Emerging UX/UI Engineering Trends: New Dimensions and Zero UI

June 8, 2022

By David H. User Experience (UX) and User Interface (UI) design impact how humans interact with a product or services. Both require a human-first approach to be successful. UX design deals with the overall user journey interacting with a product and UI design deals with the touchpoints the user might encounter along the journey. If… Read more »

Salesforce Government CX

March 21, 2022

By Troy K. ActionNet was excited to attend the Salesforce webinar in December where the VP of Digital Transformation, Chris Radich, and Director of Customer Success, Michael Hornsby, discussed the current trends in Salesforce government customer experience (CX). Salesforce covered topics on the government’s perception on customer experience and the top five Salesforce use cases… Read more »

Password Security – Protecting the Front Door

March 7, 2022

By Jeff A. Password Security is the front door to the house, and it is critical that policies for the strength of passwords and regular changes to those passwords are closely followed by all organizations.  Anything less than 100% compliance runs the risk of a hacker entering the “front door” and gaining access to sensitive… Read more »

Cybersecurity

CMMC 2.0 – Don’t Wait. Get Secure.

January 25, 2022

By Andy S. Two months ago, the Department of Defense released the Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification (CMMC) 2.0 standards. The first version of CMMC had some issues that had put industry in a difficult position. Among them being the lack of flexibility around Plans of Action and Milestones (POA&Ms) and the need to be compliant… Read more »

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The Future of Human-Technology Convergence

December 10, 2021

By Jeff A. Long before the current COVID-19 paradigm shift in how and where people work, the two dominant technology trends were Internet of Things (IoT) and Artificial Intelligence (AI). These technologies evolved rapidly from the conceptual stage and fueled the current focus on Digital Transformation and Industrial Automation with companies such as Amazon and… Read more »

Cloud Computing

Containerization in the Cloud

December 8, 2021

By Jeremy L. Major companies and government agencies that have already moved into the Cloud are looking for ways to continue to modernize their infrastructure. As they do, they start looking at containers. ActioNet has been able to assist many of these organizations in accomplishing this correctly and securely. This article describes what containers in… Read more »

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Not All SIEM Tools Are Created Equal

October 1, 2021

By Jeff M. and Kate R. Recent high-visibility cyber attacks have reinforced the need for stronger cyber defenses across our national infrastructure. In February 2021, a water treatment plant in Florida was hacked and the sodium hydroxide was briefly increased in the water to deadly levels. In May 2021, a ransomware attack was unleashed on… Read more »

Dev Ops Lifecycle

Microservices: Upending the Application Development Landscape

September 20, 2021

By Venkata K. and Reuben M. As emerging technologies continue to evolve, so too does the IT industry as it figures out new, innovative ways to develop and deliver applications. We’ve come a long ways from back on June 21, 1948, when computer scientist Tom Kilburn ran the first piece of monolithic software as it… Read more »