State Fire Marshal’s Office updates generator safety message following Hurricane Ida

9.4.21 – WAFB – BATON ROUGE, La. (WAFB) – As power restoration efforts continue across southeast Louisiana following Hurricane Ida’s devastation, the State Fire Marshal’s Office (SFM) is reemphasizing the importance of following key safety tips when using...

Texas must do more to effectively prevent carbon monoxide disasters, experts say

Many Texas homes are not required to have to carbon monoxide detectors. Credit: Laila Milevski/ProPublica 9.3.21 – Texas Tribune – BY LEXI CHURCHILL AND PERLA TREVIZO, THE TEXAS TRIBUNE AND PROPUBLICA, AND SUZY KHIMM, NBC...

Maryland home & business owners impacted by Ida storms could be eligible for tax relief

9.3.21 – WMAR – ANNAPOLIS, Md. Maryland home and business owners impacted by storms from Hurricane Ida could be eligible to have their property assessments reduced. Maryland residents can fill out this form and email it to their local...

Survey: Customers’ Technology Needs & Budgets are Increasing Post Pandemic

wutzkoh.stock.adobe.com 9.1.21 – CI The value of an integrator is evolving as the workplace continues to change and customers tailor unique solutions to their own needs, integrators should understand the unifying threads of technology end user customers need the...

The Benefits of Utilizing SMS Texting and 2-Way Chat With Customers

(Image: ant/stock.adobe.com) 9.3.21 – SSI The transition to immediate communication has evolved beyond a luxury or novelty and into what most people consider a minimum requirement A handwritten letter received in the mail communicates something beyond the actual words...

CISA Adds Single-Factor Authentication to List of Bad Practices

Image: Tada Images/stock.adobe.com) 9.1.21 – SSI – Alyssa Borelli – The U.S. Cybersecurity & Infrastructure Agency deems single-factor authentication “especially egregious in technologies accessible from the Internet.” The U.S. Cybersecurity &...