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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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5 Ways HR Leaders can get the Most from their Leaders
People leaders are vital to the overall success of your organization. The most highly cited reason for a good employee leaving is poor leadership, regardless of the industry or the size of the organization. Good leaders should support their teams by helping them align goals, connecting them with training/mentoring opportunities, recognizing progress, managing career development…
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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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Power Your Mission
At last week’s State of the Union, I was eager to announce that after 6 years, we had re-articulated our core purpose. Our previous mission was “to unleash the potential of schools and businesses”, and we had refined that purpose to state that our goal is to “power missions through technology”. Every quarter, our team takes…
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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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The Picture of Success: Employee-Driven Initiatives
At GadellNet, we have three main strategic goals that never change. We want to Grow or Die, Make an Impact, and have 100% Responsibility and 0% Excuses. We strive to meet these goals in our daily work, in our quarterly planning, in our yearly initiatives, and beyond. These three guiding principles touch everything we do…
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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…
