There are a number of different services that would like to be your organization’s cloud file storage provider. The one that’s gaining the most traction at Community IT is Office 365 SharePoint. There are many reasons SharePoint is rising above other contenders.
As recent hacks and security breaches have demonstrated, organizations can never let their guard down when it comes to keeping their information secure. Most of us are familiar with basic security best practices, such as strong passwords and careful clicking, but the next generation of threats are going to require even more vigilance.
Join Matthew Eshleman and Steve Longenecker with Community IT Innovators as we discuss the next generation of security best practices. Whether your data is on your laptop, on your server or in the cloud, we will review what you can do to keep it confidential and available.
Security breach…yet again. This one is notable for involving personal (in many cases intimate) photos of celebrities being hacked and stolen from iCloud. Apple has released a statement indicating that the hacked accounts were subject to a brute force attack in which a hacker knew the email address and relentlessly tested passwords and secret answers until the correct ones were identified.
Regardless of the details, the immediate lesson is that our data and information systems are always at risk of breach. Many of the photos in the celebrity hacking incident date back over 3 years, suggesting that the hacker(s) had access for at least that long.
Many Community IT clients under-leverage information systems already owned by the organization. There are a variety of reasons for this, but foremost among them is that information systems are frequently chosen to meet a particular set of prioritized business requirements, which become the focus of the initial implementation. As time passes, one or more of several conditions can emerge.
Most nonprofit organizations now have at least some staff that work outside of the office some or all of the time. This webinar on Supporting Remote Workers will discuss our experience with the pitfalls and benefits of providing technology support and access to offsite employees, review the basics, and examine pros and cons of the many tools and solutions now available to nonprofit organizations. Join Community IT Innovators’ Johanny Torrico and Abdul Musa for this informative look at best practices.
We haven’t had any problems. We don’t have anything worth stealing. Our staff knows enough to keep us safe. There are a lot of things we tell ourselves to help us feel safe and secure. But network stability and security is one case where you can’t rely on the old phrase of “what you don’t know can’t hurt you.” The truth is, the more you know, the better. Information and outside expert opinions go a long way to improving things.
Cloud Based Technology has become a significant part of any organization’s IT solution. This webinar covers a number of approaches to cloud migration planning for nonprofits. Community IT Innovators President Johan Hammerstrom and Project Manager Steve Longenecker share their experiences with planning and executing cloud migration projects.
I’m currently engaged as the part-time CIO for a global NGO specializing in supporting business and economic development. As part of a global effort to improve service delivery, we’re undertaking the implementation of significant upgrades or full replacement for all information systems—and most of the implementation work is being performed in 2014.
Any of you who know me probably also know that I’m an avid participant and fan of endurance sports. So with the Tour de France in full swing and my colleague Peter Mirus having recently written about the importance of tenacity in software implementation, it struck me that there’s no better example than the Tour for the importance and value of tenacity for achieving most any goal. And particularly the goal of successfully implementing a new information system.
Each year, Community IT Innovators helps a variety of non-profits assess their business needs and select information systems to support those needs. We frequently find that though clients give a good deal of attention to what the software selection process will entail, they give very little attention (by comparison) to what the software implementation process will entail.
Orchestrating a successful software implementation requires developing and managing a number of moving parts and organizational qualities. In this post I focus on three fundamental aspects of a successful implementation: talent, time, and tenacity.