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TTI recently had an opportunity to sit down with our longest tenured employee and National Service Manager, Chris Krehel. Chris has been with the company since its inception in 1991 so if there's anything that you'd like to find out about TTI he's your go to guy. For myself, this was a great learning experience. In this interview, Chris explains why TTI has maintained their customer first approach and how it has paid dividends throughout the years. Although we'd spent much time talking TTI. Take a look below to view the interview in its entirety.
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Implementing the latest mobile learning trends into the classroom can be both exciting and rewarding for students and teachers alike. Whether it be a blended learning environment, flipped classrooms, or 1:1 initiatives, teachers are getting more involved in choosing which resources work best for their class.
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Slomin's Home Service has always had a great reputation for service. TTI took a look at how their employees utilize technology to enhance not only their work experience but to also increase customer satisfaction. Over the weekend we had an opportunity to sit down for a cup of coffee with Slomin's Service Technician, Jason Mushalla to discuss the following topic.
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When it comes to implementing a BYOD strategy, IT decision makers may be fearful of the potential security risks that are involved. On the other hand, some businesses have jumped the gun and rolled out a BYOD plan while failing to incorporate proper policies for their staff. As a matter of fact, according to a Dell info graphic, 80% of BYOD use is totally unmanaged. So is there a happy medium between diving right and completely opting out? With 20% of BYOD programs predicted to fail by 2016, it would be highly beneficial for your organization to take a cautious approach.
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First off I would like to say congratulations to the entire graduating class of 2014 at West Virginia University. Go Mountaineers! But I would like to give a special shout out to my kid sister Jenna for graduating with a BS in Finance. OK thanks for tolerating my proud Big Brother moment. Now let's move on.
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I know what your thinking! No, I am not crazy. Just hear me out. Over the weekend I had a chance to watch the movie HER starring Joaquin Phoenix and Scarlett Johansson. In the latest from writer/director Spike Jonze, HER takes place in LA in the not so distant future where a depressed writer named Theodore (Phoenix) finds himself unhappy and in the midst of a divorce. Looking for companionship, Theodore purchases the newest operating system (OS1) on the market which is designed through artificial intelligence to learn, react and evolve just like a human.
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At concerts everyone wants to be able to share the action in real time with our friends and family over social networks such as Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram. But the quality of Wi-Fi access at concert venues are few and far between.
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Should we be ready to deem next year's NFL Championship Game the first ever "Mobile Super Bowl"? On January 15th Extreme Networks announced their partnership with NFL live from NFL Headquarters in New York City.
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Today rapid advancement in technology is changing the way we think and learn. New technology brings new trends such as BYOD and now new teaching methods such as flipped classrooms and 1:1 learning environments. Tablets in the classroom are becoming the norm but what's next?
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You have had the same business model for the past 30 years. You may have some basic desktops to support email and internet access but you still feel that as long as an employee has a working phone, ink in their pen, and a fresh 100 page spiral bound notebook then they have all the tools that they need to succeed.
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Lets face it, today's children are growing up with a baby bottle in one hand and a tablet in the other. So. what does this mean for the traditional classroom?
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IT managers are currently facing challenges throughout the course of the mobile device "invasion". Hoards of employees are invading the IT department desperately trying to connect their unsecured virus ridden devices to the companies network. With the security risks alone, IT Managers must be ready to make an escape from their office while encouraging their fellow staff members to keep moving forward. No Escape Unfortunately, there is no escaping this invasion. According to Gartner, two-thirds of the mobile workforce will own a smart phone in 2016 and 40 percent of the workforce will be mobile. So what does that mean? It means that mobility in the workplace is here to stay! Now we must ask ourselves, are we going to let it stay or are we going to take a stand? Now that we have decided that we must protect our networks, how do we go about doing so? Here are the necessary survival tools below:
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