MECS TECHNOLOGY ARTICLES
MECS Partners with Montgomery Public Schools
MECS Partners with Local Schools, Bridging Community Outreach and Technology As part of the MECS commitment to community outreach, this week we partnered with Montgomery Public Schools to provide funding, state-of-the-art equipment donations, and technology...
The Increasing Role of Machine Learning in Video Surveillance
The field of Artificial Intelligence (AI) has been going through a period of rapid acceleration in recent years driven by Machine Learning (ML). Furthermore, the meteoric rise of Deep Learning (DL) technologies has had a dramatic impact across industries from finance...
Top 5 Ways to Secure your School’s Wireless Network in a BYOD Era
The student experience has changed dramatically over the past few years. Today, the tools used for teaching and learning have evolved from textbooks and bulky desktop computers to slim and highly portable devices. As a result, the upsurge of mobile learning on school...
Top 5 Benefits of IP Security for Small Businesses
Whether it’s a giant enterprise or a small business, video surveillance plays a vital role in keeping the facility secure. In recent years, there has been a rise in migration from analog to IP, but there are still many businesses that have been resisting the switch....
Why School Systems Should Embrace the Cloud
The cloud is not only for business entities, schools can also benefit from utilizing cloud products to improve their networks, enhance security, and increase agility. Furthermore, it can also dramatically improve communication and the sharing of data within school...
Top 5 Ways Organizations are Hacked and How to Protect Yourself
In recent years both enterprises and government agencies have suffered from multiple security breaches. Whether they were industry leading giants or small to medium sized businesses, they all made the same mistakes that made them vulnerable to cyber attacks. The most...
7 Ways to Reduce your IT Budget
If you are looking for ways to reduce your overall spending, your IT budget may come up for discussion. But if you choose to go down this path, cost-cutting decisions should be made conscientiously as it’s critical to ensure that your IT infrastructure is consistently...
5 Ways to Protect Your Business From Ransomware
With the increasing rate of cyber crime, it has become imperative to take counter measures to ensure that your company is not exploited in any way. Companies that have suffered at the hands of cyber attacks are well aware of the losses they incur. Millions of dollars...
The Benefits of VoIP for Small Businesses
Businesses now have good and compelling reasons to take back control of their employee communication. Such control allows businesses to truly own voice-based relationships. They can manage growth opportunities, projecting greater competence to their market. They can...
Things to Consider When Hiring a Managed Services Provider
If you have been struggling to keep up with your organization’s IT demands, and have found your team focused more on technical support opposed to driving the company’s IT vision, it may be time to start looking for an outside firm to help support. Managed service...