Cloud-based approaches allow us to chart new dynamic ways to educate and learn that aligns with the way we think, share, study and collaborate within and beyond the classroom.

  

Plenary Session

  

9:15-9:30 Welcome

Konstantinos Doukas, CEO Doukas School (Conference Opening)

Konstantinos I. Doukas has been the CEO of Doukas School since 2006. He served as President of the Board of Directors of the Information Society S.A. initiatives between 2004-2010. He holds a diploma in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science from the National Technical University of Athens (NTUA) and an M.S. degree from the Dept. of Communication and Technology in Education, Columbia University (New York, USA). He served as a research assistant at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Massachusetts (M.I.T.), during the Project Athena. He has coordinated and served as invited speaker in many national and international conferences. He is responsible for a number of Greek and European research projects in the new technologies in Education. A former international athlete of the Greek National Handball team, he still practices on an amateur basis, reaping overall benefits for his professional and personal life.

9:30-9:50 Invited Speaker

Marietta Giannakou, Member of the European Parliament, Head of the Greek European People’s Party Delegation, former Minister of National Education and Religious Affairs

Marietta Giannakou graduated from the Faculty of Medicine, University of Athens, with a specialization in Neurology and Psychiatry. She was a founding member of ONNED (youth segment of the New Democracy, N.D., party). In 1989 she became Head of the EP Delegation of N.D. and a member of the EPP Political Bureau. Between 1990-1991 she served as Minister of Health, Welfare and Social Security. Between 1992-1996, she served as the International Secretary of N.D. In 1992, she became Vice-President of EUCD. Between 1992-2004, she served as the National Coordinator of the European Commission against Drugs. She had the following positions with N.D.: Secretary of International and European Affairs, Member of the Executive Committee, Head of the N.D. Delegation. Member of the European Convention on the Future of Europe, representing the Hellenic

Parliament. Between 2004 – 2007, she served as a Member of the Hellenic Parliament and as Minister of National Education and Religious Affairs. She has been honored by the Republic of Chile for her contribution to the re-establishment of democracy, by the Federal Republic of Germany; by the Republic of Italy; by the European People’s Party, for her contribution as Member of the European Parliament for European integration, by the Republic of Poland, and the Republic of France. . MEP in 1984-1990, 1999-2000. MEP since 2009.

9:50-10:30 Keynote Speakers

Prof. Kostis Koutsopoulos, European Association of Geographers, “SoC: Towards a new education paradigm”

Professor Koutsopoulos was born in Volos, Greece. After completing his B.S. degree at the University of Athens, he got his M.S. and Ph.D. from the Departments of Geography and Civil Engineering. He taught at the University of Iowa until 1980, after which time he was elected as Chair of Geography at the National Technical University of Athens. He has been Director of the Geography and Spatial Analysis Lab, Chairman of the Geography and Regional Planning Department, Director of the Graduate Program “Environment and Development” and Dean of the Rural and Surveying Engineering School. He has organized numerous congresses, meetings and seminars and has participated as keynote speaker, invited speaker, session chair and conveyor in many others. He has presented 155 papers in various meetings; he has published 50 papers in refereed journals, written 61 books and authored 100 other publications. He has been serving in various capacities in scientific and academic boards and associations in Greece and abroad.

Karl Donert, Innovative Learning Network, “Cloud-based Education: the State-of-the-Art”

Karl Donert is a Geographer with a national and international profile, a strong track record in initiating innovative projects, as well as leading major networking activities. He is Director of the European Centre of Excellence: digital-earth.eu and adjunct faculty at the Centre for GeoInformatics at Paris Lödron University, Salzburg. Karl is President of EUROGEO (European Association of Geographers) and a UK National Teaching Fellow. He is a member of the Council of Europe groups on Education & Culture and Landscapes and Climate Change, a former Hon. Vice President of the Geographical Association, a Fellow of Academia Europea, the European scientific and Research Academy, the Royal Canadian Geographical Association and Royal Geographical Society-Institute of British Geographers. He has extensive experience in major educational developments. He was coordinator of the HERODOT Thematic Network for Geography in Higher Education, initiator of the digital-earth network on geo-media and participated in more than 100 other international projects mainly concerned with the innovative uses of ICT and education. He is Director and Chief Executive of Innovative Learning Networks Ltd, a UK company specialising in professional and academic networking, developing research & development partnerships and project management. An inspirational speaker, and a European leader in learning and teaching geography acts as a consultant to many organisations, working in this context to raise the profile and quality of learning and teaching activities and research in geographic media.

10:30-11:30 Conference Speakers

Prof. Demetrios G Sampson, University of Piraeus, “Cloud-based Digital Technologies for Opening Up Education: Keep Learning Beyond the Physical Classroom at the Digital Cloud”

Demetrios G. Sampson received his degree in Electrical Engineering from the Democritus University of Thrace, Greece in 1989 and a Ph.D. in Electronic Systems Engineering from the University of Essex, UK in 1995. He is a Full Professor of Digital Systems for Learning and Education at the Department of Digital Systems, University of Piraeus, Greece, a Research Fellow at the Information Technologies Institute (ITI), Centre of Research and Technology Hellas (CERTH), and an Adjunct Professor at the Faculty of Science and Technology, Athabasca University, Canada. He is the Founder and Director of the Advanced Digital Systems and Services for Education and Learning (ASK) since 1999. He has been a Visiting Professor at a number of universities including National Sun Yat-sen University, Taiwan (2011), the University of Tunis (2012, 2013), Beijing Normal University, China (2013), Peking University Beijing, China (2013), and the University of North Texas, USA (2013). He is the co-author of more than 325 publications in scientific books, journals and conferences .He is a Senior and Golden Core Member of IEEE and was the elected Chair of the IEEE Computer Society Technical Committee on Learning Technologies (2008-2011). He is the recipient of the IEEE Computer Society Distinguished Service Award (July, 2012). He is a member of the ICT Advisory Board of the Arab League Educational, Cultural and Scientific Organisation (ALESCO) since March 2014. He is Co-Editor-in-Chief of the Educational Technology and Society Journal.

Bart Verswijvel, European Schoolnet, “Teaching and Learning in the 21st Century”

Bart Verswijvel is a Flemish (Belgian) educator who was a Dutch teacher (mother tongue) in a secondary school for about 30 years. Since 2011, he has a part-time job at the Flemish National Support Service for eTwinning in Brussels. Since March 2012, Verswijvel has worked for European Schoolnet as a Pedagogical Adviser, and he is involved in several projects like the Future Classroom Lab, iTEC, eTwinning and Living Schools Lab. He is especially interested in the integration of ICT in education and in project work. He is a freelance speaker, leader of workshops, prize winner in several competitions like eTwinning Awards and Microsoft Innovative Teachers, and a Microsoft Expert Educator. In 2010, Bart was awarded the Queen Paola Prize for Education.​

 

16:15-17:00 Round Table: The Cloud today and perspectives on the future

 

Tasos Pagakis manages Ericsson Brand, Internal, Marketing and PR Communications in Southeastern Europe. He has worked as a Corporate and brand communicator on and offline as of 1988 in global agencies, pitched for hundreds of businesses, shaped creative standards and created strategic plans for more than 370 globally accredited companies in 57+ market categories. He is a writer of numerous articles in international media, a Startups supporter and a believer of change towards sustainable business models. His achievements: 2010 Serbian Gold PR corp comms, 2009 Ermis Gold PR corp governance, 2009 Ermis Silver PR CSR, 2006 Gold EFFIE for retail, 2005 Gold TV award NY, 3 Gold Effies, 71 creative awards in NY, Epica, Montreaux, Eurobest, AdAge, Ermis Festivals (2000-2009). He has been a Saatchi&Saatchi strategy team member that created the European VISA campaign “Love every day”. He has been Project Manager of the VISA International 2004 Athens Olympics Brand presence plan. When in Lowe Worldwide, he designed and launched the “Insight Mining” strategic planning tool. He is an active supporter of the NGO’s Arcturos and Actionaid.

 

Dimitris Raftopoulos is Project Manager, EU Projects Consultant and Chair of Finances and European Projects Working Group at the European Centre for Women and Technology (ECWT). He focuses on Strategic Human Resources Management and Gender Issues specializing in implementing, managing and evaluating European Projects. Holding an MBA, he has dedicated his professional experience to human and entrepreneurial development. His knowledge is in the fields of: combating gender issues in the work environment, promotion of employability, strengthening of professional skills as well as EU-funded programmes related to local development, employment, education, social exclusion, mental health, relevant legislation, economics and social policies. He interacts well in multicultural environments and has gained excellent communication skills through his work experience. Additionally, he has held the position of Human Resource Manager for the Olympic Games of Athens 2004 and worked as a consultant for several organizations in the Greek public sector. Other positions he has held: Commercial Director and Development Director for ICT startups. He has been involved in many EU projects and has solid knowledge of managerial issues, building teams and on stimulating communications.

  

Workshops Summaries

 

Cloud Applications – Implementations

(conducted in parallel for 90 min. 12:00-13:30)

 

“Planet School”: blended learning for inclusive classrooms

“Planet School” is the most important blended learning platform for schools in Germany. But it is still not accessible and usable for everyone. The evaluation and further advancement of “Planet School” for inclusive education is the main focus of the study. The goal is to offer variable content. The revised version of “Planet School” addresses different types of learners with accessible and usable materials, including movies, television broadcasts, interactive learning content, etc. I expect enormous enhancement in the European and the international discourse on the participation of persons with disabilities at ICT and a big step towards anchoring in practice.

 

Ingo K. Bosse is a professor at the Technical University of Dortmund (Germany) in the Special Education program. He leads the department for Motor and Developmental Disabilities. His research interests lie in the field of special and inclusive education with the main focus on inclusive media education, the use of information and communication technologies for learning and assistive technologies. He is also interested in researching educational aspects for students with special needs in augmentative and alternative communication. Currently he is finalizing a project that investigated the potential of the blended learning platform “planet school”. Ingo Bosse takes part in the research cluster Technology for Inclusion and Participation (TIP) at the Technical University of Dortmund that initiates, supports, and coordinates interdisciplinary research projects that investigate new ways to improve the inclusion, participation and wellbeing of individuals with disabilities, impairments or disadvantages.

Prof. Dr. Ingo Bosse, Dortmund University of Technologies

“Putting away the umbrella”: What will you do when the Cloud comes?

 

Alan will talk about his use of Cloud based tools to support his work in a range of contexts from classrooms, to teacher support and training. Alan has presented hundreds of workshops in many European countries, and tries to provide ideas which can be used immediately, but also others which can be developed further over a longer period of time.

Alan will talk about his use of mobile devices, work with the Open University and ESRI and refer to opportunities for work outside the classroom. Alan is a Geographer, but ideas arerelevant for other subjects too.

 

Alan Parkinson is an experienced and award-winning teacher and author. He has worked across the UK and EU with the Geographical Association and as a freelance geography consultant. He is a Chartered Geographer and Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society. He is Education Director of Explorer HQ, creators of Mission: Explore. He teaches Geography at King’s Ely School. He blogs at livinggeography.blogspot.com

 

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Le-MATH: Learning Mathematics through new communication factors

In the workshop we will discuss the preliminary guidelines for the two methods developed by the Le‐MATH project that is the MATHFactor and the MATHeatre. The guidelines are developed based on the collection and study of good practices in more than 10 European countries. We will see on-line video of actual implementation and discuss and analyze the video samples. This will give a clear overview and hands‐on to the participants and will help them understand the two methods and how these could improve the learning of mathematics as well as the change of attitudes towards mathematics. Participants are expected to teach mathematics to pupils in the age group 9‐18. The method can be used by other disciplines, so participants could be from different fields. Some participants will have the opportunity to play the role of pupils for few minutes and others will become evaluators.

 

Gregory Makrides holds a Ph.D. in Applied Mathematics from the IIT, USA. Since 1986, he has taught at Roosevelt University of Chicago, at the Illinois Institute of Technology (IIT), USA, at the University of Nicosia, Cyprus, at the Cyprus Pedagogical Institute of the Ministry of Education and Culture of Cyprus. Since 2006 is the Director of Research and International Relations Service at the University of Cyprus and in parallel, he is also the Executive Director of the European Office of Cyprus, since 2007. He has publications in refereed journals, conference proceedings and in public press. He is an editor of the Mediterranean Journal for Research in Mathematics Education and the Editor of the Mathematics Magazine of the Cyprus Mathematical Society. He is the coordinator of several European funded projects and he has been a partner in several other EU funded projects as well as an external evaluator. He has chaired the organizing committee of more than 40 conferences since 1997 and has organized more than 100 National and Multinational competitions since 1995. He is the President and he has important posts in several organizations (CMS EAEC EACG MASSEE THALES etc).

  

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English Attack! Platform: A Web 2.0 Platform for English language learners

English Attack! platform (www.english-attack.com), is an English-language learning service specifically designed for the digital generation that uses short-session online entertainment to encourage frequent digital immersion in real everyday English. English Attack! is an innovative learning method that combines interactive exercises based on hundreds of videos. The platform also offers a number of online games, thematic visual dictionaries, a number of Web 2.0 social features for the global community of English language learners, all in the context of a system of rewards and motivational games.

 

Ionela Lungu is a Project Manager professional specialized in the IT&C industry. She is holding a Bachelor of Computer Engineering and Automatic Control Degree from the Gheorghe Asachi University of Iasi. Currently she is coordinating the development team of ASSIST Software, a software development and outsourcing company from Suceava, Romania. She brings value to the company by constantly supporting the team members to update their knowledge, conquer new areas of expertise, and adhere to the quality management system of the company. She was also actively involved in the management team within European projects – FP7 and Eurostars.

  

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ESRI’s Cloud in Education

GIS technology provides the education community with tools to develop a greater understanding of our world through geospatial data analysis. With GIS, students and faculty can integrate and evaluate data from many sources to develop new theories and knowledge. This helps prepare students to meet the demands of the twenty-first-century workforce, whether they are involved in science, government, or business. Libraries, museums, schools, and universities are also increasingly using GIS for resource management, facilities management, and advanced research. ArcGIS Online, ESRI’s Cloud platform, allows you to easily create maps, visualize your fieldwork data and share this content with anyone you choose. It is a great way to start using GIS and introduce key spatial concepts to your students (www.marathondata.gr)

 

Iro Giannakou, GIS Analyst at Marathon Data Systems (ESRI’s official distributor in Greece and Cyprus)Adonis Kontos, President at Marathon Data Systems (ESRI’s official distributor in Greece and Cyprus)

  

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Cloud Applications by ICT Companies (Apple and Microsoft)

Increasing collaboration and communication in the classroom and the institution with Microsoft Office 365 and Microsoft Partners in Learning Program.

 

Microsoft has a global strategy in education and with programs such as the Microsoft Partners in Learning Program, we aim to help educators and school leaders connect, collaborate, create, and share so that students can realize their greatest potential. In this workshop, we will be presenting the Microsoft global strategy in education and the different programs and resources that we provide to the educator community for free as well as the local programs of Greek Partners in Learning. In this context, we will showcase the Microsoft Office 365 Education, an online platform that can provide staff, faculty, and students at a school with free email, sites, online document editing and storage, IM, and web conferencing. Microsoft Office 365 platform that offers a holistic group of collaboration and communication tools is offered free for academic and education institutions. Our local partners will then present a complete Learning Management System based in Office365 that provides students, teachers, and staff with the enterprise-grade communication and productivity services they need with the power and flexibility each individual institution requires.

  

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Workshops: “Hands-On the Cloud”

(conducted in parallel for 90 min. 14:30-16:00)

Collaboration Snacks: Learn how to implement web 2.0 tools to organize communication and collaboration activities. In this workshop the participants explore Web 2.0 tools that can be used in the teaching practice. The tools will support different types of classroom activities. They can be implemented in different types of educational interaction like frontal teaching, group work or independent learning. The majority of the tools are web based and free to use. They can be used on a wide range of devices and support the idea of Bring Your Own Device. Participants are kindly requested to bring their own device for their successful participation in the workshop.

 

Bart Verswijvel, European Schoolnet is a Flemish (Belgian) educator who was a Dutch teacher (mother tongue) in a secondary school for about 30 years. Since 2011 he has a part time job at the Flemish National Support Service for eTwinning in Brussels. Since March 2012 Bart Verswijvel has worked for European Schoolnet as a Pedagogical Adviser, and he is involved in several projects like the Future Classroom Lab, iTEC, eTwinning and Living Schools Lab. He is especially interested in the integration of ICT in education and in project work. He is a freelance speaker, leader of workshops, prize winner in several competitions like eTwinning Awards and Microsoft Innovative Teachers, and a Microsoft Expert Educator. In 2010 Bart was awarded the Queen Paola Prize for Education.​

  

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Tablets use in School Classroom

“1:1 educational computing” describes the educational practice where each student has their own computing device. These devices are mobile and are equipped with a wireless connection. They also come in various forms (Smartphones, iPads, tablets, etc.) and have varying possibilities. This 1:1 practice, primarily as a methodology, offers many benefits. Some of them are as follows:

- The student becomes an active participant in his own learning and educational activities;

- The teacher becomes a partner and mentor. He or she organizes, inspires and creates experiential activities, releases the potential in the classroom, fosters initiative and critical thinking;

- computer technology makes numerous diverse tools available to the student. Technology enables teaching to become individualized, reinforces the role of multiple representations and promotes research and the quest for information.

Smart and mobile devices, with their user-friendly educational software, contribute effectively to learning. They create appropriate learning environments with opportunities for interdisciplinary instruction. Mainly, they cultivate 21st century competences, by combining skills, knowledge, attitudes and values. In this workshop, by working with tablets, we highlight the importance of the Cloud environment for the pedagogical framework we are presenting.

 

Vassilis Economu is IT Manager at Doukas School since 1994. From 2004, he is head of the Doukas School “1:1 Computing Team”, which aims to introduce and develop the Student Personal Computer into the educational procedure. From 2006, he is member of Doukas School “Quality Research Team”. He is a certified Validator specialized in the evaluation of companies according to the standards of the European Foundation for Quality Management – “Commitment to Excellence”. He has participated as researcher and analyst-programmer in more than 20 projects concerning ICT in Education and in Special Education as well. He has participated in the development of ICT software (more than 50 software titles). He continues to train hundreds of teachers to develop ICT in educational practice. He has developed various Management Information Systems in several programming environments. He has published articles and studies in educational magazines and has presented several papers in scientific conferences related to the “introduction of ICT in educational procedure” and “quality in education”.

  

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Collaboration in the Cloud with Linoit

Do you want to collaborate in a colorful cloud-environment? Than follow our sticky note-workshop about Lino. Lino is an online sticky notes service. Here, you can freely post, see and peel off sticky notes, memos, pictures and videos you make with your device, and even annex files on a canvas. Sticky notes posted while you’re offline will appear once you log on. You can organize your memos and ideas by changing the colors of your sticky notes, moving them and adding an icon on them. Lino is an ideal tool to share your ideas. You can create your own group to collaborate. Lino is also available as an app on your Smartphone or tablet.

 

Nicole Vandeborne, Basisschool Zavelberg

  

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Cloud computing and mobile devices for teachers

The computer is a useful utility inside and outside the classroom. This course aims to address a range of services available on Internet, considered of interest, usefulness and applicability for the teacher. The mentioned services are oriented to the organization of tasks and application in classroom context. The contents includes information management and e-mail, scheduling and events, storage and files synchronization, sharing data and settings between electronic devices. The adopted methodology wants to create skills and methodologies that helps to learn, search for, select and adopt the best options to increase efficiency and quality to the teacher’s work. Participants are kindly requested to bring their own device for their successful participation in the workshop.

 

Telmo Costa, 41 years old, graduated in 1995. Master in e-Learning Management and Production at the Carlos III University, Madrid. Teacher at Horácio Bento Gouveia School. School Coordinator of European Projects and coordinator of two Comenius Multilateral Partnerships. Trainer in ICT and Educational Technologies. 2008-2011: Teaching associate professional, coordinating ICT projects streamlined in the Madeira Region Education System. Training Portfolio: Cloud computing and mobile devices, School in the Cloud – Web 2.0 in the personal and professional Organization, Interactive Whiteboards, E-Portfolios, Evaluation of learning in ICT, School 2.0 – Web 2.0 in the Classroom Organization, Illustration of Contents, Multimedia presentation on education, Publications: Interactive Whiteboards, Training Support Book.

  

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Digital Media in the EFL Classroom

Enhancing all four language skills (listening, speaking, reading, and writing) has always been a challenging task for most EFL teachers. The main purpose of this workshop is to provide some tips that can be useful to teachers of English as a foreign language in the information age. Participants will leave with a better understanding of how tools and services on the cloud can help them achieve the educational objectives of activities that enhance all four language skills. Also, they will examine possible ways of improving their own teaching through the use of cloud technology.

 

Bessie Mitsikopoulou is Associate Professor at the Department of Language and Linguistics, Faculty of English Language and Literature, University of Athens. She holds a PhD in Critical Discourse Analysis (University of Athens), an MA in Applied Linguistics (University of Reading), a Postgraduate Specialist Diploma in Computers in Education (Institute of Education, University of London) and a BA in English Language and Literature (University of Athens). Her research interests are in the areas of critical discourse analysis, educational linguistics, new media and applications of new technologies in education, critical and academic literacies. Since January 2004, she has been Thematic Consultant of English Literacy for the Second Chance Schools in Greece, and a member of the Scientific Committee for Second Chance Schools. She has also been the Coordinator of the English Group for the Digital Platform Project of the Greek Ministry of Education. She has participated in several research and EU-funded projects in the areas of language education, curriculum reform, genre analysis and ICTs. Her recent book Rethinking Online Education: Media, ideologies, and Identities is published by Paradigm Publishers (2013).

 

Smaragda Papadopoulou holds a ΒΑ degree in Greek Language and Literature from the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens and an MSc in Technology Education and Digital Systems from the University of Piraeus. Her scientific interests lie primarily in the fields of technology-enhanced learning, e-learning and online training. So far she has worked as a language editor and proofreader of study guides for primary and secondary education students. She has also participated as an instructional material designer in e-learning projects concerning adult training in Information Communication Technologies (ICT). Since September 2011 she has been working as en eLearning specialist at the Research Centre for Language Teaching, Testing and Assessment and has developed the e-training programme for Primary EFL teachers.

 

Georgia Gyftoula, Centre of Self-Access Learning & Materials Development, University of Athens, has been a state Primary School English teacher since 1993. She holds a MEd in ELT by the Hellenic Open University and a MEd in Education Management and Administration by the University of Thessaly. She has been interested in implementing projects of Environmental Education, e-twinning and other European programmes as well as integrating ICT in her teaching. She is currently teaching at the 3rd Primary School of Zografou.

 

Ms. Chryssanthe Sotiriou has obtained a BA in English Literature from the English Department of the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens and a postgraduate diploma with distinction in Translation from the University of Mons-Hainaut in Belgium, being a scholar of the ‘Alexander Onassis’ Foundation. She has been involved in the Leonardo da Vinci Sectoral Programme: “Mobile and Wireless Technologies for Technology-Enhanced Language Learning (ΜW-TELL)” and in “Digital School”: Greek Ministry of Education. Her research interests include Project Based Learning (PBL), Game Based Learning (GBL) and the use of social media in Education. She has given lectures in seminars and conferences for teaching and the use of technology to teachers of primary and secondary education. She has many years of teaching experience, working as an EFL teacher at Doukas School in Athens, since September 1995; recently holding the position of Language Coordinator in High School.

Elinda Gjondedaj, Centre of Self-Access Learning & Materials Development, University of Athens

  

Organized by Doukas School - Website: www.schoolonthecloud.eu

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copperstoneclubbiz.com 813-321-7417 The one guaranteed way to improve the overall efficiency of your communication system is to opt for a virtual phone system. With a virtual phone system, you can avail a host of sophisticated features such as call forwarding, find me follow me, conferencing, music-on-hold, caller Id, speed dial, call blocking, auto- attendant, voicemail to email, fax to email, real-time call history etc.

 

There are four main technologies that make virtual offices work: The Internet, VOIP, Unified Messaging and Cloud Computing Technology. Unless you've been living under a rock, I'm sure at some point in your life you've used or heard of at least one of these forms of technology.

 

The Internet

 

Let's face it; the Internet is one form of technology that most of us cannot live without. It's a part of our everyday lives. It's a resource that 85% or more of small business owners use to run their businesses. The Internet allows us to check our email, host our websites, shop online, pay our bills and most importantly use various tools to provide services to our clients.

 

VOIP - What is it?

 

VOIP (Voice over Internet Protocol) is a technology that gives us the ability to use phone services over the Internet. As a matter of fact, traditional phone lines are slowly being phased out as small, medium and large businesses are reaping the benefits of using VOIP systems. The main benefits of using VOIP are the ability to make long distance phone calls, hold conference calls, use caller ID, call forwarding and other features that traditional telephone companies normally you charge for are available for free. Isn't that AWESOME?

 

Unified Messaging Systems

 

Unified Messaging is a technology that works with VOIP systems and is a feature that runs virtual office phone systems. Unified Messaging combines the integration of email, instant messaging, fax, voicemail, video messaging, and text messaging technologies together for storage onto a single system. For example, with traditional communications systems messages are delivered onto several types of storage systems such as Voicemail systems, Fax machines and email servers. Whereas with Unified Messaging Systems all of these different types of messages are stored in one place. This feature simplifies the user experience by giving them one place to check for messages rather than checking multiple places to retrieve messages.

 

Ultimately, the premise behind creating Unified Messaging Systems was to have a place where all of the above technologies can be brought together onto one platform to make communication as seamless as possible.

 

Cloud Computing: The Revolution

 

Cloud Computing Technology is taking the world by storm. You may have heard cloud computing being referred to as "The Cloud". This form of technology allows multiple servers to share resources that run various hardware and software applications over the "Internet" that can be accessed via web browsers. In essence cloud computing features web-based software and hardware applications that run over the Internet. The main benefits of using services in "The Cloud" are:

 

Cloud services and applications are web-based and can be accessed anytime, anywhere, 24/7 as long as you have an Internet connection from a computer, Smartphone, or tablet device

 

Cloud applications work with multiple Operating System platforms such as Windows, Linux and Macintosh computers

 

Cloud applications and services are very inexpensive and allow you to pay as you go to use them

 

In most cases, there is no need for you to install software or purchase hardware to use cloud services

 

The most common types of virtual offices for work are home offices, telecommuting centers, mobile offices and hoteling.

 

A home office can be a room, a portion of a room, a hallway, a garage, or any other space you choose to work in.

 

Home Offices

 

The primary advantage of working at home is that it makes it easier for people to run their lives. Those who have to drop children off at school or take care of a sick parent can juggle their personal and professional responsibilities better if they aren't rushing to the office every day on a fixed schedule. Dropping the daily commute may also free up time for other activities such as time with a spouse or children, exercise, or hobbies.

 

Working at home also means fewer meetings and interruptions. Not surprisingly, this often translates into productivity gains. A study found that 80 percent of work-at-home entrepreneurs say they are more productive at home than they were in a traditional office. An overall increase in control over scheduling can improve your sense of satisfaction and can lead to a higher quality of work. This increased feeling of control over your work and your life cuts down significantly on stress levels.

 

Telecommuting Centers

 

A telecommuting center is a type of virtual offices where employees work, usually part-time, outside of a central corporate office. These virtual offices are either used by employees from one company or shared by employees from several different employers.

 

Telecommuting centers can offer many of the advantages of working in a home office without some of the disadvantages. Centers present fewer distractions than a home office and more opportunity for social and professional interaction. They also can provide access to computer networks, secretarial services, conference rooms, and copiers, which are not always available at home. In addition, some supervisors feel more comfortable with employees working at another office site rather than in the home.

 

The major barrier to widespread use of such virtual offices is their cost. For obvious reasons, home offices are much less expensive.

 

Mobile Offices

 

The term mobile office describes a car, or sometimes even a briefcase, used by people who spend a lot of time on the road. These "road warriors" have all the technology and other tools they need in their mobile office to complete their work without returning to the central office. They complete their work in their mobile office, at a client site, or in a home office, and go to the corporate office only for meetings, to pick up mail, or for support services that are not available elsewhere.

 

Enabling mobile workers to spend more time with their clients through technology is appealing to employers. The same technology that allows mobile workers to keep in touch enables them to improve productivity and spend more time with clients. At the client's location, mobile workers use computers to access inventory information, process orders, and provide quick turnaround for all kinds of services. Employers also save on real estate costs by having mobile workers do the bulk of their desk work outside of the company office.

 

Hoteling

 

Although technically not an office, hoteling is a catch-all term for work arrangements in which corporate employees use desks on an as-needed basis.

 

Employees in hoteling arrangements do not have assigned offices on a long-term basis. Armed with portable computers and other technology, these employees visit clients and perform administrative tasks on the road or from offices at home. They return to the corporate office for meetings or when they need other support services.

 

Here is a list of 7 tools that can be used to help you get started with setting up a virtual office that can help you save money on operating expenses and give your business a professional look inexpensively.

 

1. Online Billing and Invoicing Solution

 

Online invoicing solutions help you in getting your payment on time. With these invoicing tools, you can send invoices to your clients via email which will help you save money on postage.

 

2. Online Backup and Recovery Solution

 

You never know when disaster will strike. When it does, you'll want to be ready for it. Having a backup and recovery system in place is crucial for any business-no matter what size they are. The advantage of using online backup solutions vs. traditional backup services is that you will have access to your important documents and files anytime that you need them. Some companies offer very affordable online disaster recovery solutions that will help get you back up and running again in the event of a catastrophe in your virtual office.

 

3. Online Fax Solutions

 

Tired of tying up your phone line to send or receive faxes? If you are, then an online fax service is the perfect solution for you. Online fax services eliminate the need to purchase an expensive fax machine or run to a local store or copy center when you need to send faxes. These services allow you to send and receive faxes over the Internet as PDF files.

 

4. Online File Sharing and Document Management System

 

Document management systems lets you store, manage and share your documents online anytime you need them via an Internet browser. This system definitely comes in handy for a small business owner needing quick access to documents even when they are away from their personal computer. You can create different folders to store your documents in them, share files with your employees, team members or business colleagues, post comments regarding specific files you uploaded, and set permissions for specific files and folders that you may or may not want to share. Types of files that you can upload are Microsoft office applications (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Access), PDF files, and Executable files and programs.

 

5. All-In-One Printer, Copier and Scanner

 

Using an all-in one printer or multifunction device that features a printer, copier and scanner for your business will surely eliminate the need for purchasing other hardware devices separately. The feature I've grown to love most with using an All-in-One printer is the capability of being able to scan documents from the device, download it as a PDF and send it back using an online Fax Service. Isn't this a nice feature for a virtual office?

 

Some additional obvious benefits of using a multi-function printer include:

 

You can have almost everything you need in one device since most multifunctional devices are equipped with copiers, scanners, or fax machines.

 

They are very easy to maintain. Since all-in one printers are standalone devices, there will be less equipment for you to take care of.

 

You can save a lot of work space. Office equipment can tend to be bulky and take up a lot of space. Multifunction devices aid tremendously in this area.

 

You can save money. It is more expensive for you to purchase several pieces of beneficial for your company, especially if you are trying to save on your expenses.

 

6. Online Project Collaboration and Web Conferencing Tools

 

Online collaboration and web conferencing tools allow you to work with your employees and clients in different locations across the world via one virtual location. With these tools, you can conduct live presentations, host online meetings, do sales presentations and conduct training right from your computer by sharing your computer screen with multiple users over the Internet.

 

Most web conferencing and project collaboration tools require you to download a desktop sharing application onto your computer to share your screen or send a special link through email to the participants of the meeting. After the participants have received a link to the meeting and have clicked on it, they will be able to join the web conference.

 

Google Apps is an additional resource that offers free project collaboration and online messaging tools to small business owners. With Google apps, you can use your own customized business email addresses to send and receive email from Google's online email interface, receive 25GB worth of free online email storage, access to mobile email, an online calendar, and instant messaging.

 

7. Online Customer Relationship Management Systems (CRM)

 

I will warn you that Customer Relationship Management systems can be a tad bit complex for beginners. Before choosing a CRM for your business, I urge you to make sure that the software vendor that you select has great customer service or online tutorials and other resources available that will give you a step by step guide on how to setup and use the software program.

 

If you have a business and you are trying to keep expenses at a minimum and you don't want to have to pay someone an hourly wage to do jobs that can be automated, you have likely heart of a virtual office service. The great thing about these services is that you only have to pay for what you use, so there is no hourly wage to pay, as would be the case if you hired a full or even part time employee to do these things for you.

 

Wondering exactly what a virtual office assistant can do for you? Basically they can do all of the things that would be done by someone who was right in the office for you, except that you're not paying them every day that they come to work, you're only paying for when you use their services/

 

Some of the virtual office services that you can take advantage of include but are not limited:

 

- Secretarial support

- Copier and mail services

- Fax services

- Courier and postage services

- Remote reception services

- Automated attendant services

- Unified message that converts voicemail to email

- Live telephone answering service

- Call recording

- Booking ready to use office space

- Providing whiteboards, flip charts, screens and LCD projectors when needed

- Teleconferencing

- Catering arrangements

- Mail and parcel services

- Private locked mailbox services

- Email notification of mail and parcel pick up notices

- Mail and parcel forwarding as needed

 

This is jut a look at what these amazing services can do for you and your business. Of course not all businesses need these services all the time. This is why virtual office services really do make a lot of sense. When you're trying to reduce the operating budget as much as possible this is the way to go because you are only paying for the services that you need, and nothing more. So, instead of having someone on the books that is sitting there waiting for you to do these things, you simply need to contact the virtual office service when you need them and you're done.

 

If you need a few of the different services offered you can always choose a package of virtual services that works for you, or you can choose to customize a package that will give you only the services that you need and nothing more. When you customize the package you will not be paying for anything other than the services that you really want or need and even then you'll find that the savings will be substantial. The nice thing is that you can change your package or custom package at any time, if your needs change in any way, which will allow for you to budget for things in advance.

 

As you can see, working with a virtual office service really is a great option for a wide variety of businesses who don't necessarily need full time services and who want to watch their budget and only pay for what they need. Cracking down and diminishing the budget is always a great idea, and this is a really simple and straight forward way to do it for all different types and sizes of business around the world.

 

copperstoneclubbiz.com 813-321-7417 The one guaranteed way to improve the overall efficiency of your communication system is to opt for a virtual phone system. With a virtual phone system, you can avail a host of sophisticated features such as call forwarding, find me follow me, conferencing, music-on-hold, caller Id, speed dial, call blocking, auto- attendant, voicemail to email, fax to email, real-time call history etc.

 

There are four main technologies that make virtual offices work: The Internet, VOIP, Unified Messaging and Cloud Computing Technology. Unless you've been living under a rock, I'm sure at some point in your life you've used or heard of at least one of these forms of technology.

 

The Internet

 

Let's face it; the Internet is one form of technology that most of us cannot live without. It's a part of our everyday lives. It's a resource that 85% or more of small business owners use to run their businesses. The Internet allows us to check our email, host our websites, shop online, pay our bills and most importantly use various tools to provide services to our clients.

 

VOIP - What is it?

 

VOIP (Voice over Internet Protocol) is a technology that gives us the ability to use phone services over the Internet. As a matter of fact, traditional phone lines are slowly being phased out as small, medium and large businesses are reaping the benefits of using VOIP systems. The main benefits of using VOIP are the ability to make long distance phone calls, hold conference calls, use caller ID, call forwarding and other features that traditional telephone companies normally you charge for are available for free. Isn't that AWESOME?

 

Unified Messaging Systems

 

Unified Messaging is a technology that works with VOIP systems and is a feature that runs virtual office phone systems. Unified Messaging combines the integration of email, instant messaging, fax, voicemail, video messaging, and text messaging technologies together for storage onto a single system. For example, with traditional communications systems messages are delivered onto several types of storage systems such as Voicemail systems, Fax machines and email servers. Whereas with Unified Messaging Systems all of these different types of messages are stored in one place. This feature simplifies the user experience by giving them one place to check for messages rather than checking multiple places to retrieve messages.

 

Ultimately, the premise behind creating Unified Messaging Systems was to have a place where all of the above technologies can be brought together onto one platform to make communication as seamless as possible.

 

Cloud Computing: The Revolution

 

Cloud Computing Technology is taking the world by storm. You may have heard cloud computing being referred to as "The Cloud". This form of technology allows multiple servers to share resources that run various hardware and software applications over the "Internet" that can be accessed via web browsers. In essence cloud computing features web-based software and hardware applications that run over the Internet. The main benefits of using services in "The Cloud" are:

 

Cloud services and applications are web-based and can be accessed anytime, anywhere, 24/7 as long as you have an Internet connection from a computer, Smartphone, or tablet device

 

Cloud applications work with multiple Operating System platforms such as Windows, Linux and Macintosh computers

 

Cloud applications and services are very inexpensive and allow you to pay as you go to use them

 

In most cases, there is no need for you to install software or purchase hardware to use cloud services

 

The most common types of virtual offices for work are home offices, telecommuting centers, mobile offices and hoteling.

 

A home office can be a room, a portion of a room, a hallway, a garage, or any other space you choose to work in.

 

Home Offices

 

The primary advantage of working at home is that it makes it easier for people to run their lives. Those who have to drop children off at school or take care of a sick parent can juggle their personal and professional responsibilities better if they aren't rushing to the office every day on a fixed schedule. Dropping the daily commute may also free up time for other activities such as time with a spouse or children, exercise, or hobbies.

 

Working at home also means fewer meetings and interruptions. Not surprisingly, this often translates into productivity gains. A study found that 80 percent of work-at-home entrepreneurs say they are more productive at home than they were in a traditional office. An overall increase in control over scheduling can improve your sense of satisfaction and can lead to a higher quality of work. This increased feeling of control over your work and your life cuts down significantly on stress levels.

 

Telecommuting Centers

 

A telecommuting center is a type of virtual offices where employees work, usually part-time, outside of a central corporate office. These virtual offices are either used by employees from one company or shared by employees from several different employers.

 

Telecommuting centers can offer many of the advantages of working in a home office without some of the disadvantages. Centers present fewer distractions than a home office and more opportunity for social and professional interaction. They also can provide access to computer networks, secretarial services, conference rooms, and copiers, which are not always available at home. In addition, some supervisors feel more comfortable with employees working at another office site rather than in the home.

 

The major barrier to widespread use of such virtual offices is their cost. For obvious reasons, home offices are much less expensive.

 

Mobile Offices

 

The term mobile office describes a car, or sometimes even a briefcase, used by people who spend a lot of time on the road. These "road warriors" have all the technology and other tools they need in their mobile office to complete their work without returning to the central office. They complete their work in their mobile office, at a client site, or in a home office, and go to the corporate office only for meetings, to pick up mail, or for support services that are not available elsewhere.

 

Enabling mobile workers to spend more time with their clients through technology is appealing to employers. The same technology that allows mobile workers to keep in touch enables them to improve productivity and spend more time with clients. At the client's location, mobile workers use computers to access inventory information, process orders, and provide quick turnaround for all kinds of services. Employers also save on real estate costs by having mobile workers do the bulk of their desk work outside of the company office.

 

Hoteling

 

Although technically not an office, hoteling is a catch-all term for work arrangements in which corporate employees use desks on an as-needed basis.

 

Employees in hoteling arrangements do not have assigned offices on a long-term basis. Armed with portable computers and other technology, these employees visit clients and perform administrative tasks on the road or from offices at home. They return to the corporate office for meetings or when they need other support services.

 

Here is a list of 7 tools that can be used to help you get started with setting up a virtual office that can help you save money on operating expenses and give your business a professional look inexpensively.

 

1. Online Billing and Invoicing Solution

 

Online invoicing solutions help you in getting your payment on time. With these invoicing tools, you can send invoices to your clients via email which will help you save money on postage.

 

2. Online Backup and Recovery Solution

 

You never know when disaster will strike. When it does, you'll want to be ready for it. Having a backup and recovery system in place is crucial for any business-no matter what size they are. The advantage of using online backup solutions vs. traditional backup services is that you will have access to your important documents and files anytime that you need them. Some companies offer very affordable online disaster recovery solutions that will help get you back up and running again in the event of a catastrophe in your virtual office.

 

3. Online Fax Solutions

 

Tired of tying up your phone line to send or receive faxes? If you are, then an online fax service is the perfect solution for you. Online fax services eliminate the need to purchase an expensive fax machine or run to a local store or copy center when you need to send faxes. These services allow you to send and receive faxes over the Internet as PDF files.

 

4. Online File Sharing and Document Management System

 

Document management systems lets you store, manage and share your documents online anytime you need them via an Internet browser. This system definitely comes in handy for a small business owner needing quick access to documents even when they are away from their personal computer. You can create different folders to store your documents in them, share files with your employees, team members or business colleagues, post comments regarding specific files you uploaded, and set permissions for specific files and folders that you may or may not want to share. Types of files that you can upload are Microsoft office applications (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Access), PDF files, and Executable files and programs.

 

5. All-In-One Printer, Copier and Scanner

 

Using an all-in one printer or multifunction device that features a printer, copier and scanner for your business will surely eliminate the need for purchasing other hardware devices separately. The feature I've grown to love most with using an All-in-One printer is the capability of being able to scan documents from the device, download it as a PDF and send it back using an online Fax Service. Isn't this a nice feature for a virtual office?

 

Some additional obvious benefits of using a multi-function printer include:

 

You can have almost everything you need in one device since most multifunctional devices are equipped with copiers, scanners, or fax machines.

 

They are very easy to maintain. Since all-in one printers are standalone devices, there will be less equipment for you to take care of.

 

You can save a lot of work space. Office equipment can tend to be bulky and take up a lot of space. Multifunction devices aid tremendously in this area.

 

You can save money. It is more expensive for you to purchase several pieces of beneficial for your company, especially if you are trying to save on your expenses.

 

6. Online Project Collaboration and Web Conferencing Tools

 

Online collaboration and web conferencing tools allow you to work with your employees and clients in different locations across the world via one virtual location. With these tools, you can conduct live presentations, host online meetings, do sales presentations and conduct training right from your computer by sharing your computer screen with multiple users over the Internet.

 

Most web conferencing and project collaboration tools require you to download a desktop sharing application onto your computer to share your screen or send a special link through email to the participants of the meeting. After the participants have received a link to the meeting and have clicked on it, they will be able to join the web conference.

 

Google Apps is an additional resource that offers free project collaboration and online messaging tools to small business owners. With Google apps, you can use your own customized business email addresses to send and receive email from Google's online email interface, receive 25GB worth of free online email storage, access to mobile email, an online calendar, and instant messaging.

 

7. Online Customer Relationship Management Systems (CRM)

 

I will warn you that Customer Relationship Management systems can be a tad bit complex for beginners. Before choosing a CRM for your business, I urge you to make sure that the software vendor that you select has great customer service or online tutorials and other resources available that will give you a step by step guide on how to setup and use the software program.

 

If you have a business and you are trying to keep expenses at a minimum and you don't want to have to pay someone an hourly wage to do jobs that can be automated, you have likely heart of a virtual office service. The great thing about these services is that you only have to pay for what you use, so there is no hourly wage to pay, as would be the case if you hired a full or even part time employee to do these things for you.

 

Wondering exactly what a virtual office assistant can do for you? Basically they can do all of the things that would be done by someone who was right in the office for you, except that you're not paying them every day that they come to work, you're only paying for when you use their services/

 

Some of the virtual office services that you can take advantage of include but are not limited:

 

- Secretarial support

- Copier and mail services

- Fax services

- Courier and postage services

- Remote reception services

- Automated attendant services

- Unified message that converts voicemail to email

- Live telephone answering service

- Call recording

- Booking ready to use office space

- Providing whiteboards, flip charts, screens and LCD projectors when needed

- Teleconferencing

- Catering arrangements

- Mail and parcel services

- Private locked mailbox services

- Email notification of mail and parcel pick up notices

- Mail and parcel forwarding as needed

 

This is jut a look at what these amazing services can do for you and your business. Of course not all businesses need these services all the time. This is why virtual office services really do make a lot of sense. When you're trying to reduce the operating budget as much as possible this is the way to go because you are only paying for the services that you need, and nothing more. So, instead of having someone on the books that is sitting there waiting for you to do these things, you simply need to contact the virtual office service when you need them and you're done.

 

If you need a few of the different services offered you can always choose a package of virtual services that works for you, or you can choose to customize a package that will give you only the services that you need and nothing more. When you customize the package you will not be paying for anything other than the services that you really want or need and even then you'll find that the savings will be substantial. The nice thing is that you can change your package or custom package at any time, if your needs change in any way, which will allow for you to budget for things in advance.

 

As you can see, working with a virtual office service really is a great option for a wide variety of businesses who don't necessarily need full time services and who want to watch their budget and only pay for what they need. Cracking down and diminishing the budget is always a great idea, and this is a really simple and straight forward way to do it for all different types and sizes of business around the world.

 

Microchip announced a new Verizon Wireless Certified Machine-to-Machine (M2M) Development Platform for CDMA. The full-featured platform (developed by Twisthink, LLC, a Microchip Authorized Design Partner) enables custom embedded firmware application development on the PIC32, 32-bit microcontroller (MCU), with local area and remote cellular connectivity. The platform is pre-certified with two-way communication capability on the Verizon Wireless network. It enables designers to develop on a standard 32-bit platform to collect data, share locally over 10/100 Ethernet and ZigBee® and communicate to a cloud application. The M2M Development Platform (part # DM320017, $379.99) is available for purchase today. For additional information, contact any Microchip sales representative or authorized worldwide distributor. For more info, visit: www.microchip.com/get/33X2

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Securing Apps & Data in the Cloud Presented by Spyders & Netskope - a discussion of shadow IT and the emergence Cloud Access Security Brokers (CASBs) like Netskope, Spyders latest technology partner, have emerged to help solve the issue of shadow IT. Cloud Access Security Brokers were listed as the #1 technology in the Gartner 2014 Top 10 Technologies for Information Security. If your wondering about what cloud access security brokers are, Gartner defines CASBs as “on-premises, or cloud-based security policy enforcement points, placed between cloud service consumers and cloud service providers to combine and interject enterprise security policies as the cloud-based resources are accessed. Essentially, CASBs consolidate multiple types of security policy enforcement.”

 

As organizations embrace cloud applications, new risks and complexities have arisen. Staying on top of the ever-changing policy, legal and tech landscapes is daunting and gives rise to complex legal and business challenges.

 

Privacy and security expert, Lisa Abe-Oldenburg, and Pranav Shah, a CIO advocate and security specialist, go over latest considerations facing Canadian organizations transitioning to cloud-based apps.

 

Lisa provides insight and guidance from a legal perspective, and Pranav addresses the business challenges related to architecture, technology, and human capital. Participants also gain insight into how organizations are successfully leveraging one of Gartner's newest categories, Cloud Access Security Brokers (CASB), as an integral component of their secure, SaaS business and security strategies.

 

Visit our website at spyders.ca to learn more about Netskope Cloud Access Security Brokers

Securing Apps & Data in the Cloud Presented by Spyders & Netskope - a discussion of shadow IT and the emergence Cloud Access Security Brokers (CASBs) like Netskope, Spyders latest technology partner, have emerged to help solve the issue of shadow IT. Cloud Access Security Brokers were listed as the #1 technology in the Gartner 2014 Top 10 Technologies for Information Security. If your wondering about what cloud access security brokers are, Gartner defines CASBs as “on-premises, or cloud-based security policy enforcement points, placed between cloud service consumers and cloud service providers to combine and interject enterprise security policies as the cloud-based resources are accessed. Essentially, CASBs consolidate multiple types of security policy enforcement.”

 

As organizations embrace cloud applications, new risks and complexities have arisen. Staying on top of the ever-changing policy, legal and tech landscapes is daunting and gives rise to complex legal and business challenges.

 

Privacy and security expert, Lisa Abe-Oldenburg, and Pranav Shah, a CIO advocate and security specialist, go over latest considerations facing Canadian organizations transitioning to cloud-based apps.

 

Lisa provides insight and guidance from a legal perspective, and Pranav addresses the business challenges related to architecture, technology, and human capital. Participants also gain insight into how organizations are successfully leveraging one of Gartner's newest categories, Cloud Access Security Brokers (CASB), as an integral component of their secure, SaaS business and security strategies.

 

Visit our website at spyders.ca to learn more about Netskope Cloud Access Security Brokers

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Securing Apps & Data in the Cloud Presented by Spyders & Netskope - a discussion of shadow IT and the emergence Cloud Access Security Brokers (CASBs) like Netskope, Spyders latest technology partner, have emerged to help solve the issue of shadow IT. Cloud Access Security Brokers were listed as the #1 technology in the Gartner 2014 Top 10 Technologies for Information Security. If your wondering about what cloud access security brokers are, Gartner defines CASBs as “on-premises, or cloud-based security policy enforcement points, placed between cloud service consumers and cloud service providers to combine and interject enterprise security policies as the cloud-based resources are accessed. Essentially, CASBs consolidate multiple types of security policy enforcement.”

 

As organizations embrace cloud applications, new risks and complexities have arisen. Staying on top of the ever-changing policy, legal and tech landscapes is daunting and gives rise to complex legal and business challenges.

 

Privacy and security expert, Lisa Abe-Oldenburg, and Pranav Shah, a CIO advocate and security specialist, go over latest considerations facing Canadian organizations transitioning to cloud-based apps.

 

Lisa provides insight and guidance from a legal perspective, and Pranav addresses the business challenges related to architecture, technology, and human capital. Participants also gain insight into how organizations are successfully leveraging one of Gartner's newest categories, Cloud Access Security Brokers (CASB), as an integral component of their secure, SaaS business and security strategies.

 

Visit our website at spyders.ca to learn more about Netskope Cloud Access Security Brokers

www.gosdwan.com/edge-computing-for-retail/

  

Company A is a world-renowned sports brand with extremely popular products. Headquartered in Europe, it has thousands of stores in the Greater China region, the only region that has maintained high business growth in recent years.

 

With the rapid growth of online e-commerce business models in the Greater China region, and the effect of COVID-19 and rental on physical stores, the customer drove the digital transformation of its internal IT architecture, increased access to its online platforms, enhanced the accuracy of advertising through data marketing, and streamlined the costs of physical stores in a timely manner.

 

At the network level, the customer's demand was to maintain the traditional MPLS VPN network deployment but with a steady decrease in investment, and to deploy SD-WAN in all new branches and subsidiaries.

 

GOSDWAN's Innovation in Chain Retailer

 

Cost-effective networking and flexible leasing

SD-WAN solution is based on the light load deployment of the customer's DIA (dedicated Internet access) lines, which can be rented and billed flexibly, and the bandwidth is not limited by the capacity of traditional dedicated lines, and multiple labels can be applied and integrated for cost-effective Internet egress.

 

Network redundancy and multiplexing backups

SD-WAN uCPE devices support 3G/4G/5G uplink channel synchronization, which greatly reduces the customer's cost in link backup.

 

Global layout and cloud acceleration

The customer's data flow interoperates with a large number of mainstream SaaS applications through the SD-WAN network, gaining the support of applications such as Salesforce, Shopify, etc., and also the support of processing functions such as machine learning and big data analysis on Microsoft Azure, which can speed up decision analysis.

 

Software-defined security and agile network

The network design integrates internal network traffic and external Internet applications, where SD-WAN solution's definable labels lead potentially risky traffic to critical nodes for processing, while the egress of each branch and subsidiary directly applies software firewall to enhance security definition and control at the edge.

 

Highlights of Technical Design In Chain Retailer

Fast Launch

With the agile design and deployment of SD-WAN Enterprise Networking, SaaS Application Acceleration, SD-Branch and Intranet Optimization, Cloud Direct Connect and other mature modular solutions, implementation in more than ten business nodes nationwide and some overseas business nodes was completed within one month to meet the needs of rapid delivery for high-volume and small-scale sites in the retail industry.

 

Cloud Acceleration

The customer's business nodes are widely distributed, and considering the geographical location of branches, to make use of the advantages of cloud applications, the route from business nodes to the cloud needs to be accurately reconfigured, without dependance on the default route of the Internet.

 

All-in-one Terminal Device

The edge access device on the client-side adopts the standard white box platform and extends the corresponding kit, so the all-in-one terminal device integrates all the functions needed in traditional ICT model networking such as routing and switching, 4G backup links, wireless coverage and firewall, etc. The hardware achieves main and backup redundancy to meet the high availability needs of the site while significantly reducing the cost.

  

Securing Apps & Data in the Cloud Presented by Spyders & Netskope - a discussion of shadow IT and the emergence Cloud Access Security Brokers (CASBs) like Netskope, Spyders latest technology partner, have emerged to help solve the issue of shadow IT. Cloud Access Security Brokers were listed as the #1 technology in the Gartner 2014 Top 10 Technologies for Information Security. If your wondering about what cloud access security brokers are, Gartner defines CASBs as “on-premises, or cloud-based security policy enforcement points, placed between cloud service consumers and cloud service providers to combine and interject enterprise security policies as the cloud-based resources are accessed. Essentially, CASBs consolidate multiple types of security policy enforcement.”

 

As organizations embrace cloud applications, new risks and complexities have arisen. Staying on top of the ever-changing policy, legal and tech landscapes is daunting and gives rise to complex legal and business challenges.

 

Privacy and security expert, Lisa Abe-Oldenburg, and Pranav Shah, a CIO advocate and security specialist, go over latest considerations facing Canadian organizations transitioning to cloud-based apps.

 

Lisa provides insight and guidance from a legal perspective, and Pranav addresses the business challenges related to architecture, technology, and human capital. Participants also gain insight into how organizations are successfully leveraging one of Gartner's newest categories, Cloud Access Security Brokers (CASB), as an integral component of their secure, SaaS business and security strategies.

 

Visit our website at spyders.ca to learn more about Netskope Cloud Access Security Brokers

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Stackato allows agile enterprises to develop and deploy software solutions faster than ever before and manage them more effectively. Stackato provides development teams with built-In languages, frameworks and services on one single cloud application platform, while providing enterprise-level security and world-class support.

"stackato"

Stackato by Active State

www.activestate.com/

www.activestate.com/stackato

Stackato allows agile enterprises to develop and deploy software solutions faster than ever before and manage them more effectively. Stackato provides development teams with built-In languages, frameworks and services on one single cloud application platform, while providing enterprise-level security and world-class support.

   

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Jeff Campbell, a cloud application development supervisor, took this photo of Boyton Canyon in Sedona.

Protect your business the best way, we know how. OS33 is what your small business needs.

 

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A first look at the new Adobe Creative Cloud Application.

 

I'm installing the apps now so more to come shortly....

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A first look at the new Adobe Creative Cloud Application.

 

I'm installing the apps now so more to come shortly....

Cloud technologies are altering the landscape of how companies do business. Microsoft Azure has changed the way of developing and delivering technology solutions. As a local certified Microsoft Azure Partner, Katpro is helping clients adapt to the digital transformation to build meaningful, actionable disruptive cloud based web services and cloud application development services on Azure cloud platform. To know more about Azure migrations and how Katpro can help you in this regard, please contact Katpro Technologies today.

 

For more information please visit: katprotech.com/migrate-to-microsoft-azure/

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A first look at the new Adobe Creative Cloud Application.

 

I'm installing the apps now so more to come shortly....

Oppo Find 5 has been get the user's attention, it is powerful and ultra clear screen has a very good user experience to us, as the current domestic smart mobile phone 's flagship level. In addition ,the Find 5 also features a built-in application is very rich, the navigation functions before we ever introduced, one of the innovative application is the main selling point.

    

Oppo Find 5 using a system of Android 4.1 based on the depth of customization, in addition to join the real navigation features new, system is also built characteristic application oppo oneself, such as cloud services, cloud is the key product of NearMe oppo. NearMe is oppo 's mobile phone to create Internet platform, provides such as software download, notes, synchronous backup and retrieve mobile phone four functions, and all services are free of charge.

    

Enter the NearMe cloud applications, you can quickly start to use, the interface is simple, will show all functions, including mobile phone back, sync contacts, SMS Backup, cloud album, SkyDrive and notes.

    

Many models now has the functions that find back the mobile phone .but most of them exist in name only, and oppo Find 5 mobile phone function back is very powerful, you can directly log on the remote control at the end of the webpage, mobile phone, mobile phone positioning control ring, boot password, and can also set the SIM card change notice, even sending mobile phone mail list and the data erasure in the mobile phone, to protect the personal privacy security.

    

In general, Find 5 as a flagship model, it not only provides a robust performance for us, more important is that it provides a more practical applications for the user, can be said that Find 5 is a soft and hard in both models, it is not only the hardware built with mobile phone

  

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A first look at the new Adobe Creative Cloud Application.

 

I'm installing the apps now so more to come shortly....

Impressions from the Mendix Essentials hosted in the Euromast in Rotterdam. During this very successful day was we had the pleasure to welcome over 25 enthusiastic visitors, all interested in our tools and infrastructure to simplify and accelerate design, integration and deployment of next-gen business portals and cloud applications.

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A first look at the new Adobe Creative Cloud Application.

 

I'm installing the apps now so more to come shortly....

Impressions from the Mendix Essentials hosted in the Euromast in Rotterdam. During this very successful day was we had the pleasure to welcome over 25 enthusiastic visitors, all interested in our tools and infrastructure to simplify and accelerate design, integration and deployment of next-gen business portals and cloud applications.

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A first look at the new Adobe Creative Cloud Application.

 

I'm installing the apps now so more to come shortly....

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A first look at the new Adobe Creative Cloud Application.

 

I'm installing the apps now so more to come shortly....

Impressions from the Mendix Essentials hosted in the Euromast in Rotterdam. During this very successful day was we had the pleasure to welcome over 25 enthusiastic visitors, all interested in our tools and infrastructure to simplify and accelerate design, integration and deployment of next-gen business portals and cloud applications.

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A first look at the new Adobe Creative Cloud Application.

 

I'm installing the apps now so more to come shortly....

Role of an online school management system for academic institutions is very important. It is because the paper work has become easier moreover it's has become a paperless and much efficient to keep every data well organized in a web cloud application.

 

Visit: www.eschool.pk

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A first look at the new Adobe Creative Cloud Application.

 

I'm installing the apps now so more to come shortly....

Versa enhances SD-WAN by offering next-generation firewall (NGFW), secure remote access, and unified threat management (UTM) services that protects application and user activity across the enterprise WAN, branch, and private or public clouds. Organizations can finally secure their enterprise-wide networking while increasing multi-cloud application performance and dramatically driving down costs. Watch this video to know more: www.youtube.com/watch?v=IebcbWrqADs

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A first look at the new Adobe Creative Cloud Application.

 

I'm installing the apps now so more to come shortly....

The purpose for TestCenter is to make life easier for test managers and testing teams. TestCenter is a cloud application for easy administration of core test artefacts, such as requirements, testcases, testruns and test results.More details visit us: testcenter.one/features.html

The adoption of Mobile and Cloud applications drives API traffic across domains. OAuth 2.0 is being implemented in complex enterprise environments where new authorization endpoints are combined with various existing identity components, in various configurations.

Vartika Software company provides the one of the best Converter tool that convert the Corrupt or damaged Outlook OST file into Outlook PST file and multiple file format such as HTML, EML, EXML, MSG and MBOX etc. It supports the cloud applications like Office365 account, Outlook.com and Live Exchange Server.

SAP C4C Specialized on the web training made available from Anubhav Trainings imparts enlightenment on the end-to-end profits approach stream along with other Necessities of SAP C4C System that are very important for aligning the businesses to The shoppers. The SAP C4C Complex on the net classes happen to be intended to deliver an entire administrative of your Group, so the candidates might be in a position to be familiar with the functionalities, feed, shelf, tag, comply with of C4C.

A mosaic cloud made out of icons from the Adobe Creative Cloud applications.

OPTIMIZATION OF CLOUD APPLICATIONS

Dr. Geir Horn, Head of European ICT Projects, University of Oslo

 

Can “elasticity” be the key feature of Clouds? How can the pay per use model minimize the infrastructure costs and increase the performance when needed?

Ways of collecting and applying meteorological data.