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Twin Cities Startup Week is Here!

Twin Cities Startup Week is Here!

So you’re starting a startup. Congrats, and happy TC Startup Week! Now you’ve got your idea for a product that solves a problem, some people you want to work with, and prospects to get you off the ground. Sure, you may be building the next great SaaS solution with super smart software folks, but I.T. is….well, it’s different. It takes …

Security Advisory: macOS Vulnerability

Security Advisory: macOS Vulnerability

Security AlertEarlier this week, Apple announced a few security updates for their supported versions of macOS. This includes Mojave (10.14), Catalina (10.15), and Big Sur (11.3). There is a known vulnerability that can successfully infect systems that are unpatched.  How?Any attack would present itself as an installable download, most likely through phishing, popups, or websites asking to install software. You …

Security Notice: macOS

Security Notice: macOS

Earlier this week, Apple announced several security patches for its supported versions of macOS including Mojave (10.14), Catalina (10.15), and Big Sur (11). Related Apple support documents: https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT212325https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT212326https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT212327 What does this mean?In short, the vulnerability seems to allow installation of software that shouldn’t really be on your computer. The assumed methods of installs will come from phishing emails, malware, bad …

A New Era for Mac

A New Era for Mac

Earlier this week, Apple held a keynote dubbed “One more thing…”. Luckily for all involved, it was more than just one thing. During the well manicured presentation, we saw the future of computing with a new, proprietary chipset coming to the Mac product line. These Apple Silicon processors have had cousins in both iPhone and iPad products, yet this is …

Acrobat Pro DC: Empower teams to work from anywhere

Acrobat Pro DC: Empower teams to work from anywhere

Keep business moving with Adobe Acrobat DC. Whether teams are in the office or working remotely, Acrobat DC makes it easy to keep them connected and productive. Easily assign and track user licenses from a web-based admin console, and centrally deploy updates to efficiently support both local and remote users. Give everyone access to the PDF files and tools they …

Backup Solutions: 10-Point Checklist for the Modern Team

Backup Solutions: 10-Point Checklist for the Modern Team

Organizations of all types and sizes need a reliable and secure backup solution. Whether you have as few as 3 or as many as 300,000 users, your organization’s data is a valuable asset that needs protection. Having the right strategy and backup solution in place helps ensure that your organization’s data is protected from accident, disaster, or theft. However, choosing …

Server Backup & Data Archiving with B2 Cloud Storage

Server Backup & Data Archiving with B2 Cloud Storage

As organizations grow, they have increased needs for cloud storage beyond Macintosh and PC data backup. Backblaze’s cloud storage – Backblaze B2 – provides low-cost storage and archiving of records, media, and server data that can grow with the organization’s size and needs. Store Anything Upload and store an unlimited amount of data. Use lifecycle rules to keep only the …

Clinical Use iPads for Pandemics and Beyond

Clinical Use iPads for Pandemics and Beyond

Now more than ever, healthcare needs to have creative technical solutions for complex problems with inpatient care. At Foundation, we’ve taken our decades of experience and found new ways to deploy iPads for both clinicians and patients that satisfy the needs to communicate via video conference. This allows the staff to save critical PPE, and the patient to feel far …

Home wi-fi recommendations

Home wi-fi recommendations

Once upon a time, working from home seemed like a luxury afforded to few industries and work-types. Then, coronavirus came along and flipped that into a necessity.

What a Year This Day Has Been

What a Year This Day Has Been

Over the past week, our organization, and yours, have gone through cosmic shifts in not only how we work, but also the mental capacity in which we all operate. We’ve got some procedural updates that are available at https://fndtn.com/covid-19/ for your review. But also, know we’re here to be with you, and help provide some technical normalcy in a world …