Google Analytics is a powerful tool for any website owner. It provides data on site visitors like how they found your site and what pages they were interested in. Making the data useful requires looking at reports and finding connections. The tool provides a lot of those reports already. To be able to see those insights at a glance, you can create a dashboard with different … [Read more...]
Archives for 2013
Microsoft by the Numbers in Live Tile format
Microsoft created an infographic using the Live Tile format from Windows 8 and Windows Phone. Each cell talks about Microsoft and its various products like Windows, Xbox, Skype, Outlook, Office, and others. It covers the number of customers for a product, the amount of downloads, and so on. It's interesting to see and learn about Microsoft in this interactive fashion. You can … [Read more...]
Using Google Chrome to create a kiosk
A recent task that came across my desk included the sysadmin side of setting up a public-use kiosk. The web developers would handle everything regarding the kiosk experience but it was my responsibility to ensure the environment was secure and controlled. The web developers preferred to use Google Chrome to allow them to use more HTML 5 functionality and better transitions … [Read more...]
Cisco talks security by the numbers
The 2013 Cisco Annual Security Report delves into the security issues in our mobile and wired environment. From policies to exploits and targeted threats, this infographic covers the spectrum for the security environment. Cisco sets the context up and then lets you know what their Cisco Security Intelligence Operations can do for customers. (Credit: Cisco) … [Read more...]
HP says security attacks are raising their game
HP Security Solutions used a 2012 Cost of Cyber Crime Study to derive data for this infographic. Their conclusions are that security concerns continue to be top priorities for executives while attacks and their related costs are increasing. As security threats have become more sophisticated, they have also become more complicated to remove. (Credit: HP Enterprise Security) … [Read more...]