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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 …

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 …

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.

Welcome to the App Store

Welcome to the App Store

Earlier today, Microsoft followed through on their WWDC18 announcement by making their Office Suite available through Apple’s Mac App Store. This has a huge impact for not just users, but for those that maintain and support devices as well. With its addition to the App Store, you can now easily deploy Microsoft’s Office Suite through Apple’s Volume Purchase Program (VPP). …

A New Kind of Management

A New Kind of Management

Meet OttoBot Pro With Apple’s latest changes, it is more important than ever to have software manage your fleet of Macs, no matter how large or small. With our OttoBot Pro and OttoBot Enterprise offerings, you can now take advantage of the enterprise features that are needed, without the enterprise servers and cost. OttoBot Pro lets us utilize Apple’s DEP …

WWDC 2018

WWDC 2018

Well, it’s that time of year again. Apple held their WWDC Keynote earlier this month and recaps are making their way across the internet. We can’t talk about anything confidential, but we can glean some perspective based on what we’ve heard. MDM Matters First and foremost, it is now – more than ever- imperative that MDM tools be a part …

Security Alert: WPA2 and KRACK

Security Alert: WPA2 and KRACK

If you’re in IT, you woke up to a flurry of articles related to a WPA2 encryption vulnerability. If you’re not in IT, you’ll still probably hear about it; it’s that big of a story. Essentially, there’s a vulnerability where an attacker can place themselves as a man-in-the-middle, and by impersonating the access point a device connects to, they could …

For Sale: Your Internet Browsing History

For Sale: Your Internet Browsing History

PSA: our website will now appear in your browsing history – available for sale both now and in the future, thanks to recent legislation. Now, back to your regularly scheduled reading. Last week, the US senate voted to scale back your internet privacy protection, courtesy of a bill formally known as S.J -45. Tuesday, the US House of Representatives agreed with …