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Power Outages in Nursing Homes

Recovery Diva

Nursing home deaths rose 25 percent after Hurricane Irma, study finds In an article in JAMA Health Forum, a national team of researchers associates power outages in nursing homes with a 25 percent increase in deaths.

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Green Light for Cannabis Legalisation in Germany Is Not a Clear-Cut Decision

The Rand Blog

The new “traffic light” coalition in Germany recently agreed to regulate the sale of cannabis to adults for recreational purposes in licensed shops. International experience has shown that great care is needed in how cannabis policy is shaped.

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Why Your Business Needs to Upgrade to Wi-Fi 6

LAN Infotech

Online All the Time: Why Your Business Needs to Upgrade to Wi-Fi 6. Today’s consumers demand Wi-Fi everywhere they go. That means businesses must be prepared to provide high-speed, reliable Wi-Fi in public spaces. And consumers aren’t merely using their cellphones and tablets to check their email. A diner may stream a movie while they eat at a restaurant, while a shopper may watch an influencer’s video while browsing through clothing at an apparel store.

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SIA New Member Profile: Xandar Kardian

Security Industry Association

New Security Industry Association (SIA) member Xandar Kardian focuses on providing innovative solutions for smart buildings, security and health care using digital radar signal processing algorithm technology. The company has its main office in Toronto, with additional offices, partner companies and product deployments across the globe. . SIA spoke with Mark Eklund, vice president of security solutions at Xandar Kardian, about the company, the security industry and working with SIA.

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SME Relationships: Proven Solutions for Seamless Collaboration and Success

Speaker: Tim Buteyn, President of ThinkingKap Learning Solutions

💢 Do you find yourself stuck in never-ending review cycles? Are you wondering if your Subject Matter Expert actually got that last review request? Are you having trouble trying to decipher impractical or conflicting feedback? 💢 If any of these scenarios sounds familiar, you may benefit from a crash course on managing SME relationships!

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Florida Fire Chief Otto Drozd named executive secretary of Metro Chiefs

National Fire Protection Association

Otto Drozd has been named the executive secretary of the Metropolitan Fire Chiefs Association (Metro Chiefs), a section of NFPA and the International Association of Fire Chiefs (IAFC). The long-time fire chief in Florida and Texas will succeed Russ Sanders who is retiring after 26 years of leading Metro Chiefs and nearly three decades with the Louisville (Ky.

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On your mark, get set … register for Citrix Field Kickoff 2022

Citrix

Drum roll, please — Citrix Field Kickoff will return to your screen January 18 – 20, 2022! As a Citrix partner, you’ll get a front row seat to the latest Citrix innovations, industry insights, and in-depth breakout sessions, with conversations … The post On your mark, get set. register for Citrix Field Kickoff 2022 first appeared on Citrix Blogs.

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Best Risk Appetite Statement Examples

LogisManager

FREE PDF Download: Best Risk Appetite Statement Examples Download Your Copy. An organization-wide risk appetite statement can be a powerful tool that gives your risk criteria or compliance program direction. There are countless benefits of evaluating your risk appetite – the most obvious being that you’ll strengthen your controls, endure budgeting accuracy, resolve tension in business strategy and align enterprise incentives.

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5 Ransomware Recovery Steps to Take After a Breach

Pure Storage

With any ransomware attack or security event, there’s going to be a before, a during, and an after. To understand how to protect your organization at each phase is to understand how an attack unfolds. . In this article, I’ll cover what happens in the aftermath of an attack. Hopefully, you’ve followed the necessary ransomware recovery steps to prepare for the “before” and “during” of an attack.

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Modernit palvelumallit helpottavat sote-ammattilaisen työpäivää

Citrix

Sosiaali- ja terveydenhuollon siirtyminen kunnilta sote-alueille vuoden 2023 alussa on suurin sote-alan muutos vuosikymmeniin. Muutos tarjoaa mahdollisuuden järkeistää tietotekniikkapalvelut niin, että ne palvelevat aidosti käyttäjiä, ovat kustannustehokkaita ja helpommin hallittavia kuin nykyiset tietojärjestelmät. Suomen suurin sote-alan tietoteknisiä palveluja tarjoava 2M-IT … The post Modernit palvelumallit helpottavat sote-ammattilaisen työpäivää first appeared on Citrix Blogs.

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Is Training the Right Solution?

Speaker: Tim Buteyn

Let's set the scene: you’ve identified a critical performance gap in your organization and need to close that gap. A colleague suggests training, but you suspect there’s something going on that training can’t address. How can you determine if training is the right solution before you commit your budget and resources to a new training program? In this webinar, you will learn how to determine if training is the right solution using the Behavior Engineering Model.

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Taxonomy Insights

LogisManager

NEW ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE FEATURE. Work Smarter, Not Harder with Our AI Risk Management Tool We’re now offering AI generated insights for existing clients at no additional cost. LogicManager’s “Taxonomy Insights” automatically suggests mitigations and regulations to save you valuable time and resources. Contact your advisor today to learn how to use this new and exciting feature.

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Hints and Tips for Running SIMEX Exercises

Plan B Consulting

After delivering a number of SIMEX exercises in the past three months, Charlie shares the learning points from these, along with helpful tips for effective SIMEX exercises. What is a SIMEX? A SIMEX is a type of exercise which involves an incident management team or teams responding to an unfolding scenario. This exercise is unique in that it tries to simulate as close to the real life experience of being in a real incident as possible.

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LAN Infotech’s CEO Selected As 2021 Apogee Award Honoree

LAN Infotech

LAN Infotech’s CEO Selected As 2021 Apogee Award Honoree. Michael Goldstein has been named on South Florida Business & Wealth’s list of top C-level executives. {Fort Lauderdale, FL}: Michael Goldstein, CEO, LAN Infotech, has been selected as an honoree for the 2021 Apogee Awards by South Florida Business & Wealth. The Apogee Awards is a unique awards program created by South Florida Business & Wealth (SFBW) magazine to recognize distinguished C-Suite leaders whose dedication to their

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Modernit palvelumallit helpottavat sote-ammattilaisen työpäivää

Citrix

Sosiaali- ja terveydenhuollon siirtyminen kunnilta sote-alueille vuoden 2023 alussa on suurin sote-alan muutos vuosikymmeniin. Muutos tarjoaa mahdollisuuden järkeistää tietotekniikkapalvelut niin, että ne palvelevat aidosti käyttäjiä, ovat kustannustehokkaita ja helpommin hallittavia kuin nykyiset tietojärjestelmät. Suomen suurin sote-alan tietoteknisiä palveluja tarjoava 2M-IT … The post Modernit palvelumallit helpottavat sote-ammattilaisen työpäivää first appeared on Citrix Blogs.

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Revitalizing Dry Content: A Lesson in Engagement

Speaker: Tim Buteyn, President of ThinkingKap Learning Solutions

We’ve all been there. You’ve been given a pile of dry content and asked to create a compelling eLearning course. You’re determined to create something more engaging than the same old course that learners quickly click through, but how do you take this “boring” content and create something relevant and engaging? Many instructional designers will say, “Boring in means boring out.

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Hints and Tips for Running SIMEX Exercises

Plan B Consulting

After delivering a number of SIMEX exercises in the past three months, Charlie shares the learning points from these, along with helpful tips for effective SIMEX exercises. What is a SIMEX? A SIMEX is a type of exercise which involves an incident management team or teams responding to an unfolding scenario. This exercise is unique in that it tries to simulate as close to the real life experience of being in a real incident as possible.

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Summit Sponsor Spotlight: Virtuozzo and accelerated digital transformations

Acronis

Ahead of the third stop on the Acronis #CyberFit Summit World Tour, we’re shining a spotlight on the IT channel partners who are making the world’s best cyber protection conferences possible. Today, the Summit Sponsor Spotlight is on Virtuozzo.

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How the right technology can help nonprofits solve workflow challenges

Online Computers

One of the biggest challenges faced by nonprofit organizations today is keeping their staff connected when so many of them are working from home due to concerns about the COVID-19 pandemic. A study found that 69% of nonprofits are considering long-term remote work. This means that in 2022 and beyond, remote work-related challenges will remain as the pandemic continues to pose uncertainties.

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Unseen gatekeepers: Industrial software providers’ role securing global infrastructure

Behavior Group

National infrastructure in almost every Western country has come under attack by threat actors in the last few years. These attacks have grabbed the attention of businesses, the public and politicians because the attackers have not held only the victim companies to ransom, but also wider society. While cybersecurity firms are often the first port… Continue reading.

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Brain Fog HQ: Memory Enhancement Techniques for Professional Development

Speaker: Chester Santos – Author, International Keynote Speaker, Executive Coach, Corporate Trainer, Memory Expert, U.S. Memory Champion

In October, scientists discovered that 75% of patients who experienced brain fog had a lower quality of life at work than those who did not. At best, brain fog makes you slower and less efficient. At worst, your performance and cognitive functions are impaired, resulting in memory, management, and task completion problems. In this entertaining and interactive presentation, Chester Santos, "The International Man of Memory," will assist you in developing life-changing skills that will greatly enha

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On your mark, get set … register for Citrix Field Kickoff 2022

Citrix

Drum roll, please — Citrix Field Kickoff will return to your screen January 18 – 20, 2022! As a Citrix partner, you’ll get a front row seat to the latest Citrix innovations, industry insights, and in-depth breakout sessions, with conversations … The post On your mark, get set. register for Citrix Field Kickoff 2022 first appeared on Citrix Blogs.

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Hints and Tips for Running SIMEX Exercises

Plan B Consulting

After delivering a number of SIMEX exercises in the past three months, Charlie shares the learning points from these, along with helpful tips for effective SIMEX exercises. What is a SIMEX? A SIMEX is a type of exercise which involves an incident management team or teams responding to an unfolding scenario. This exercise is unique in that it tries to simulate as close to the real life experience of being in a real incident as possible.

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Endpoint Data Protection in Distributed IT Environments

Cloudian

The post Endpoint Data Protection in Distributed IT Environments appeared first on Cloudian.

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SAN vs. NAS vs. DAS: What’s the Difference? 

Pure Storage

Deciding on the right storage system can be a complex decision, as it needs to balance costs, storage capacity needs, and scalability requirements. The three primary options for enterprise data storage systems are direct-attached storage (DAS), network-attached storage (NAS), and storage area networks (SANs). Each offers advantages and disadvantages for organizations.

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Evaluating the Global Risk Landscape and Creating Actionable Responses

everbridge

Businesses hoping to exit 2021 with momentum will face new challenges and evolving threats in 2022. Despite the positive strides taken in 2021, a return to normal business functions has not taken place. Stresses to supply chains, economic instability, social unrest, and health risks set the tone for the year, leaving organizations to assess their risk landscape and regroup in hopes of finding more productive ways to tackle 2022.

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What’s New: Updates to Runbook Automation, Event Intelligence,Partner Integrations, and More! by Vera Chan

PagerDuty

We’re excited to announce a new set of updates and enhancements to the PagerDuty platform. The product team has been hard at work making updates from Event Intelligence, Runbook Automation, and Applications with Monitoring Tools, to PagerDuty and PagerDuty Community Events. New capabilities enable users and customers to act in real time, drive more effective incident response from ingestion to resolution, speed up operations, gain instant visibility into services and business-critical informatio

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Disaster Recovery Testing – It May Just Save Your Business

Zerto

Disaster recovery (DR) testing is important across all industries and companies of all sizes to ensure business continuity and disaster recovery. However, too often a lack of proper DR testing implementation and a low frequency of DR tests trap companies into thinking they’re safe. In reality, they are highly vulnerable when a real DR scenario occurs.

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SAN vs. NAS vs. DAS: What’s the Difference? 

Pure Storage

Deciding on the right storage system can be a complex decision, as it needs to balance costs, storage capacity needs, and scalability requirements. The three primary options for enterprise data storage systems are direct-attached storage (DAS), network-attached storage (NAS), and storage area networks (SANs). Each offers advantages and disadvantages for organizations.