We are making great progress with school districts as related to our FERPA and HIPAA compliance SaaS Cloud subscription-based application that has been built identifying and managing potential liability risks.

IAPMS, a Web-Based SaaS Cloud subscription-based application that helps to support an educational institution's FERPA (Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act) and HIPAA compliance.

Strict state laws leave little room for error when it comes to securing student information.

Big Breaches

These days, schools across the country are being held to a rigorous legal standard for data security--one that leaves little room for error, but substantial room for legal liability. It's an age where a miss-sent e-mail with student data can represent enormous liabilities, and a lost laptop can cause concern and dramatic newspaper headlines.

IAPMS ( www.iapms-home.com ) provides a service, at a reasonable cost, that helps to protect information and data breaches by:

·         Integrating a centralized repository of all information assets and responsibilities

·         Capturing and storing the metadata about that information asset

·         Providing the ability to index, find and search for information assets

·         Implementing auto-classification and information categorizations

·         Monitoring information assurance and privacy

·         Classifying information as to risk and impacts to the organization from unauthorized disclosures

The rise of BYOD is often seen as bad news for the IT department – but smart CIOs see it as an opportunity, not a threat. 

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TechRepublic’s BYOD Business Strategy Survey reveals that 62 percent of companies either already have Bring Your Own Device allowances in place, or plan to by the end of 2013. 

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 Educators, legislators, and business leaders have long been concerned with the state of science and mathematics in our schools. 

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That the country needs more science, technology, engineering, and math graduates is a common refrain, but there has been little consensus about how to achieve this goal, and recent announcements from two public universities showcase very different strategies. 

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High school students aren't sticking with STEM. Even though the number of jobs in science and engineering is expected to surge in the years to come, close to 60 percent of the nation's students who begin high school interested in science, technology, engineering, and math, or STEM, change their minds by graduation, according to a report released Wednesday from STEMconnector and college planning service My College Options. 

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Sometimes, life throws you a curveball. Jon Rish was living, breathing and sleeping his dream job as a sports announcer calling Red Sox games for a Boston radio station. Then, after several months spent working without a contract, he suddenly faced a 30 percent pay cut.

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LinkedIn, the professional network people use to maintain an online resume, find jobs and job candidates, and network, is sending a clear message with its acquisition of news-reader Pulse: It's a media company, and it's not ashamed of that. .

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Mobile video has exploded for three reasons: one is the rollout of faster 4G LTE wireless networks, which support on-the-go video habits. A second reason is that younger audiences are adopting mobile video habits very quickly. Another is the spread of tablets. Devices like the full-size iPad and Kindle Fire — with their nine or 10-inch high resolution screens — are emerging as consumers' favored video playback devices.

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Your organization’s logo offers the world a glimpse of who you are and what you do. It should not just be instantly recognizable but also offer a clear and compelling narrative that people will remember.

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Tools like Catapult, Gofundme, Indiegogo, and Kickstarter have made it easy to issue online appeals for financial support. Increasingly, nonprofit workers may need to demonstrate savvy when it comes to using such "crowdfunding” networks.

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If your nonprofit wants to get more of its social networks, it should consider doing less.

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People using mobile devices accounted for 18 percent of the organization’s year-end online gifts—nearly one out of every five online contributions—compared with just 2 percent during the same time just a year earlier.

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As more nonprofit supporters use smartphones and tablets, charities are finding creative ways to make it easy to give on small screens and to serve their supporters using text messages and apps.

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When I got my first iPhone in late 2008, I couldn’t wait to peruse the App Store for cool new games, neat productivity tools and quirky new social services.

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tool to let users search out others by using common interests or other personal information, the site emphasized Thursday that minors will get special privacy protections.

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Facebook says it was recently hacked, though it says no data about its more than a billion users was compromised.

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February 2013 Top 70 Technology Experts to Follow on Twitter

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Apple and Facebook have stocked up their data centers with solid state flash storage and have paused spending, but Fusion-io should be able to diversify its customer base.

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The disruptive social cloud of people and data that is today's Internet has created all new business possibilities. Speakers at Oracle #CloudWorld this week explored how enterprises can organize better to take advantage of these opportunities.

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The role of the Chief Information Officer (CIO) will change fundamentally in the next few years, according to research commissioned by Brocade.

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As public cloud SLAs take heat from analysts, some enterprises say virtual private clouds offer the right mix of cloud agility and managed services reliability.

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There's no need for an OS X-iOS merger, but Apple could ditch Intel in its Macs -- or adopt Intel in the iPhone and iPad

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Two public cloud service providers have rolled out hosted versions of Hadoop clusters, including SkyTap announcing a partnership with Hadoop distributor Cloudera, and Joyent teaming with HortonWorks on a cloud-based Hadoop service that's available today.

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What's in it for business customers if Microsoft invests $1 billion or more in Dell's buyout deal?

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Just as Microsoft poured $1 billion into Nokia to advance its smartphone vision, the company could see Dell as the perfect partner in cloud hardware.

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So, we were heartened to see data mining, the Big Brother marketing tool of our time, geared toward the common good.

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CIO Laura Patterson is on a mission to bring the school's faculty and students to the cutting edge of innovation.

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Great entrepreneurs often talk about persistence -- pushing past ridicule and doubt to achieve success that no one believed possible. But successful leaders have another skill that often slips under the radar: the wisdom to let go of ideas that fail or lose their luster.

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When it comes to building a presence for your brand or business on social media, it can be tough knowing where to start.

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Asian-Americans make up half of the Bay Area's technology workforce, and their double-digit employment gains came from jobs lost among white tech workers, according to an analysis by this newspaper of Census Bureau data released Thursday.

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Tech jobs dominate the top 10 list of our 100 Best Jobs of 2013.

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Cultural diversity and technology in the workplace encompasses a number of factors, ranging from age and generation to socioeconomic status and income.

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Right now it’s all aboard or see you later. If you haven’t thought carefully about your mobile development strategy, you need to assemble a team of crackerjack designers and developers to help get you up to speed, or risk losing a large proportion of users. Choosing the right framework requires some understanding of your audience and the web experience you want them to be a part of.

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When you hear about an upcoming movie or music album, there’s a good chance you know where to look to watch the trailer or listen to a preview. But do you know where to find out more about the numerous smartphone applications that are soon to be released?

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The year 2012 marked the end of "Me too!” mobile apps in which enterprises were just looking to have a mobile presence.

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ARE YOU THE NEXT BUICK ACHIEVER? It starts with good grades. But goes beyond. A dedicated student. A leader in school. A volunteer worker. A college-bound and community-minded individual. The Buick Achievers Scholarship Program wants to reward students who have succeeded both inside and outside of the classroom—and who may not be able to attend college without financial assistance.

REWARDING ACHIEVEMENT, EXPERIENCE & COMMITMENT Scholarship recipients are selected based on the following factors: Academic achievement and financial needParticipation and leadership in community and school activities, work experience and interest in pursuing a career in the automotive or related industryPlease note special consideration will be given to the following applicants: first-generation college, female, minority, military veteran or a dependent of military personnel The majority of the scholarships will be awarded to students majoring in Engineering/Technology fields. Selection of recipients is made by Scholarship Management Services.

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Scholarship America® is a national organization that helps students get into and graduate from college through three core programs: Dollars for Scholars®, DreamkeepersSM®, and Scholarship Management Services®. More than $2.7 billion in scholarships and education assistance has been awarded to more than 1.8 million students since 1958. Their scholarship administration expertise has helped nearly 1,100 communities and more than 1,100 corporations develop and implement scholarship programs for local students. Got a question? E-mail info@scholarshipamerica.org or follow them on Twitter and Facebook.

Your vision of science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) majors may be one of mad scientists in white lab coats, vials of bubbling concoctions, or safety goggles and pocket protectors—but as times change, so do the visions of what these important areas of study entail and produce. As our society becomes increasingly environmentally aware, health conscious, and reliant on technology, STEM majors are playing more prominent roles in their communities and on an international scale. Both the public and private sectors are clamoring for more American students to pursue degrees and careers in STEM related fields, including environmental science, clean energy, exercise science, among others. And, as a result, everyone from private organizations to the federal government is offering attractive STEM scholarships and grants.

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Half of CIOs surveyed claims organizations are not getting full value from IT.

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From the rise of foundations to emerging revenue models, the open source movement is primed for even greater impact on tomorrow's technologi.

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Hadoop is not well-suited to the online, interactive data processing required for truly real-time data insights. Or is it?

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Instead the online gaming site has opted for a distributed approach using Logscape technology.

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The scale and impact of the Oceanic Observatories Initiative is closely followed by the magnitude of the computer science needed to make that data accessible and actionable by scientists.

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The Internet will expand to touch upon physical items such as consumer devices and physical assets, the firm predicts.

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The IT team behind the company's consumer staples -- particularly, its executives' focus on mentoring and leadership -- is a big part of the Philips success story.

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Every CIO job ad we reviewed stressed that the person in the role would help create business value in some way and help the company gain a competitive advantage.

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Ask Angelo Valletta, CIO at Sun National Bank, about IT's role in the company's sure-handed launch of its mobile banking platform back in early 2010, and he talks about team effort.

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"Know thy customer" is the first rule of business. What does that mean today? Companies are realizing the only way to influence the behavior of their customers is to know them on a deep level.

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How do you transform a technology-focused enterprise architecture fine-tuned for the delivery of IT services into one that is business-centric, developer-friendly and focused on external customers?

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"My personal style is very collaborative," Catherine Bruno explained. "And yes, there were politics, but the best way to handle that in this community was with transparency and openness. Meetings were open. Nothing was secret."

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As new technologies emerge, IT strategies evolve and businesses clamor for skills that go beyond traditional technology management, the CIO job description is undergoing a metamorphosis.

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Job trend reports are pointing to big things for the tech industry, including lots of openings and opportunities for growth. Here's the lowdown on tech hiring trends.

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San Francisco start-up Bright Media Corporation Inc. is unveiling its debut product today that it says will bring big data analytics to the process of matching jobs with people, cutting down on the frustration experienced by job seekers and hiring managers.

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I recently stumbled upon Indeed’s top job trends site. The site features an itemized list of the fastest growing keywords found within job postings across millions of jobs from thousands of job sites.

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Google is widening choices and cutting prices to take on Amazon in a battle for the cloud. "Amazon has a big head start here, but it's possible that Google can catch up," said Larry Carvalho, owner of RobustCloud.

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One of Microsoft's cash cows has been its Office lineup, but businesses are increasingly adopting Google Apps productivity software.

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WASHINGTON — The U.S. Department of Homeland Security is advising people to temporarily disable the Java software on their computers to avoid potential hacking attacks.

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Among my predictions for how the cloud landscape will shift in 2013: Cost management will take center-stage in the cloud.  

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Virtustream partners with Vormetric to add database encryption and key management to xStream cloud solution for enterprise compliance requirements.

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In some areas, tech job trends followed surprising paths during 2012. Big Data and cloud efforts, for example, were stymied at some companies by architectural, cultural and organizational issues that got in the way of data sharing, meaningful analysis and effective migration. The result: CIOs slowed down their hiring to explore possible solutions.

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Technology continually shifts like tectonic plates along a fault zone, so you’re always going to see new jobs develop. Here’s five jobs that are bound to hit the job boards soon:

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Yes, you need to worry about your 2013 goals, figure out what projects you are going to work on and determine how to work better with management or your coworkers. But all of that is tactical. Strategically, knowing you are employable relieves a lot of stress.

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AUSTIN, TEXAS -- Many organizations still feel the risks of public cloud adoption outweigh the rewards, with data security -- or lack thereof -- the primary concern.

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CIOs have staked careers on standardizing. It's accepted that enterprise software systems are now standard fare at companies because the consistent processes they impose on businesses save time. Well, despite all that, the paradigm for IT-enabled productivity is now shifting away from standardization.

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Shawn Banerji, managing director at New York-based executive search firm Russell Reynolds Associates Inc., acknowledges that the CIO search is among the most daunting in the world of IT executive recruiting. So what can CIOs do to get themselves noticed?

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Few have their finger on the pulse of enterprise technology like Shvetank Shah, executive director at the advisory services firm Corporate Executive Board, or CEB -- and he says there are four important shifts driving the newest trends in IT in a post-recession world.

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More than a decade ago, I met an executive for lunch at a business club in a wealthy U.S. suburb. As we entered the club, the conversations grew oddly hushed. Heads turned sharply. Diners shot glares at me, as if I were a street person.  

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For years, institutions of higher education have been a target for cloud technology providers.  

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Women and minorities are fighting for a place in fast-growth science and engineering-driven industries, and the struggle is stoking a heated dialogue, especially at its epicenters in Silicon Valley and the emerging New York City tech hub.

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"Big data” is without a doubt the hottest trend in technology today, possibly surpassing social media, which has held the tech hype crown for years.

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The IT Salary Survey 2012 shows big disparities among industries in the average salary for senior IT. In 2012, that doesn't seem to matter so much.  

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For far too long, most CIOs have been insulated from the core missions of every business: generating revenue and profit, and delighting customers. But that old-fashioned construct is changing rapidly as technology becomes more deeply infused in every facet of business operations…

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Determined to find a treatment for this deadly affliction—sometimes also known as "the peril of the fixed mindset”—The Economist Intelligence Unit earlier this year interviewed 226 senior executives in hopes of discovering why some companies are so good at innovation while others, in spite of the very best intentions, are hopelessly woeful at it.

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For many of us, the data stored on our computers practically defines our lives. As an inventor, computer scientist, software developer, photographer, technical writer and fiction author, the data and information that I produce is extremely valuable to me and to my livelihood.

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