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Cyncly to reveal complete portfolio for window, door and glass market at GlassBuild America

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Industry leaders Access IT, FeneTech and Soft Tech come together to present under Cyncly banner for first time at the largest trade and networking event of the year LONDON, UK – August 14, 2023 – Cyncly is pleased to announce it will be presenting its full portfolio of end-to-end software solutions – from Access IT, FeneTech and Soft Tech – for the window, door and glass market at GlassBuild America …

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NGA to Host Future GPAD Conferences

The Glass Processing Automation Days Conference (GPAD) started by FeneTech in 2014 now has a new host. The National Glass Association (NGA) and FeneTech jointly announced at the closing of GPAD 2019 that NGA will take over as organizer and host of future GPAD events. FeneTech will continue to be involved in future GPAD events and will be recognized as a founding partner. For details, read the NGA announcement.

Year-End Checks

AJ Piscitelli, PMPProject Manager | ERP Solutions Provider | Cloud Architect As we enter December, most of us are adapting to scaled-down gatherings and mostly online gift shopping. It’s also a good time to go over things to make sure you’re all set for the holidays and be ready to go for the new year. These are a few of the checks that I do around this time, which may …

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A Phishing Story – Part 2

AJ Piscitelli, PMPProject Manager | ERP Solutions Provider | Cloud Architect This is the second part of a true story from an IT Vendor dealing with a phishing attack at a small contracting firm, “ABC Contracting.” If you have not read the first part, you can find it here: Phishing Story Part 1. As with Part One, the names and identities of people and companies in this story have been changed …

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Carriage House Door: Achieving Cost Insight and Control

Carriage House Door managers knew the company was successful, but they lacked immediate insight into the many custom garage doors they make each week. “The challenge,” says Shawn Guthrie, director of manufacturing for Carriage House Door, “is how do we improve without dependable visibility? We needed to know more than the gross numbers to grow and improve the experience for our customers.” Carriage House Door handcrafts gorgeous wood garage and …

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A Phishing Story—Part I

AJ Piscitelli, PMP
Project Manager | ERP Solutions Provider | Cloud Architect

As we head towards the end of National Cybersecurity Awareness Month, I thought I’d discuss what I consider one of the most dangerous cyber threats today: Phishing. Phishing is when attackers try to steal personal information from you by pretending to be someone else, fake surveys, or other forms of social engineering. It is the most successful strategy that attackers use to gain access to your network. Attackers are getting more and more sneaky and creating more ingenious traps to capture your credentials and personal information.

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Tipping Point

“Before COVID-19, the issue was people couldn’t hire,” Batcha says. “Now, some people still have the issue of not being able to hire or get people back to work but it’s also partly about keeping people spread out, because you want to limit the number in a facility. The questions for manufacturing have become how to distance and how to minimize contact.”

What are VLANs and Why Should I Use Them?

AJ Piscitelli, PMP
Project Manager | ERP Solutions Provider | Cloud Architect

With so many active threats today, it is important today to protect your most important resources. By segregating your network, you can lower the attack surface area of your equipment. We discussed this a bit in my last blog entry about separating your Wi-Fi networks. But do you segregate your network while still allowing some traffic?

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Securing Your Wi-Fi

AJ Piscitelli, PMP
Project Manager | ERP Solutions Provider | Cloud Architect

A recent poll that I gave as part of a presentation a few weeks ago showed that nearly all fabricators in our industry are using Wi-Fi at their facility. I can’t remember the last time I visited a facility that didn’t have Wi-Fi available. But are you exposing yourself to attacks by using Wi-Fi at your facility?

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Reduce Capital Spend by Using the Cloud

AJ Piscitelli, PMP
Project Manager | ERP Solutions Provider | Cloud Architect

As we start to get used to the new normal of operating under a global pandemic, a lot of you may be looking at those long-term improvement projects, wondering how to get started. The costs associated with this health crisis keep coming and may have drained your available capital to improve your infrastructure. Even those of you who have been operating during the downturn may be concerned about spending your cash reserves on updated equipment. So, does this mean you should put off upgrading?

No, of course not.

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Back it up!

AJ Piscitelli, PMP
Project Manager | ERP Solutions Provider | Cloud Architect

Yep, we’re talking about backups. Though you should back up a bit. We’re supposed to be practicing social distancing!

In case you weren’t aware, today is World Backup Day. This day serves as a good reminder to check up on our backup strategy. Also, due to the social distancing requirements to slow down the spread of COVID-19, a lot of businesses are currently closed. You may be working from home, managing your IT infrastructure remotely. Now that the load on your internal network is lower and you aren’t dealing with as many day-to-day issues from your users, it’s a perfect time to regroup on your backup strategy. Below are five questions you should ask yourself to get started.

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Continuing Your Education

AJ Piscitelli, PMP
Project Manager | ERP Solutions Provider | Cloud Architect

I love learning new things. I admit I’ll sit down at night and binge-watch YouTube and Netflix documentaries instead of a prime-time TV show. While these videos can be entertaining and educational, as well as provide interesting talking points at the coffee maker at work, they don’t necessarily increase my skill set. Fortunately, I also enjoy watching online educational courses on various topics applicable to my profession and hobbies. Video seems to be the best fit for me, as I can watch a couple of class videos while eating a meal, or while traveling.

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Today, January 28, is Data Privacy Day

AJ Piscitelli, PMP
Project Manager | ERP Solutions Provider | Cloud Architect

What does that mean to you?

In today’s age, breaking into someone’s infrastructure comes with low risk and high reward. Whether it’s from foreign, government-sponsored actors, or from someone who just wanted a challenge, our networks are constantly under attack. I manage several publicly facing servers, and I can see the constant bombardment of people from all over the world trying to break into the networks that I manage.

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In 2020, what value will you add?

AJ Piscitelli, PMP
Project Manager | ERP Solutions Provider | Cloud Architect

As we start 2020, most people have started their New Year’s resolutions. Some may have already broken them (you know who you are). At lot of these resolutions revolve around change. Whether it’s changing your diet, or changing habits, these resolutions mainly focus on changing something.

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The Digital Advantage: How to effectively use the data you’re collecting

“Our vision is to eliminate islands of information by creating a common, open communication standard that all machinery and software providers utilize to share data.” ERP systems provide direct digital communication, passing work instructions to machinery and providing the ability to go paperless on the shop floor.  To this end, companies rush to collect massive amounts of data and place it in the cloud with the mindset of, “once we …

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