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The Dwellwell product aims to take the guesswork out of property maintenance and serve as a 'check engine light' for homes.

Dwellwell, a data and analytics product that monitors the health of the entire home, launched with the goal of transforming residential property maintenance, according to the company. Bethesda, Maryland-based Dwellwell Analytics has raised more than $12 million in seed funding from the State of Maryland and executives from the proptech, engineering, and real estate industries since its founding in 2018.

Reports show security is a major concern when using a collaboration tool because it houses the customer data and also important internal data.

The benefits of collaboration tools are spoken everywhere: less reliance on email, more organic collaboration on projects, and better communication and relationships between teams.

Collaboration tools consist of solutions, including video conferencing, VoIP, document sharing, and instant messaging.

However, these tools create potential security threats, and evaluating vulnerabilities — and viable solutions — should be a sustainable part of our tool-selection process.

Security Threats To Be Aware Of — And Potential Solutions

Privileged users: Different individuals in the organization may have varying levels of access to your collaboration tool. With collaboration software, information can reside within unique partitions, with access restricted to selected team members. If a privileged user’s information is compromised, then the entire data will be available to all.

It's only a prototype for now, but TCL's glasses look similar to the vision that other tech companies have been promising for years.

TCL, best known in the US for its value-priced TVs, is now looking to leap into lenses with a new smart glasses concept it announced ahead of CES 2022. The Chinese electronics maker joins tech giants like Facebook parent company Meta, Microsoft, Oppo, Snap and Apple in exploring the potential of augmented and virtual reality. 

What is AIOps?

Coined by Gartner, AIOps—i.e. artificial intelligence for IT operations—is the application of artificial intelligence (AI) capabilities, such as natural language processing and machine learning models, to automate and streamline operational workflows. By aggregating data in real-time, AIOps platforms can make predictions around operational hazards, such as a data breach, which can either kick off a prescriptive action automatically, like a defense protocol, or alert security teams to action on an urgent issue more immediately. These tools are typically integrated into DevOps and DevSecOps teams to help with performance monitoring and reduce mean-time-to-know (MTTK).

The demand for AIOps has only grown with the increased business focus on digital transformation initiatives. While the use of virtual machines, container-based microservices and shared multi-tenant infrastructure have accelerated application development, it has unfortunately come at the expense of operational efficiency as each app has its own set of data. AIOps attempts to break down the operational silos by aggregating this data and providing more transparency and insight to it organizations. This, in turn, allows businesses to reduce costs and improve decision-making to make progress against goals.

A scientist who wrote a leading textbook on artificial intelligence has said experts are “spooked” by their own success in the field, comparing the advance of AI to the development of the atom bomb.

Prof Stuart Russell, the founder of the Center for Human-Compatible Artificial Intelligence at the University of California, Berkeley, said most experts believed that machines more intelligent than humans would be developed this century, and he called for international treaties to regulate the development of the technology.

We’ve all seen that little warning “Don’t turn off your PC” during updates. But, what if we did it accidentally? What will be the consequences? Well, your computer will not explode or be useless. But the problem can lead to concerning scenarios.

What Happens If You turn off Pc During Update?

Before we learn what happens if you turn off computer during update, we must be familiar with its stages. The first is the Download stage and the next is the Installation stage. 

1. If you shut down your PC while it’s downloading the new software update files, expect little to no harm. Either all the new data will be backed up, or your download progress will continue after restarting the PC. In some cases, the data can get corrupted and the update will restart. 

2. If you shut down your PC during the installation stage, your Windows process might get shut down. Your installation process might restart. You might experience some glitches, but nothing too extreme. 
   Normally, people tend to restart their computer when the update is stuck, hoping the process will be smoother. Although this isn’t advised, it won’t affect your PC to a huge extent. The update may not be complete after restarting, but your PC will be normal shortly.
3. In scenarios where the update is under progress but the PC gets shut down forcibly, your PC might experience a malfunction. Your PC’s Operating System can get corrupted, you might notice strange crashes and some data might get lost.

Get Your Business’ Technology the Oversight It Needs to Be a Powerful Asset

For today’s business, technology plays an important role. Unfortunately, this crucial part of your business is prone to malfunction. Malfunction means downtime. At Bluetek IT Solutions, we know that the more you can ward against downtime, the more successful your endeavor will be. To that end we offer comprehensive monitoring and management services that keep your technology functioning properly, helping your business meet its goals. 

With cutting-edge technology of our own, we are able to remotely monitor all of your hardware and your network around the clock. The goal of this service is to help your business reduce downtime. You see, malfunctioning or failing technology is a nuisance, sure, but the cost to a business pales in comparison to the cost of downtime. The better your business’ technology functions, the greater the opportunity for your entire business to be productive.

Hardware Support

Fix Hardware Issues Before they Become Operational Problems

Unfortunately, all technology eventually fails. They are complex machines that aren’t designed to last forever. With proactive maintenance that’s made possible by constantly monitoring hardware, however, issues that could impede production or the efficient delivery of service can be remediated prior to any total breakdown of the technology. More than that, if a piece of crucial technology were about to fail, replacing that technology before it causes unexpected downtime puts your business in a position to maintain profitability rather than sacrificing it. 

The remote management of your business’ technology ensures that you aren’t just fixing an issue, it ensures that knowledgeable IT professionals have the oversight over your entire IT infrastructure including network switches, modems, routers, workstations, and servers. A single instance of technology failure can cost your business dearly, the more you can avoid those circumstances, the better.