Songs of the Season

In this issue:

• You’re a Mean One, Mr. Grinch
• Grandma Got Run Over by a Reindeer
• Run, Run Rudolph
• Be Smart and Protect the Halls
• My Grown-Up Christmas List

...to ask the Lord’s blessing.  Thanksgiving is a wonderful, Norman Rockwell time of year when spirits run high over pumpkin pie and spiced lattes as we spend time with friends and family.

Thankfully, this collaborative spirit tends to spill over into our professional lives as well.

Songs of the Season

In this issue:

• Be Thankful for What You Got
• Introducing…Dylan MacIvor
• Stuffed Turkey
• We Gather Together…

If your business technology is “Runnin’ with the Devil” as in Van Halen’s infamous song, then you are living “life like there’s no tomorrow.” By running out-of-date or unpatched software and hardware, you risk exposing your business to cyberattacks and more.

Cathy reflects on a visit to Mount Rainer many years ago… “Doug and I hiked up to the Visitor’s Center from a lower parking lot. There was a point where we went through some thin clouds, got above them, and ultimately were able to stop and look down on them.

Protecting Our Resources

In this issue:

• A Walk in the Technology Clouds
• Introducing…Laurie Sloane
• Why So Many Passwords?
• National Park “Backups” Are Hidden Gems!

Software Patches are Important to Your Company's Security!
In the animal kingdom, nature is always changing, by adapting to meet the needs of the environment it’s faced with. Whether it’s a clever defense mechanism for a herbivore to fend off potential threats or a busy beaver architecting a home for itself, wildlife has no shortage of survival tools.

Rings reveal a lot about trees. Each spring and summer, a tree adds new layers of wood to its trunk. The spring-formed wood is made up of large cells and appears lighter. During the summer, growth is slower, thus, the cells are smaller and the wood is darker.

Nature and Technology

In this issue:

• They’re Called Event “Logs” for a Reason!
• Nature and Technology…Friend or Foe?
• Reduce, Reuse and Recycle
• Software Patches: Proactive Protection from Intruders

What exactly is a migration anyway?
In the animal kingdom, migration is the large-scale movement of animals from one area or region to another.  Most animals, that migrate, do this to survive.  Birds migrate south to escape the bitter cold of the north.