NEWS

IBM Watson Workspace and Oblong Mezzanine

IBM Watson Workspace and Oblong Mezzanine May 9, 2018 Uncategorized No Comments On May 10th, we are co-hosting a very special event with Oblong Industries and IBM. It’s a showcase demonstration of Oblong’s Mezzanine with IBM’s Watson Workspace. We’ve always been part of helping companies with their team collaboration and workflow needs, and this combination […]

Domino, Java Agents, TLS 1.2: a how to

Domino, Java Agents, TLS 1.2: a how to April 30, 2018 Uncategorized No Comments Due to a payment gateway vendor requiring TLS 1.2 on all transactions starting May 1st, we had a client who needed to get their Domino code to achieve it.  This post explains how that was achieved. From a web server perspective, […]

Of Tim Samaris, Tornadoes, Blue Waters and AWS

Of Tim Samaris, Tornadoes, Blue Waters and AWS October 25, 2017 AWS, Cloud solutions No Comments Workflow’s spending more and more time with clients on Cloud strategies for AWS, Azure, and IBM Watson, so I found this Wired article discussing tornado simulations very interesting. First, being from Oklahoma originally, I’m a couch-based storm chaser and […]

Ransomware: DFW a Top Target

Ransomware: DFW a Top Target February 22, 2017 Data Security No Comments Local Companies Impacted by Ransomware Ransomware is very big business. Texas, especially Dallas, is a hot target. 10 million attacks have been reported in 2016 alone. We’re aware of at least 3 local companies/entities where those attacks have succeeded. In 2016, ransomware payouts […]

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Augmented Reality 101: What It Means for the Future of Business

Augmented Reality 101: What It Means for the Future of Business June 20, 2016 Uncategorized 1 Comment As humans, we have certain perceptions of our world and how it’s supposed to work. When you look in a mirror, you expect to see your own reflection. When you drink a glass of water, you expect that […]

Taming the Internet of Things with the Cloud

Taming the Internet of Things with the Cloud March 22, 2016 Cloud solutions, Data Security 2 Comments The Internet of Things (IoT) – a concept almost as loose in definition as the two terms that make it up:  “Internet”, which has come to denote, in whole or in any part, the vast system of electronic […]

Desktop Virtualization

5 Desktop Virtualization Benefits for Organizations of Any Size

5 Desktop Virtualization Benefits for Organizations of Any Size February 24, 2016 Application Development, Cloud solutions No Comments Guest post from our friends at Hummingbird Networks. It’s funny how, even in computers and technology, things seem to be cyclical.  The first major rollouts of computer networks within businesses and school systems, in the 60s and 70s, relied on the “client-server” model. […]

Meteor JS

Integrating Meteor Applications with Legacy Software

There’s no doubt that this is the age of apps, and many businesses are opting to create custom apps, allowing for a more secure, personalized way for customers and employees alike to access the information they need to get the job, or sale, done. A number of platforms are available for developing these apps, and we’ve worked with several of them. One of our favorites is the Meteor platform for its easy integration with other platforms, its scalability, and its general ease of use.

Data as we know it

The World of Data, as We Know It

The World of Data, as We Know It December 7, 2015 Cloud solutions 9 Comments Every year, human beings and our machines generate more data than we ever have before.  We’ve all heard the famous estimation from Eric Schmidt when he was CEO at Google in 2010: “There was 5 Exabytes of information created between the dawn of […]

Remote Workers

What type of remote worker are you? [Infographic]

What type of remote worker are you? [Infographic] November 18, 2015 Cloud solutions 1 Comment Editor’s note: This post and infographic were created by our friends at Allied Telecom. For more and more workers, going into the “office” simply means having a laptop and a Wi-Fi connection. Telework arrangements are growing at an increasingly fast […]