Winter 2020 – Connect Converge

Mass Move to the Cloud – 3 Essential Tips for Cloud Migration

Dan SimmonsDecember 9, 20200221 views

Cloud technology has become indispensable for many organizations, however there are common mistakes and misconceptions that you should be aware of in order to keep your data secure, even as it travels off premises.

When it comes to Digital Transformation, Don’t Forget Security

Neil CorreaDecember 8, 20200326 views

Digital transformation (DX) is the natural evolution of traditional business operations allowing organizations to capitalize on the full capabilities of our technological advancements, meet consumer expectations and keep competitors at bay (or at least be on par with them). DX isn’t just a cookie cutter deployment of on-prem systems migrated to the ‘cloud.’ In fact, that in itself may be considered a terrible cloud migration strategy resulting in more risk and costs (leaky S3 bucket anyone?).

Confronting Inaction in the CyberSecurity Industry

Steve TcherchianDecember 8, 20200280 views

2020 was another troubling year in the cybersecurity world. We saw a repeat of 2019’s data breaches on a larger scale. Instagram, TikTok, YouTube, Nintendo, WaWa, and many more fell victim to some sort of compromise.

Be Better Prepared for Black Swan Events with Digital Transformation

Deepak BelaniDecember 8, 20200204 views

A black swan event is an incident that is unpredictable and has widespread ramifications – and, after it occurs, many say it actually was predictable. Examples of recent black swan events include the dot-com crash in 2000, the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks, and the 2008 global financial meltdown. And, many now believe the COVID-19 crisis is a black swan event.

Reinventing the future of work for SMBs

Sandy OnoDecember 8, 20200237 views

At a time when we are all reinventing the way we work, learn how HPE Small Business Solutions can help you reinvent your workplace, your workflow, and your workforce with greater simplicity, security, and flexibility.

Zoom Security Settings You Need to Check Right Now

Beth ZiesenisDecember 8, 20200314 views

Newsflash: Zoom bombing is still a thing. This week I was in a session that was hijacked by horrible people sharing porn, racist language, disgusting images and vile language. Here’s how you can avoid the same issues.

Note: some of these settings and options are for different levels of Zoom subscriptions, so you may have more or fewer, depending on your account.…

Reflections on NIST SP800-160 Vol 2: Developing Cyber Resilient Systems

Jill WalshDecember 8, 20200487 views

It’s near the end of 2020 and amidst COVID-19 challenges, the need for cyber resiliency is top of mind. Our capacity to recover from physical and emotional health issues and economic fallout is being tested on a broad stage. In the Security space, we are extending our conversations about resiliency to include reclaiming control of an organization’s cyber presence.

Möbius Partners and Rent-A-Center: Virtual Machine Migration

Ryan MasseyDecember 8, 20200435 views

As part of a major data center relocation project, Rent-A-Center (RAC) needed assistance migrating existing virtual machines (VMs) from one vCenter located in its current data center to a new vCenter server in the new co-location facility data center over the wide area network. The migration of systems running on virtual servers had to happen without affecting customer and store functions or causing any downtime.

Sound with a vision: What our planet is telling us

Hewlett Packard EnterpriseDecember 8, 20200219 views

The crushing groan of a glacier. The reverberating explosion of a thunderstorm. A midnight choir of tree frogs in the rain forest. These are the immersive sounds that researchers at Purdue University’s Center for Global Soundscapes are inspired by. And for good reason: By listening to our planet, we can discover things we can’t see. “I’m on a mission to record the Earth,” relates Bryan C.…

An Overview of Artificial Intelligence and NonStop

Justin SimondsDecember 8, 20200352 views

Alan Turing OBE (Officer of the Order of the British Empire) FRS (Fellow of the Royal Society) born 23 June 1912 and died 7 June 1954 was an English mathematician, computer scientist, logician, cryptanalyst, philosopher and theoretical biologist, or what we would call today an under-achiever. Mr. Turing was highly influential in the development of theoretical computer science, providing a formalization of the concepts of algorithm and computation with the Turing machine, which can be considered a model of a general-purpose computer.