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Your Local Team – A Three Point Play
Posted on: February 14, 2012 in Get to know INS by Zita Quade
It’s high school tournament time in Iowa and home-grown displays of teamwork will soon be in the spotlight — from state wrestling match ups this week to girls’ and boys’ state basketball pairings at the end of the month. Just as Iowa high school athletics have grown from the grassroots and pride of rural Iowa…remember girls’ [...]
Be on the Lookout for Phishing Emails
Posted on: February 2, 2012 in Industry Issues by Chris Williams
If you keep up with tech news, you might have seen the story recently about a new technology standard developed by Microsoft, Yahoo, Google, and Facebook to cut down on spam emails and phishing attempts. It’s an exciting new technology that will help protect users by increasing checks and reporting on sent emails. However, even [...]
What’s your appetite for data?
Posted on: January 27, 2012 in Industry Issues by Zita Quade
January finds many people taking a fresh look at their diet and exercise routines. That usually leads to a look at tracking calories consumed vs. calories burned. If we can use an analogy, it’s also a fitting time to look at our nation’s growing consumption of bits and bytes of data. Our individual appetites continue to grow [...]
Free Software for Working with Digital Photos
Posted on: January 12, 2012 in Uncategorized by Max, the INS Dude
Well, the holidays are over and your digital camera is probably full of photos. Before you upload them all to facebook or Picasa, you probably want to do a little manipulation, just to make things look better, right? Maybe you want to edit out the glass of eggnog you’re clutching for dear life, or remove [...]
Making a List and Checking it Twice
Posted on: December 22, 2011 in Voice and Data Communications by Chris Williams
By now, you’ve checked off all the gifts on your list for this weekend and you’re ready to tackle the list of things you want to accomplish in the new year, right? The folks at CMSWire recently conducted a survey of CIOs to find out what is on their wish list for 2012. Turns out [...]

