√  In a Digital World, All is Not Lost
√  I Have Seen the Future
√  IBM ISS Stays "Ahead of Threat"
√  Holiday Open House
√  Tom Greening
√  Bob Rusho

 

Employee Spotlights

Tom Greening

Companies trust i3 for technical expertise with their network infrastructure needs due to the highly skilled people of i3 like Tom Greening. Tom has been a Sales Specialist with i3 for 5 years and has over 25 years in the information technology industry.

After earning a Bachelor of Science Degree from Michigan State University, Tom started his professional career with the automotive industry as a mechanical engineer in compression molded plastics.

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Bob Rusho

Bob Rusho has been with i3 for 3 ½ years as a printer specialist as well as a Senior Client Manager servicing central Michigan. Bob’s professional career started with IBM in 1980 as a mechanical engineer in printer product engineering and development in Endicott New York, the home of Big Blue. He has been selling printing systems and IT services and hardware for the last 15 years. He also has 3 years experience as a senior sales specialist in printing, bar coding and data collection.

When asked what the biggest challenge in information technology today, Bob weighed in, “I think certainly technology has become a commodity, and it has changed so rapidly it is hard to keep up .

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In a Digital World, All is Not Lost
by Ann Pynnonen, i3 Sales Specialist

As every faithful CSI viewer knows, it’s not always the paper trail that gets the bad guy in the end, it’s often the electronic trail. i3’s Brandon Fannon is well aware of this and is one of an elite group of professionals capable and certified in Digital Forensics. Digital or Computer Forensics, is a branch of forensic science pertaining to legal evidence found in computers and digital storage mediums such as PCs, laptops, cameras, flash drives and servers.

There are two branches of this emerging business - Digital Forensic Analysis and Data Recovery. In Digital Forensic Analysis, the critical element is recovering the data as evidence, protecting the chain of custody, and tracking forensic imaging. Brandon uses a combination of software, hardware and expertise to uncover and analyze hidden and deleted electronic evidence that can prove vital in many legal proceedings.

Digital/Computer Forensic Analysis is used in cases of suspected computer fraud, Email/Internet abuse cases, harassment and discrimination investigations, misappropriation of proprietary information, pornography investigation, breach of contract cases, employment disputes, intellectual property theft, and insurance fraud. Brandon recently worked on a case involving an employee who had deleted incriminating data from a PC. Brandon was able to detect the deletion and rebuild the digital bits into the original pictures, chat logs, and other important information the client requested.

In Data Recovery, the goal is more straight forward yet equally challenging - to recover data that was thought to be lost due to human error or mechanical hardware failure. Who hasn’t had that sinking feeling that they inadvertently and permanently deleted a critical document, a data file, or image? Using the same tools used in digital forensics, Brandon can recover information from drives from several different operating systems such as Microsoft Windows Desktop and Server Platforms, Macintosh Platforms, and Unix/Linux Platforms.

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I Have Seen The Future & It’s Exciting
i3 Visits Microsoft’s Campus in Redmond
by Michael Ritsema

Recently, I had the opportunity to spend two days on Microsoft’s campus in Redmond Washington with 10 of my industry peers. I’ve been to the technology promised land and it is vast!

Years of training and certifications, being a member of an invaluable peer group, and being a long standing Microsoft Certified and Gold Partner helped us get this rare look into the software giant’s organization. Having this type of one on one access in a small group was very rewarding and gave i3 great insight into Microsoft’s future plans and how they can benefit our customers.

During my visit, we were able to tour the Microsoft Home of the Future which was absolutely amazing. I have seen the future and it looks a lot like Facebook, Skype, VISA, your cell phone, and all your remote controls all merged into one! You think we are wired now? Take a look 5 years down the road upon which the technology in the home of the future is based. If you’re like me and cautious about “putting yourself out there” on the web, hang on for some dramatic changes in the next decade.

Imagine:

• Someone’s at your door while you’re at the grocery store. Your cell phone lights up with video of your neighbor at the door. You can choose to talk to the person right now. You can choose to let them in the house, too! . . .  Because . . .

• Your cell phone opens your garage door and unlocks your doors – no keys!

• Your personal cell phone tagged settings change the music, video, lighting and art in your home to suit your personal tastes!

• Your home recognizes who is in what room through voice recognition and changes the atmosphere in the room you’re in.

• You can change the entire color, atmosphere, pictures and decoration of a guest room to suit the guest.

• Your photo album on the wall updates by the minute based on activities that your extended family is involved in (looks like massive Facebook or photo site connectivity)!

• Your personal settings know from postings on little Johnny’s school website that he is studying astronomy in science so the living room will display pictures of our solar system on the walls and post leading research on the subject.

• Your shared calendars allow you to synchronize communication and schedules seamlessly.

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IBM ISS' preemptive security solutions stop Internet threats before they impact your business. From stand-alone solutions, to centrally-managed security systems, to outsourced security management, the IBM ISS protection platform offers complete end-to-end coverage of your enterprise IT infrastructure.

i3 and IBM together are offering an IBM Free Security Health Scan. The scan allows you to experience first hand the benefits of IBM Internet Security Systems’ proven protection and remediation capabilities. Trial customers will receive access to the Virtual Security Operations Center (Virtual-SOC) Web portal for up to the minute statistics and detailed actionable information surrounding the current state of your security posture. This limited time offer is for one IP range (up to 25 IP addresses) or up to five individual IP addresses to be scanned one time per week for up to four weeks. Experience why IBM Internet Security Systems is the trusted security advisor to thousands of the world’s leading businesses and governments, providing preemptive protection for networks, desktops and servers.

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