Resources

Why do so many things in our life break on holidays, nights, and weekends?  Over the years I have had way too many pipes leak, hot water heaters spring a leak and furnaces die at the worst times.

There are thousands of technology vendors and “IT guys”.  There are a few here and there who are quite good.  However, there are many, many more that unfortunately aren’t that good.  They may know more than you, but many don’t know as much as you think they do.

A few months ago it wasn’t a good morning for technology in our organization.   First the text message came to me at 7:00 am stating that, “the office was down” meaning that it was no longer accessible from the internet.  I then received the next text message, “could I check it out since I […]

For the second consecutive year, the Dutchess County Regional Chamber of Commerce is proud to partner with American Express to bring Small Business Saturday to the Hudson Valley.  Celebrated on the Saturday following Thanksgiving, Small Business Saturday is dedicated to supporting the local businesses that give our neighborhoods character and make our home special.

The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA)  requirements makes privacy and security compliance for electronic Personal Health Information (ePHI) records in the medical industry challenging.  On September 23rd, 2013 the final portion of the compliance requirements went into full effect.

The reality of today’s world is that the internet can be a dangerous place.  There are criminals trying to steal your money, your data, and your identity.   There are many ways that your business is under attack every day.  Two threats you constantly face are opening dangerous emails and when your employees visit infected […]

Tech Talk is a quarterly, free knowledge transfer session that CSI offers four times a year.  This session is designed for technical staff responsible for technology support in your organization. Attendees at our previous meetings have given us the highest ratings for the quality of our presentations.

In today’s world we continue to push the concept of, “I want it now”.   Anytime, anyplace data access is an increasing business requirement.  It allows you to be more responsive to your customers, your employees with work at home situations as well as potentially improving your own quality of life by allowing you not always […]

In today’s world we continue to push the concept of, “I want it now”.   Anytime, anyplace data access is an increasing business requirement.  It allows you to be more responsive to your customers, your employees with work at home situations as well as potentially improving your own quality of life by allowing you not always […]

Click on October 2013 Tech Talk Quick Hits to listen to CSI’s “Quick Hits” presentation.   This was originally given in January of 2014 at our quarterly Tech Talk presentations in our office.  This presentation is a compendium of short, timely technical tidbits on various software and hardware issues affecting K-12 technology in schools.