Not all scary things go bump in the dark, slither into your nightmares or crawl out of TV screens. If you think you know yourself, try going up against your own technology. In this haunting time, we take a look at some of the technology that might just keep you up at night. For all […]
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Author: Paul Reiner, Kalles Group As a long time Identity & Access Management (IAM) consultant, I routinely hear IT departments bemoaning the cost and complexity of managing security groups. It seems that over the course of time, the company has lost track of a security group’s purpose and owner so they no longer can determine
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Remember the movie Minority Report, where advanced analytics and supercomputing was able to predict where the next crime would take place and a special police unit was able to arrest murderers before they committed their crime? Well, that technology is not just for Hollywood anymore. Pre-crime technologies are already here The following pre-crime technologies already
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The other day I was searching for a WiFi connection on my phone, and noticed a disclaimer before I connected to a public network. It warned me to be aware of my activity on this type of network because, well, my activity was open for anyone to see. I’d always known to be careful on
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When I was a kid, it was my dream to explore the seas as a marine biologist. In my teens, I wanted to be a funky drummer in a rock band. During my college days, I honed in on my writing skills and got a degree in journalism. Today, I’m still exploring what I can
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Ah, fall. The air is crisp, the leaves are beginning to turn, the apples are ripe for picking….and your desk is a mess. Why not borrow from the freshly sharpened pencils and organized lockers/backpacks/lunch boxes of kids back in school and strive to increase your productivity? Here are five innovative tips: Take advantage of your
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Customer relationship management (CRM) refers to the practices, strategies, and technologies that companies use to manage and analyze customer interactions and data throughout the customer lifecycle, with the goal of improving business relationships with customers, assisting in customer retention, and driving sales growth. CRM systems are designed to compile information on customers across different channels,
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No, it’s not your imagination — Seattle businesses are growing at something approaching the speed of light. The 2016 Inc. 5000 list of America’s fastest-growing private companies over the past three years includes 140 from Washington state (according to Puget Sound Business Journal’s Becky Monk), most of them in the Seattle area. We asked a few of
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Last month in my office, I came across a word I’d never heard of before – DevOps. It wasn’t long after I cracked a little joke about another lazily shortened, tech-lingo version of “Developer Operations” that my coworker turned to me with a moment of education about this cultural movement many businesses are adopting. By
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ITIL, or Information Technology Infrastructure Library, is a comprehensive set of best practices that are used to develop and execute IT service management (ITSM). Benefits of ITIL include increased competitive advantage through cost reduction, improved quality of internal and third-party IT services, optimization of service delivery across the supply chain, moving from a reactive to
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Not a month goes by these days without hearing in the news about a high-profile hack attack of a major national brand. As an employee why should you care about working for a company that invests in information security? Information is the heart of any organization, and yet each year, companies stand to lose millions
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In today’s world, the concept of “cloud” is very common; cloud refers to storing and using data and programs online instead of on a physical computer or server. This has changed how businesses work and is a popular topic of discussion online and in meetings. Some companies have started using the cloud, but many still
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