UPDATED: March 18, 2022
Microsoft recently announced they have reimagined the way commercial customers will transact with them. Their latest initiative is referred to as the New Commerce Experience, or NCE. Their goal is to simplify the licensing process and improve the purchasing experience for Microsoft customers.

UPDATE: December 21, 2021- We have identified the products Systems Engineering sells and supports that are impacted by the log4j vulnerability. Affected products are listed below along with our plans to address each.

Having an employee in medical distress is a situation no company wants to experience, but every company must prepare for. When emergencies occur, we instinctively call 911 for help and expect to connect with emergency services. But what if your organization has multi-line phone systems, remote staff, or uses softphones? Calling 911 may not necessarily be so straightforward. Here are two essential laws you need to know when preparing your business for a potential 911 situation.

Educational institutions are heavily dependent upon technology to support today’s digital learning environments.  At a minimum, schools need high-speed internet access, telecommunications services, and internal connections in order for faculty and students to access the digital resources they need. In addition, your teachers and students expect a secure environment in which to teach and learn. When resources and budgets are constrained, E-rate, a federally funded program, can help schools obtain the technologies necessary to facilitate an effective and modern educational environment.

Every organization wants to stay off the cyber hacker’s radar, but with the increasing number of data breaches year over year, this is easier said than done. According to the latest report from the Identity Theft Resource Center (ITRC), the number of reported data breaches through Q3 of 2021 has already exceeded the total number of breaches reported in 2020 by 17%.

Exploiting security vulnerabilities in unpatched systems has become one of the leading causes of data breaches today. Cybercriminals are actively scouring networks searching for vulnerabilities in systems and applications to exploit. However, new vulnerabilities are not the only target.

The November 2021 Microsoft Patch Tuesday updates were released on November, 9th. The full release covered 55 security updates and vulnerabilities found in Exchange Servers 2013, 2016, 2019. Included in this release is a patch that covers an actively exploited zero-day vulnerability classified as CVE-2021-42321 - Microsoft Exchange Server Remote Code Execution Vulnerability. This one vulnerability only affects on-premises and hybrid Exchange servers 2016, and 2019.