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SECUDE Announces Partnership with Synergy Advisors to Boost Growth of New Data Security Technology

By Michael Kummer On May 11, 2013 · Add Comment
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Strategic move positions Synergy Advisors as an authorized reseller of SecureDocument. Alpharetta, May 9, 2013 – SECUDE, an innovative data security provider, today announced a new strategic partnership with Synergy Advisors, a Microsoft Certified Partner and a global leader in the area of Information Rights Management (IRM) with offices in North, Central and South America as [...]
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Trip to the Bahamas

By Michael Kummer On May 6, 2013 · Add Comment
Dolphin at Blue Lagoon Island
For this years’ spring vacation my wife and I decided to go to the Bahamas, which is only a two-hour flight away from Atlanta. Neither of us had ever been there, so we were pretty excited. We stayed at the Sheraton, which was OK but not as nice as the Sheraton in Saigon (both are [...]
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SECUDE Closes Another Security Gap in Global IT Environments in Response to the Evolution of Microsoft Rights Management Services

By Michael Kummer On April 25, 2013 · Add Comment
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Capitalizing on radical changes to 2013 Microsoft Active Directory Rights Management Services (AD RMS), SECUDE establishes its pioneering “Middleware” approach between SAP and Microsoft environments. Alpharetta, April 25, 2013 – SECUDE, an innovative data security provider, announces the upcoming release of SecureDocument, a data protection solution that is designed to bridge the gap between SAP security [...]
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How to fix refresh issues in Apple’s Screen Sharing application

By Michael Kummer On April 10, 2013 · Add Comment
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I have a Mac Mini acting as a server and providing VPN, Time Machine and file sharing services. I don’t have an external display, mouse or keyboard connected to it. So the only means of accessing it for administrative purposes is through SSH and screen sharing. OS X has built-in screen sharing capabilities using the [...]
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My wish-list for iOS 7 and OS X 10.9

By Michael Kummer On April 4, 2013 · Add Comment
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Apple is by far my favorite computing platform. However both iOS and OS X, as well as Apple’s applications are lacking some features that reduce my productivity. Below is my wish-list of top 7 features I would hope Apple implements in iOS 7 and OS X 10.9. Leave a comment and let me know what’s [...]
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Issues with my MacBook Pro with Retina Display

On March 31, 2013 By Michael Kummer
MacBook Pro with Retina Display
  Back in October I did a review of the new 15″ MacBook Pro with Retina Display (rMBP). A few months have passed since then, so I wanted to share some of the issues that I have had [...]
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My quick trip to Vietnam

On March 18, 2013 By Michael Kummer
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Last week I went to Vietnam for a quick business trip. I didn’t have any time for sightseeing, so I didn’t bring my Nikon D7000. I had my iPhone with me however and managed to take a couple of nice snapshots using Instagram. The picture below I took before heading to the airport. Read Full Article →

OS X issues with Dock and WindowManager

On February 7, 2013 By Michael Kummer
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Over the past couple of months I have experienced strange lockups on both my 2009 iMac and my 2012 Macbook Pro with Retina Display. When the issue occurs the complete GUI (except the cursor) freezes and becomes unresponsive and all you can do is to forcefully shutdown the computer. I called Apple and a senior [...]
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Comcast Outage in Metro Atlanta

On January 30, 2013 By Michael Kummer
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My Comcast Digital Voice and Business Class Internet service have experienced significant outages over the past 24 hours. No, that’s not a typo, I have been offline for over a day and despite multiple calls into Comcast there is no ETA for a fix. I’m typing this post on my iPad [...]
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Data Security vs. Usability

On January 18, 2013 By Michael Kummer
Security vs Usability
I’ve worked in IT Security pretty much all my life and the most important lesson I’ve learned is that it’s very hard to find the right balance between security and usability. Think about all the measures your corporate IT put in place to keep you, your data, your companies data and network secure. In the [...]
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