ATB’s Apprenticeship Program Bridges the IT Skills Gap

You don’t have to be a tech junkie to have heard about the lawsuit between the FBI and Apple involving the iPhones of the San Bernardino shooters.  And while that specific matter seems to be more or less resolved (at least for now), the discussion surrounding encryption is here to stay.  In fact, amidst the […]

As part of the largest tech deal in history, Dell recently acquired EMC for $67 billion.  According to a Dell spokesperson, this tech conglomerate is now “exceptionally well positioned for growth in the most strategic areas of next generation IT including digital transformation, software-defined data center, converged infrastructure, hybrid cloud, mobile and security.” As a […]

If you are like many small and medium sized businesses, you would probably agree that legacy data centers have traditionally lacked efficiency and scalability without significant economic investment.  But with hyperconverged infrastructure businesses are able to cost effectively increase functionality and enhance business agility.  By delivering virtualization, storage, compute, network, management and data protection in […]

So your company has successfully adopted a Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) policy.  It’s a win-win, as employees are happy to use devices they actually want to be using and your business is realizing IT savings.  But along with BYOD comes an important discussion surrounding BYOA (Bring Your Own Application), as more and more employees […]

Password policies are no laughing matter.  As websites continue to be breached each year, often by increasingly sophisticated hackers, it is more important than ever that administrators create and enforce strong password policies in their organization.  Additionally, users must be educated on what constitutes a strong password, so they can help be part of the […]

Microsoft recently made an “end-of-life” announcement that impacts older versions of its web browser (specifically Internet Explorer 8, 9 and 10).  Effective January 12, all versions of Internet Explorer, except for the current version 11) will no longer be supported by Microsoft.  For PC users still running these outdated web browsers, you’ve probably noticed that […]