The Datapath Blog

It’s never too late to identify considerations when embarking on a budget or future forecast surrounding technology infrastructure within a school district. Whether you’re a CBO, CTO, a treasurer—or anybody handling public funds—you should always be aware of these three tools of planning.

Ah, October. This month is known for Halloween, the Fall colors, and, for some of us, Cyber Security Awareness Month. You have probably been exposed to countless articles and ads which are important in aiding in awareness.

If you work in a school district, you probably have a good understanding of what cloud services can offer. You also have likely seen what traditional infrastructure looks likes, sounds like (those noisy server rooms), and the experience of when it is not working.

Endpoint Detection and Response (EDR) is a security system that helps protect individual devices, such as computers and laptops, from malicious activity. It is an evolved form of the traditional Endpoint Protection Platform (EPP), which detects malicious behavior before it can do harm.

Whether you are a superintendent, CBO, IT Director, or other IT decision maker, we can help with some alternative ways to approach the supply chain shortage. Read on for alternative solutions that may help.

In March of 2020, which seems so long ago and just yesterday at the same time, a lot of people who were accustomed to working in an office went to work from home, just for a couple of weeks, to slow the spread of a global pandemic.

Using a low-code/no-code platform to create internal business apps is a major revenue opportunity and way to increase stickiness with customers, according to TrueIT CEO Zac Paulson.

How do you know that coffee is really from Columbia? I mean, they’re spending a lot on advertising to make you believe that, but is there really any way to know? What about contracts, land titles, or marriage certificates? What about your identification? Can we use technology to prove something is authentic? Can we know that those beans are really 100% pure Colombian Coffee?

Traditionally, businesses have automatically trusted anyone and anything inside the corporate network. In a digital world, most are now adopting a zero-trust architecture that trusts no one and nothing. But some companies are still using the traditional approach, making them more vulnerable to attacks in trusted applications.

Anyone who types “What is SD WAN?” into the search bar, looking for a simple definition, might soon stumble headlong into a sea of vendors, carriers, and providers touting diverse features and benefits, Gartner magic quadrants, and the sort of security concerns that accompany new technology. Our engineers explained that SD-WAN is a marketing term that can mean several things. On the surface, SD-WAN stands for “Software Defined Wide Area Network” which is proof that technical people are bad at naming things. We apologize for this. To make it up to you, let’s demystify this a little bit together.