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Coretek’s Response to  Crowdstrike Outage
Tech Alert | Windows crashes related to Falcon Sensor | 2024-07-19 Coretek is currently supporting customers in their recovery efforts due to the recent Crowdstrike outage. If you need help, reach out to your Coretek Customer Success Manager or Account Manager. Coretek has been providing the work ar...

Microsoft Follina Exploit & Mitigation Steps
Microsoft Follina Exploit (CVE-2022-30190) A recently announced exploit in Microsoft Support Diagnostic Tool (MSDT) allows threat actors to execute code on all versions of Windows using multiple versions of Office. The primary exploit path is through Microsoft Office products, but the exploit can al...

How Digital Transformation Services Can Improve Healthcare
Stepping into the Future We are now far past the point of technology being a necessity in every industry, but some businesses have only made the minimum required adjustments to remain relevant. Unfortunately for those businesses, the standard of technological advancement has been raised once again, ...

The Difference Between WVD and AVD
You may have heard some buzz lately about a new acronym in the tech world. It’s AVD, which stands for Azure Virtual Desktop and replaces the long-standing and familiar Windows Virtual Desktop or WVD as we all know it. But why the change? Why did Microsoft up and rebrand a tech household acronym like...

Leveraging OpenAI in Financial Services To Optimize Business Outcomes
In a world where the potential of AI (artificial intelligence) is ever-expanding, businesses stand at the threshold of a new era. The revolutionary technology is rapidly reshaping industries and propelling them into a future of almost limitless possibilities. According to a Forbes Advisor survey, bu...

How to Prepare for Cyber War Crossfire
As the world watches the military events unfolding in Ukraine, the world prepares for cyber repercussions. The United Nations, individual countries, and economic organizations are imposing sanctions against Russia. The Cybersecurity & Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) and the Department of Homel...

5 Ways to Build a Culture of Data Privacy in Your Organization
January 28th marks Data Privacy Day, which for us here at Coretek, means that we spend the week reiterating the value of building privacy considerations into all that we do for ourselves and our customers. What is Data Privacy Day? Data Privacy Day began in Canada and the United States in January 20...

Best of 2020/2021 TekTuesday Webinars
Background In January 2020, Coretek created a webinar series to showcase and share our expertise in helping companies begin or continue their cloud journey. The first webinar titled Citrix Virtual Apps & Desktop Service, Microsoft WVD, & IGEL Bundle focused on the business impact the listed technolo...

IT Security Services: Is Internal or External Right for You?
IT security needs are evolving. In the past, it was mainly enterprise or specialist organizations that invested heavily in their cyber security; however, the cultural concern over data privacy has spread to businesses of all sizes as they undergo digital transformations. As tech ecosystems universal...

Finding a Better Connection with Customers Through Cloud Machine Learning
To give customers a better experience, Pier 1 wanted to connect with them using data and insights. To do that, the company created a predictive analytics solution based on Microsoft Azure Machine Learning. Pier 1 uses data insights to predict which products customers will want using predictive model...