MCG, makers of U-Vault, will be sponsoring the cocktail party at the Midwest Regional Conference of EDUCAUSE. Stop by for an opportunity to win an iPod Nano. U-Vault is the university branded option of redBoomerang, the best solution available to students, faculty, and administrators for off site data protection. Find out what Villanova University knows…
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Graduate students from the National Defense University in Washington, DC visited MCG offices in New York City as part of their trip to investigate and discuss the role of CIO in government and the military.
PanaCast by Altia Systems looks to bring the natural human perspective to video conferencing. Altia Systems is a ventured-backed company, based in California, and creator of the PanaCast Experience. The original solution is a video and desktop collaboration system enabling anyone with a desktop or mobile device to communicate interactively and in real time with…
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Microsoft recently acquired Acompli, a young email start-up company, for around $200 million. Acompli, an 18-month old company, makes an email application for iOS and Android mobile devices. The company was founded with the “vision of making the best mobile email application on any platform and across all services”. Though Microsoft hasn’t released many details…
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There are four main versions of Vista. They include two Home versions, a Business version, and an Ultimate version. For business, ditch the Homer versions. Although cheaper, they will not provide the features necessary to run a business class machine in an office enviroment including networking and remote access. Upgrading an exsiting machine may be…
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Just a day after the Lync instant messaging service suffered a global outage, Microsoft is now also experiencing problems with Exchange Online. The cloud email service outage started a little after 8 a.m. this morning. Customers are unable to send and receive emails, and many report long hold times when trying to contact customer service…
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Business at Nanette Lepore, a leading women’s fashion designer, is booming. Therefore, when it came time to assemble a project team to implement their new apparel system, management decided to hire MCG to focus on the implementation.
The NBC Today Show recently aired a story featuring James Lyne, of Sophos, to take NBC inside a mock business using the same exploit as the Equifax attack. Sophos is now using anti-exploit technology in their new Intercept X, as well as offering network visibility with XG and phishing awareness with PhishThreat. To learn more…
DetailsJames Lyne of Sophos was recently featured on the NBC Today Show discussing the Anatomy of a Cyber Attack. James shows how data breaches take place through the eyes of an attacker, as well as how businesses can improve their protection against such attacks. To watch the full video clip, visit here, and if you…
DetailsThe Federal Communications Commission took to a vote earlier this month to repeal the net neutrality rules they originally put in place in 2015. While the repeal is good news for large telecommunications and internet companies, it will likely mean higher prices and less choices for consumers. Net neutrality is the principle that all traffic…
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