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Windows 7 & Server 2008: What you need to know
All software products have a viable lifespan; none can go on forever. When a Microsoft application or operating system reaches “end of life”, Microsoft will no longer continue to support it. For Microsoft customers, this means there will be no further development of patches, fixes, or security updates. Microsoft products have typically had a lifespan…
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The Right Data Access for Students
Today I had the privilege to discuss this compelling question with school leaders from academic and technology departments across our network of schools. The topic was of the group’s making, and the range of perspectives and mix of environments made for a lively talk and great shared materials. The challenges and benefits of BYOD Bring…
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Cutting the Cord: Getting Rid of Cable
If you’re fed up with cable and ready to cut the cord, you’re not alone. Compared to last year, there are 1.7 million fewer cable subscribers, and that number just keeps growing. Alternatives to cable give people more control over their experience and ensure you’re not just paying for a bunch of channels you never…
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Why your sales team needs Business Intelligence
As a Sales Leader or Head of Sales, you understand the importance of the numbers. You live and die by them, most likely. When it comes to understanding your products, pricing, customers, and of course your revenue, you have to be on top of the numbers day in and day out. As big data becomes…
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Strategic IT Consultant
Something that sets GadellNet apart as a Managed Service Provider is that we offer our clients strategic consulting services. Our strategic consulting services are built around customer needs. We find the technologies and processes that will increase a client’s productivity or output by 20% in 3-5 years; then we implement them. What is Strategic Consulting…
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Business Intelligence for Marketers
Business Intelligence (BI) tools take all of that data you have in many places throughout your network and analyze them. Through this, important insights can be gleaned – a handy tool for any department. Marketing teams in particular can capitalize on this information by applying it to their campaigns for purposes of targeting and understanding…
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Microsoft Teams – The New Kid on the Block
There’s a new kid in the tech town and its name is Microsoft Teams. Ok, so technically Teams had its first birthday this past March, but since it has debuted it has taken collaboration to a whole new level. Straight from Microsoft’s mouth, Teams is the new chat-based workspace in Office 365. Microsoft Teams is…
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Handling Unix timestamps and DST in Power BI
I recently had a dataset in Power BI that contained Unix timestamps that I needed to convert into local time and take into account daylight savings time. I looked around for a bit, but I could find a cut and dry example for a simple way to do this, so I decided to make share…
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Client Site Engineer
Being an outsourced tech company doesn’t mean we are far removed from our clients. Our Client Site Engineers (CSEs) can be found working on client issues right in the client’s office any day of the week. Some of our clients want a CSE in their office and at their disposal weekly or bi-weekly, others just…
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