Systems & Design Consulting

Why implementation of ITIL is important to SMEs

SMEs can leverage these technologies to enter broader markets and the world of virtual offices, monitor their business activities in real-time and improve customer relationships. This possibility is primarily due to low-cost data storage, mobile technologies, and high-speed communications. One such technology-enabled solution that SMEs have access to is IT Service Management (ITSM). ITSM provid

Does thinking about a networking lifecycle make sense?

The industry is used to considering system, storage, and application lifecycles. Companies routinely cycle through new requirements, standing up something new to address the requirements, running for a time, and then retiring equipment or applications. Does it make sense to do the same with networks and networking equipment?

Tools to launch cyberattacks available on the open web

Tools that can be used to launch ransomware and other attacks are available for free on the open web, making it easy for bad actors to commit cybercrimes, writes Danny Palmer. The Hidden Tear GitHub project and EternalBlue are just a few examples from recent years of exploits used to launch cyberattacks.

How to Avoid a Network Security Breach

Whether you are a customer that is looking for what to expect in security scans of your network or you are a technician that wants to scan a customer's network. We will be reviewing what you should be doing. When should you have or suggest a Penetration Tests on a network or if you need one as a customer? Security is a hot button as well as being a nebulous term. External Scan What do you need? You need to have an external…

Why You Should Think Like a Designer (And Not Like An Algorithm)

Design thinking is not an algorithm; unlike in math and science problems, there is no single, right, absolute answer.

Successfully Implementing Organization Designs

The Seven Key FactorsThe best organization designs amount to nothing without implementation. OTM’s latest webinar shares seven key features of successful implementation of these large change effortsConducting an organization re-design is a major investment. Unfortunately, a vast majority of them never fully achieve their original goals most often due to poor implementation. After all, until day-to-day practices and behaviors change, nothing changesWhat does…

5 Steps to take before consulting with an Interior Designer

Consulting with an Interior Designer is often the first step to beginning a new and exciting project. Below are listed 5 things that you can do to maximize your time with your designer. CALL IN ADV…

What To Wear To A Winery With Greer Image Consulting

The flowers are blooming, the weather is warm, and a foray into the Hill Country is on the books for many Central Texans! Raquel Greer Gordian of Greer Image Consulting gave Studio 512 her tips for…

Computer-Aided Design / Computer-Aided Manufacturing |

Dear Friends,I am often asked if I believe that the addition of digital dentistry to a practice can make me a better dentist. Unequivocally, I believe that the answer is YES. I actually believe this even more ever since we invested in the CAD/CAM (computer-­aided design/ computer-­aided

Cohesive Design Systems for Enterprise

Learn how to approach design systems and standards across products, teams, and organizations to produce more cohesive user experiences at scale.

How to Find the Right UX Designer for Your Business

Finding a UX designer takes planning and a willingness to spend for quality.

3 Unbelievable ways your company can benefit from good design

It’s essential to have a website with fantastic design and easy navigation. If your website can’t do that, most likely, your competition’s website can. That is why you are losing business to your competitor.

The Design Tools We Really Need

Designers have never been more empowered to design beautiful interfaces. Thanks to tools like Sketch, we can now mock up interfaces faster…

A controversial design strategy is helping sixth graders do better in school

A study by researchers at Stanford’s Graduate School of Education found that when middle-school students use design-thinking strategies, they perform better.

Biophilic Design: Bringing the Outside In

ULI Greenprint members and real estate leaders evaluate the health and benefits of incorporating the elements of nature into their built environments.

Will Flat Design Ever Die?