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Is Your Innovation Safe?
Is your school innovative in your uses of technology? Do you rejoice at pockets of teachers employing the latest web apps effectively, igniting student learning and making a difference in their classrooms? Have you asked how many of those applications are actively sharing your students’ information? At the Midwest Education Technology Community (METC) Conference this past week, ISTE…
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Security as a Service (SECaaS) Explained
What is Security as a Service? Every time you turn around, it seems like there is a new “BLANK as-a-Service” provided. These services are generally a business model that allows for web-based outsourcing. Security as a Service, or SECaaS, refers to web-based security solutions delivered over the cloud. SECaaS allows for a company to have…
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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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Adaptive Security Architecture Protects Your Business
If there is one thing we know about cybersecurity, it’s that it’s ever-changing. As the good guys come up with new ways to secure our systems, the bad guys figure out ways around that. It’s gone on this way for many years now and we expect to see that continue. Adaptive security architecture is a…
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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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Creating a Culture where Employees Want to Come to Work
We’ve all had jobs that we dreaded. You may even remember the sinking feeling you had just before you had to open that door and walk into your day. Some great jobs even have bad days like that. But when that sinking feeling becomes the rule and not the exception, we’re miserable in those jobs…
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St. Louis’s GadellNet Named One of the Nation’s Fastest-Growing Inner City Businesses
Annual ranking by the Initiative for a Competitive Inner City published in Fortune ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI- The Initiative for a Competitive Inner City (ICIC) announced that St. Louis’s GadellNet Consulting Services has made the 2018 Inner City 100 list of the fastest-growing inner city businesses in America, based on revenue growth. ICIC, a 25-year-old national…
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5 Tools to Save CEOs 10 minutes a Day
As a CEO, you’re stretched thin. Your time isn’t more valuable than anyone else in your organization, but we understand that it is often in higher demand. That’s why saving 10 minutes for you is a little more tantalizing than for many others in your organization. That’s almost an hour a week, that’s about 43…
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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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