, it also helps secure our reputation as the leader in the particular industry that we target.

We have a company philosophy that we want to “Create a Better Experience”. This is the same mod...

Pre-Event Preparation for Success at Events

Wes Sherman, President, The IT Summit

Why do you attend technology trade shows and conferences? For the education? Sure. To see new solutions? Of course. To develop business connections? EXACTLY! You need to prepare for each event to successfully develop business relat...

Rueben Orr, CPP

“What is in a name? That which we call a rose by any other name would smell as sweet.” – Shakespeare

I continue to be amused when I meet new people in the security industry who refer to themselves as Security Integrators.  I don’t know why people feel the need to give themselves fancy sounding t...

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Federal Rules of Civil Procedure (FRCP)

FRCP is the set of rules that govern and determine how and what is required during a civil litigation. It covers many aspects of litigation in great detail, including pleadings, motions, disclosures etc. More importantly, the amendments made i...

by Rick Bauer

As the class of 2010 graduates into the deepest economic downturn since the Great Depression, the prospects for employment are bleaker than in anytime I can remember. For high school graduates under 25 and not in college, the aver...

Why are you in business? To deliver your products and services? To support your industry? To give back? To do good while doing well? Sure. There are plenty of reasons you’re in business. But the bottom line is your bottom line. You are in business to make a profit. Everything you have and do contributes to your profitability. Your ...

Touchstone Behavioral Health

There are only two types of connected organizations: those who are currently remediating a security breach, and those who are actively under attack. The “script-kiddies” have grown up, and skills honed penetrating networks 10 years ago are now being used to harvest confidential data ...