Don’t let Cloud security fall through the cracks

January 22, 2019

Security is a group effort. This collective aspect is what has allowed us to achieve effective systems that keep organizations protected as technology and its associated threats continue to evolve.

However, this shared effort also creates a shared responsibility when security breaches do happen. To what extent can your organization be held responsible for breaches in security? Check out this article to learn more about your responsibilities as an organization.

At Quay Focus, we want to ensure your organization is properly protected at every level. Contact us to learn more.

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Customer Story: Kier Group PLC

When Keir adopted Microsoft 365 E5, the visibility it provided immediately allowed them to detect hackers across the globe using compromised credentials to gain access to Keir’s systems. They stopped over 90,000 intrusion attempts in the first month alone.

Innovative systems, visibility, and ease of use enable Keir to reduce their response times to such attacks from weeks to mere hours, allowing them to spend more time growing and improving their business.

What new security insights are waiting for you? Quay Focus is ready to help you find out.

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The class of 2030 and life-ready learning: The technology imperative

Could augmented reality become the future of our classrooms? New immersive technology encourages students to creatively build and problem solve. These tools keep students engaged in the learning process and help develop vital soft skills employers will always need.

It is critical to put the right wheels in motion now in our classrooms to prepare students for this new world as early as possible. At Quay Focus, we don’t believe in using yesterday’s classroom to prepare tomorrow’s graduates. Contact us to learn more about taking advantage of exciting new technologies to transform student engagement.

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Preparing the class of 2030

Estimates say that automation could replace up to 50% of existing jobs by 2030, as our current kindergartners reach graduation. The new jobs available will require stronger critical thinking, creativity, and social-emotional skills.

Personalized education is key to developing these abilities. Technology can give students the opportunity to take control of their own learning journey and puts the teacher in a position to become a valuable coach in this process rather than a director.

We at Quay Focus are excited about the transformative power of technology in the classroom. Contact us to learn more.

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Microsoft Education: A Complete Solution

What might a school’s wish list be when looking into integrating technology in their classrooms?

A system that’s easy for IT, teachers, and students to use? Check. Intune for Education makes it simple for IT to manage devices and software from a central location while still giving teachers control. Additionally, students can use their devices worry free, protected by the advanced security of Windows 10.

Something that enhances the learning experience for their students? Yep. Tools such as Windows Ink help foster creativity and boost retention, while apps in Office 365 have been specially designed to be accessible to a range of student abilities and sync with additional learning tools.

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Microsoft Power BI Premium White Paper

January 16, 2019

As our customers’ needs evolve from small teams into large enterprises, the need for new capabilities continues to evolve with them. Enterprises that adopt Power BI demand larger scale, increased performance, complete governance and control, and the ability to deploy reports and dashboards to a very large number of employees in a cost-effective way. Power BI Premium is designed from the ground up to address the challenges of large enterprise deployments and demanding workloads. This white paper reviews the basics of Power BI Premium, its vision, its capabilities, its road map, and its various usage scenarios.

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How to grant and restrict access to data

January 15, 2019

Is your customers’ data working hard enough? It’s full of valuable insights, if you know how to unlock them. That’s where #Office365 comes in. It features Power BI, a suite of business-analytics tools that deliver insights throughout your customers’ organizations. Using Power BI, they can connect to hundreds of data sources, simplify data prep, and drive ad hoc analysis. Power BI even sends them alerts when data changes and lets users drill down for more details. Give your customers a winning edge by helping them squeeze more meaning out of their data.

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Securing your mobile devices and data in an ever-more connected world

As you increase your mobility and cloud footprint, ensuring your people and customers remain secure from any location can be a challenge. Of course, there is no single answer, but there are steps that can be taken. That’s why at Quay Focus we’re committed to helping you maximize your security by offering resources on getting the most out of your mobile device management (MDM) solutions, biometric security, and modern business devices that have been built expressly for mobile workers. In this paper, we’ll consider why blending on-site security with MDM will give you a more flexible and scalable way to secure your mobile devices, data, and user identities.

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Microsoft Surface family–functionality driving productivity

With the Surface family, it has never been easier or more enjoyable to sync with teams, meet deadlines, and keep projects on track. The Surface family provides an improved delivery medium of the already powerful and responsive software and tools you expect from Microsoft.

Now, your organization can have everything they need right at their fingertips for day-to-day use.

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