Sure, today it’s easy today to find pineapples used in a refreshing cocktail or an upside-down cake. But did you ever wonder how pineapples came to become a symbol of hospitality? And did you know that cunning cyber thieves use a device called a “Pineapple” to pose a real threat to your data security? …
Salesforce.com Inc. (NYSE: CRM) is a cloud computing company based in San Francisco, California. It has become highly successful in the customer relationship management (CRM) software arena; Salesforce software helps companies to manage the tasks, relationships, and ‘buying funnel’ of new and existing customers. How successful? Salesforce is currently the largest American cloud computing…
[column width=”1/1″ last=”true” title=”” title_type=”single” animation=”none” implicit=”true”] During my time in state government, I was part of many discussions about portals. When I worked on a portal for a small business in 1998, they were really seen as an indication of your tech grooviness and functionally. They looked a lot like electronic brochures or phonebooks.…
An unlikely hero and the importance of being up to date. You’ve probably heard about the massive cyber-attack this past weekend that successfully crippled more than 200,000 victims in 150 countries, including more than 20% of hospitals in the UK alone. The WannaCry malware spread among Windows computers, infecting and then encrypting users’ files, effectively…
Most people know that the wildly popular prison drama “Orange Is the New Black” isn’t on a network. It isn’t a ‘cable only’ show, either. “OITNB” is a Netflix original series, one that has proven so popular that it is rated in the same league as the most watched shows on cable. That’s right. The…
5i Solutions, Inc. Salutes M-Files EU GDPR Compliance Innovation 5i Solutions Inc., a value-added reseller of M-Files Corporation products that improve how business manage documents and other data, salutes new offerings by M-Files. These innovations are designed to help companies better protect their customer’s personal data and adhere to the General Data Protection Regulations (GDPR)…
Where’s the Beef? Today’s Highest Achieving Enterprises and Their Surprising Lack of Product Consider an intriguing recent TechCrunch.com opener: Uber, the world’s largest taxi company, owns no vehicles. Facebook, the world’s most popular media owner, creates no content. Alibaba, the most valuable retailer, has no inventory. And Airbnb, the world’s largest accommodation provider, owns no…
Hacking, Spying, and Today’s High Tech This past week was the week that WikiLeaks let Americans know how easy it was for their smartphones, televisions, and even cars to be used to spy on them. On March 7th, WikiLeaks published extensive documentation that indicated secret Central Intelligence Agency capabilities to spy and hack. The files…
It goes without saying that you don’t want to be in the news for the wrong reason. And if you lived in the California towns of Marysville, Hallwood, Olivehurst/Linda, Plumas Lake, Gridley, Live Oak, Yuba City, or Wheatland you got that unfortunate experience recently. If those names don’t sound familiar to you, here’s one that…
On Tuesday, February 7th, the Army approved the construction of the last mile and a half of the Dakota Access Pipeline (DAPL). That action came two weeks after President Donald Trump ordered an accelerated review of the pipeline project—a reversal from the Obama administration’s block of the pipeline amidst global protests two months earlier. The Dakota…