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An Ounce of Prevention

Norwalk looks to stop cyberattacks before they happen! Located in Connecticut in the heart of Fairfield County, the City of Norwalk is a diverse community rich in culture and personality. Uniquely situated on Long Island Sound, Norwalk has a population of nearly 90,000 people, making it the sixth largest city in the State of Connecticut. […]

Who Is Responsible for Cybersecurity?

Who does a school board or town council hold responsible for cyber hacking or suspicious activity when the attackers are anonymous and the ransom, if paid, is untraceable? Do administrators hold employees accountable for detecting and preventing cyber-attacks? A data breach should be reported to law enforcement, financial institution and the public, if personally identifiable […]

Seymour Blocks Russian Hackers

Law enforcement statistics tell us that professional burglars case an area or neighborhood prior to selecting high value targets with low risk.  Digital burglars from Russia and elsewhere also prefer anonymity, concealment and time to test the target defenses and case networks for high value personal data like social security numbers, driver licenses, birth dates, […]

Transforming Public Infrastructure? The Private Sector Can Help

A deluge of web based consumer applications like Uber, Airbnb, Lyft, Amazon and other industry disrupting technologies raise the question, how and when will technology transform our public institutions? Connecticut schools, town halls, public libraries, public higher education institutions and civic organizations have used computers and electronic databases for years but institutional transformation has lagged […]

DBO Turns Up Internet Access Service for Norwalk Police Department

The Norwalk Police Department has upgraded Internet Access (IA) using Digital BackOffice managed Internet Gateway services (DBO Internet Gateway). Norwalk Police Department Deputy Chief Ashley Gonzalez, spearheaded efforts to improve internet access for the police department after numerous reports of unreliable and slow internet service. “After replacing the previous cable internet service with DBO, the response time to […]

NORWALK AWARDS TELECOMMUNICATIONS CONTRACT

May 27, 2016 Mayor Harry Rilling announced today that the City of Norwalk has again awarded Advanced Corporate Networking, dba, Digital BackOffice, the contract to manage the City’s Metropolitan Area Network (MAN.) Mayor Rilling explained, “Digital Back office will continue to work with our Information Technology Department, managing the City’s 24-7-365 telecommunications network.  This network […]

Some Assembly Required

With the Christmas season behind us and the frustration of assembling gifts left under the tree still fresh in mind, let’s take a look at purchasing information technology (IT) when “some assembly is required”. Public bidding is of course required by statute to ensure that our tax dollars are spent judiciously and legally. IT bid […]

Understanding Layer 2 vs Layer 3 Networking

There are many questions that come to mind when selecting a Layer 2 vs Layer 3 network topology and/or a managed service provider. Surprisingly, Layer 3 services can be managed by the right service provider at little or no additional cost if you understand the difference and ask the right questions. So, what are the […]

DBO Upgrades Stamford Public School WAN to 10 Gig

November 1, 2014 Digital BackOffice announced today that the Stamford Public Schools fiber wide area network has been upgraded to 10 Gigabit Ethernet speed between buildings. “The primary intent of upgrading the school district WAN to a 10 Gigabit backbone is to provide a significant increase in bandwidth to facilitate the distribution of online educational content and […]