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Tech Experts Share 13 Essential Facts About Biometric Tech Everyone Should Know

“ Adaptation is the problem with all biometric technologies. Everyone wants something better than a password, but giving companies access to any kind of fingerprint, retina scan or facial recognition feels creepy and prevents 100% adoption in enterprise environments. If people don’t use the product, it’s not useful in the end. Biometrics needs to fix its image with the general public, not CTOs.

~ Tom Roberto

 

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15 Smart Strategies For Ensuring A Successful Red Team Exercise

“ The most common and worst threats usually come from internal employees and their lack of knowledge or poor processes. Exercises that focus on social engineering and are internal to the business allow you to see where your threats occur and how you might be able to educate your team to avoid future problems. You’d be shocked at how easy it is to target a company from the inside out.

~ Tom Roberto

 

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12 Essential Considerations For Small Businesses Thinking Of Hiring An ITaaS Vendor

“ How dependent are you on technology, externally? If your small business lives and dies by its technology infrastructure or systems, ITaaS is a recipe for disaster. In a small business, everything rides on revenue and an ability to pivot quickly. If you’re reliant on a third party, you must consider what would happen if you had extended SLAs or an onsite presence. You have to be agile today!

~ Tom Roberto

 

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15 Tech Leaders Share Their Favorite Apps And How They Impact Their Daily Lives

“ There’s no better pleasure than flipping through an endless magazine of personalized news, articles and information. I find myself gaining new interests and more information by using Flipboard during downtime than I ever could with social media apps. For my money, Flipboard is king when it comes to news aggregation, user experience and a pleasurable interface.

~ Tom Roberto

 

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13 Challenges Tech Execs Are Facing (And How They’re Overcoming Them)

“ The use of automation through technology, data science and AI makes employees and entire business units more effective. Knowing where and when to apply these tools is important. It’s also important not to dilute your brand or value-add by overusing automation. Far too many companies overly automate, reducing their potency by not staying true to their customers or mission.

~ Tom Roberto

 

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13 Bad Practices That Create IT Bottlenecks

“ Far too often, the workflow is overlooked in an organization. Following the flow of information from the beginning to the end leads to understanding where complexities are hiding and where bottlenecks in process and access live. IT folks either create bottlenecks in this workflow because of ignorance or reduce bottlenecks because they focus on workflow and how to simplify it for each business unit.

~ Tom Roberto

 

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13 Ways Edge Computing Can Benefit Businesses

“ IoT, digital signage and the IP fabric that is assembling for retail and enterprise are built for edge computing. The business of tomorrow will rely on data mining and the collection of data points into the trillions. Edge computing allows businesses to aggregate this data and make use of cloud service in tandem with on-premise equipment and sensors to collect real-world data without opt-in.

~ Tom Roberto

 

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15 Tips For Tracking And Correcting Your Company’s Tech Issues And Bugs

“ I’m a huge proponent of using Kanban boards to track active development efforts. They are clean, effective and allow for easy tracking of bugs and responsibilities. Beyond development, project tracking and ticketing systems like Jira or OTRS are must-haves. Ticketing issues and having a process is key to ensuring problems and bugs are addressed. Anything with reporting helps long term.

~ Tom Roberto

 

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10 Ways Edtech Advances Are Shaking Up Education

“ Giving students professional-grade tools means they have the ability to produce amazing things. Google’s G Suite and Chromebooks give students professional tools at budget prices without any of the fluff or bloatware of other solutions. Schools that deploy these tools are more likely to have students that enter the workforce with experience and familiarity with enterprise offerings.

~ Tom Roberto

 

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The Charismatic Leader isn’t the most Sympathetic

Charisma is a powerful thing. It’s been described as someone who possesses a virtue that sets them apart; someone who is treated as endowed with specifically exceptional powers or qualities. Today charismatic leadership is sought after to challenge the traditional bureaucracy within an organization. Transformative moments in business will typically come from the charismatic, and not from those appointed to positions of leadership.

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