Recent Posts by Jesse Amos

Cybercrime Case Study: Verizon Lessons Learned

In one particular instance, a customer contacted the RISK Team with an issue involving a primary competitor, a suspected threat actor, located on another continent that had recently made public a new piece of large construction equipment. At first glance, the equipment looked like an exact copy of a model recently developed by our customer, the victim. This was even more suspicious as the competitor, the threat actor, hadn't traditionally produced this type of equipment and therefore had no past track record in this part of the market. The victim's concern was not just that this equipment's design details were obtained illicitly, but that other projects were also in danger of similar compromise.

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What does Cloud Computing Mean for Project Managers?

Whether software development or infrastructure, the manner in which cloud computing projects are delivered is altered enough to require a slightly different approach to project management.

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4 Microsoft Excel Tricks You May Not Know About

 

The Power of the Double-Click

by Jessica Brown:

I have taught a lot of excel courses over my time with New Horizons. When I am teaching my excel courses I find there is one tool that makes working with Excel very easy but very few people know about it. This tool is the power of double clicking. When done strategically there is great power in it. 

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Become a Windows 10 Hero

Windows 10 is here to stay. According to statistics released by analytics firm NetMarketShare Windows 10 saw consistent increases in adoption over the past three months. December - 9.96% increase January - 11.85% increase February - 12.82% increase With this trend looking to continue at a steady 1% increase each month, Windows 10 is poised to equal Windows 7's market share well within this decade. What is notable for businesses in particular is at what expense the conversion to Windows 10 is coming from. Although Windows 7 saw a loss of three percentage points, Windows XP fell from 19% to 11.2% over the past year.

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