Author: Kelly Springer

16 Sep

DWM Magazine's Drew Vass talks to FeneTech's Matt Batcha about technology's future amid COVID-19

DWM Magazine

If advancement is a product of necessity, COVID-19 could make enterprise- based software and automation permanent linchpins for door and window manufacturing. As more employees work from home, software providers say they're leaning on features that connect to the workplace remotely including production lines. At the same time, machinery makers say the pandemic has reinforced the need for automation to facilitate social distancing.

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03 Aug

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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24 Jun

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

A recent poll that I gave as part of a presentation 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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21 May

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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08 May

[AURORA, OHIO, MAY, 2020] The FeneTech Virtual User Conference ended today for customers in North and South America and Australia. Customers from Europe and Asia will continue attending the virtual conference with two sessions scheduled for next week and another for the following week. 

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04 May

[AURORA, OHIO, MAY, 2020] The FeneTech Virtual User Conference began today, marking the first-ever time in the company's 24-year history that the conference has taken place on a virtual platform.

11:05 / News
31 Mar

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 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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