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Superimposed IT

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Evolution or Revolution Is your IT functionality evolving, but still just superimposed on your current business processes? If so, you may not be getting the most benefit from your investment. Consider IT-enabled business transformation. IT should be used as a lever for designing a new organization and revolutionizing associated business processes.   Three critical questions…

For the Troops

Announcements
Care Packages for the Troops A note of recognition for our Senior Network Architect, Daniel Diaz…  … for his thoughtful support of his friend Matt “Cheeto” De Rueda, who is currently serving his country overseas as an Army Combat Engineer. Daniel also gave us the opportunity to support his friend by contributing to his care…

Paw Works Presentation to Ventura County Board of Supervisors

Announcements
Paw Works – Making Ventura County No Kill Paw Works Presentation to Ventura County Board of Supervisors This past Tuesday Paw Works founders Christina Morgan and Chad Atkins made a presentation to the Ventura County Board of Supervisors and were praised by Supervisor Steve Bennett of Ventura County for making Ventura County the second California…

Recipe for Disaster Recovery

Disaster Recovery, Security
  Disasters happen – we feel sadness and empathy, but think, “That’s never going to happen to me”? It’s just human nature… a biological imperative. Change the conversation… What is our business’s tolerance for downtime? What if we come in tomorrow morning and our main server is completely down? How long can our business operate without…

Memorial Day – Remembering

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On Memorial Day … for their supreme sacrifices. ● A National Moment of Remembrance: http://goo.gl/T2297S ● Military Working Dog Teams National Monument: http://goo.gl/uedOhh

Can a Firewall Protect Servers From Overheating?

Clients, Hardware
Q: Can a Firewall Protect Servers From Overheating? A: Really? We’re being proactive with environmental monitoring given the record temperatures we’ve been having, the forecast of even more heat waves and the potential for rolling blackouts – blackouts that can cause issues with HVAC systems. Many of our clients have enclosed server rooms with independent…

Citihosts Cloud Engineers Unprepared for Flashy, Blinky Lights

Citihosts, Disaster Recovery, Hardware, Networking
Citihosts, a cloud services, disaster recovery and hosting subsidiary of Compass Consulting, has recently added more enterprise-grade equipment to their data center operation. The new equipment further increases capacity, performance and redundancy, and includes enhanced security technologies, high-performance network gear and vast amounts of additional storage. In an exclusive interview with a Citihosts engineer who…

Security Alert – “Operation Clandestine Fox”

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The U.S. Department of Homeland security is advising us not to use the Microsoft Internet Explorer Web browser until a fix is found for a serious security flaw that was announced over the weekend. Operation Clandestine Fox According to FireEye Research Labs, the internet security firm that discovered the flaw, the attack will not work without the Adobe Flash…

Compass is Hiring

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Technical Sales and Marketing Coordinator Compass Consulting is looking for a sales and marketing coordinator. The ideal candidate will have full-time availability, be someone with technical sales knowledge and marketing experience, and fluent in the ways of social media marketing. For the appropriately suited individual, this will be a fun and exciting position with a…
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