Modernizing an Outdated Surveillance System
Watch how the City of St. Cloud partnered with Heartland Business Systems to implement a modern, scalable, and user-friendly centralized video security solution, powered by Verkada.
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Transforming Document Management at Left Bank Wine
Left Bank Wine & Spirits Co., a mid-size wine and liquor wholesaler, required a solution to the management and tasks associated with the tremendous volume of files stored on-site.
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Connecting Patients and Care at Greater Regional Health
Greater Regional Health, a rural critical access hospital, required a solution to the communication issues associated with the incredible size of the facility.
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Helping the Wisconsin Hospital Association Move Its Data to the Cloud with Microsoft Azure
Wisconsin Hospital Association Information Center meets the broad-based needs of health care stakeholders statewide. WHAIC required a Cloud Solution to Enhance Compliance, Cost Management, and Leverage Advanced Capabilities.
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Custom Software Design and Development Project for My Talent Planner
My Talent Planner was looking for a software engineering team that could bring their vision to life, and create a product that could be used by thousands of SMB leaders.
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Developing an Adaptable Dynamics 365 and Power Apps Solution with Rose Paving
Rose Paving, a national pavement contractor, was looking for a partner to assist them in transforming their communication system with their multiple satellite offices.
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Implementing an Award-Winning Intranet Built on Microsoft SharePoint at Sentry Equipment
This quality sampling corporation required an innovative solution to their outdated intranet.
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Developing a Corporate Communications Portal with SharePoint at Generac Power Systems
Generac was looking for a solution to its divided and outdated internal communication style.
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Improving Patient Care with 24/7 Collaboration Support
Video Case Study - OrthoNebraska needed a dedicated engineer to address their phone system concerns, and a team of experts to reach out to when issues occurred.
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Unlocking the Networking Revolution: Arista’s Game-Changing Solutions with HBS
Find out how Arista’s groundbreaking networking solutions, in partnership with HBS, are reshaping the future of networking.
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Dynamics Upgrade Information and Innovations
Explore the latest upgrades in Dynamics 365 in both Dynamics GP and Dynamics Business Central.
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Elevating Your Cloud Security Strategy: Insights and Actions
Explore insights into enhancing cloud security, tackling challenges, and implementing strategic approaches for robust data protection in the cloud era.
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AI Shopping: Improving and Personalizing the Customer Experience with Cognitive Search
Discover how AI shopping and cognitive search are transforming the e-commerce landscape, offering personalized and efficient customer experiences.
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AI Search: A Better Way of Data Retrieval
Explore the transformative world of AI search and how it is redefining data retrieval.
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Windows 2012 R2 End of Life: Act Now to Secure Your Systems
Learn the risks and solutions for Windows Server 2012/2012 R2 and SQL Server 2012 end of life. Explore your options to stay secure and compliant.
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Strengthening the Cybersecurity Workforce: Meeting Today’s Challenges
Expert insights on the cybersecurity workforce—the importance of diverse skills, continuous learning, adapting to evolving threats in the industry.
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Securing the Future: The Convergence of Physical and Cyber Security
Explore how the convergence of physical and cyber security is essential to effectively manage the intertwined challenges of modern-day organizations.
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AI Productivity Tools: AI Without Intimidation
Explore AI myths & its business potential. Learn how AI tools like Microsoft Copilot can enhance productivity and address data privacy concerns.
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How You Can Improve Your Cybersecurity Posture: Insights from Leading CISOs
Dive into a candid discussion with CISOs from various industries as they share their strategies and experiences in optimizing cybersecurity posture.
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Office 365 A1 Plus Retirement: What You Need to Know and How to Navigate It
Unraveling the Office 365 A1 Plus retirement: HBS helps you understand the What, When, and Why of Microsoft's Office 365 A1 Plus program retirement.
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Remove IT Bottlenecks — Embrace the Citizen Development Era
Explore the rise of Citizen Developers, non-tech professionals creating solutions with low-code/no-code platforms, addressing IT backlogs and spurring innovation.
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The Evolution of Collaboration: The Shift to Hybrid Work
Learn about the shift towards hybrid work and the challenges it brings. This article delves into how HBS’s Collaborate with Webex solution is shaping the future of collaboration.
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Keeping Information Security at the Heart of IT Strategy
Explore insights from a panel discussion with top infosec leaders from Ruan, Intoxalock, and Growers Edge, highlighting the critical integration of information security in corporate strategy.
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Inside the Des Moines Public Schools Ransomware Attack: Q&A with Director of Technology, Lisa Irey
Lisa Irey, the Director of Technology & Printing Services at Des Moines Public Schools, delves into the harrowing ransomware attack that made national headlines.
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Fortify Your Data with Azure’s Disaster Recovery as a Service (DRaaS) Solution
Discover how Azure offers a robust disaster recovery solution, providing flexibility, security, cost-effectiveness, and impressive statistics for data protection.
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Heartland Business Systems, LLC Has Earned the Migrate Enterprise Applications to Microsoft Azure Specialization
HBS has earned the Migrate Enterprise Applications to Microsoft Azure Specialization.
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Microsoft Dynamics GP Update
The ERP Team at Heartland Business Systems (HBS) continues to support the Microsoft Dynamics GP platform as well as Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central.
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Want to Move from Dynamics GP to Dynamics 365 Business Central?
If you’re looking to migrate from Dynamics GP to Dynamics 365 Business Central, there are a few things to help with that process.
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Cost Savings and Efficiencies with Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI)
Virtual desktop infrastructure in schools and organizations allows you to build and run hybrid apps across datacenters, edge locations, remote offices, and the cloud.
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K-12 Schools Focus on Unified Physical Security
Every K-12 school faces physical security challenges. You must develop a life safety strategy and execute a security plan that protects your district.
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HBS Earns Microsoft Solutions Partner Designations
As of October 2022, Microsoft has officially retired their Gold/Silver Partner Competency program.
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Managing Cybersecurity Risk in America’s Modern Railroads
Learn about a massive cybersecurity experiment where two prominent security companies created a fake railroad system online and watched the attacks against it.
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Video Surveillance: Proactive Analytics for Your Business
Technology is now here to upgrade your once traditional “reactive” camera system to “proactive” camera system using video analytics.
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Upgrading Kentico 12 Portal to Kentico Xperience 13
HBS is proud to present the KX12 to 13 Converter to the Kentico Community.
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Why to Embrace Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA)
Multi Factor Authentication (MFA) is a simple and effective way to improve the cybersecurity of your environment.
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What You Should Expect With SOC 2®
Knowing what to expect from a SOC 2 audit may seem overwhelming, but with the correct readiness process you can have a successful report.
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How to Choose a Virtual CISO
Choose the right virtual CISO for your organization by looking for these traits of a pro ready to give executive-level guidance to your cybersecurity strategy.
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Data Security vs. Data Privacy: Not Knowing the Difference Could Cost You
In this article we'll help you understand the difference between data security and data privacy so you can ensure your policies pay attention to both.
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Why Do You Need a SOC 2® Report?
Do you need to get a SOC 2® report? Discover six reasons why you may need a SOC 2® security report to create a competitive advantage and attract new clients.
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What is the Benefit of Following a SharePoint Site?
There are some important benefits to following sites that you work with often in SharePoint. Learn how you can improve your experience and navigation.
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AppService to Azure SQL Using Managed Identity
Make using Sql credentials connecting your App Services to Azure SQL a thing of the past and help secure your application in the process by using a Managed Identity.
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Power Apps: Azure SQL vs Dataverse
Dataverse is viewed as a fundamental shift in application development. It is important to leverage the right features to speed up the development process.
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Lessons Learned from Ransomware Attacks
Step inside two organizations’ war rooms as they manage a ransomware attack. Learn best practices to follow to stop these attacks, or at least limit the damage.
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Cost Advantages of Managed XDR
Learn about key ways that managed XDR makes good business sense, not only by improving your security posture, but by actually saving you money.
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OTV is Dead. Long Live EVPN-VXLAN!
Almost every network design involves one or more Data Centers, whether this is achieved by design or acquired through an acquisition.
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Digital Evidence That Holds Up In Court: Tips from a U.S. Judge
With court decisions hinging on digital evidence, it’s critical that business leaders and IT pros understand what courts are looking for.
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Using SmartConnect to Migrate Many to Many Relationships in CRM
With N:N relationships, a special entity is created called a Relationship (or Intersect) entity.
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HIPAA Best Practices for Cloud Services and VOIP
In this blog, we offer insights on two specific areas that frequently cause confusion around HIPAA compliance: cloud services and voice over IP (VOIP).
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How to Choose A Quality Pen Test
A quality pen test will take a comprehensive approach and incorporate all the elements of an attack. Ask these questions for a pen test worth your investment.
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How to Streamline Vendor Management Requests
Save your organization time with these tips that will help you streamline responses to vendor management requests about your security policies.
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Cybersecurity Trends: The Next Generation of Endpoint Protection
Extended Detection and Response (XDR) is one of the year’s top cybersecurity trends, spotting threats throughout your technology stack and shutting them down.
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Power Grid Cybersecurity: New Rules to Protect Critical Infrastructure
A recent presidential order aimed at protecting critical infrastructure bans the use of some foreign parts in the power grid. How will this affect your business?
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Why Quick Responses to Data Breaches Save You Money
Most data breaches get more expensive with each passing day. That’s why HBS incident response team keeps its calendar open on Friday afternoons.
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The Security Challenges of IoT
The security risks of IoT (Internet of Things) devices must be a key part of the security plan in every business and home-office setting.
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How to Handle Data Breach Notifications
The best responses to data breaches are put in place months before the breach occurs. Take steps to prepare for and possibly stop breaches altogether.
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Compliance is Not Security
Despite common misconceptions, compliance is not security. Knowing the difference and why it matters could mean better, long-term protection for your business.
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Including E-mail addresses in Smartlists
Learn how to use include email addresses in Smartlists using the Smartlist Designer Tool!
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New and Updated Modern SharePoint Web Parts
Read about some brand new web parts that have rolled out recently, as well as some added features to existing web parts.
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Script Errors in Dynamics 365 Portals App
Learn how to adjust Google Chrome settings to prevent Dynamics 365 Apps scripts from being blocked.
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APIs with Swagger
APIs play a crucial role in centralizing logic and enabling multi-channel usage, but often come with challenges. Enter Swashbuckle and its counterpart, Swagger.
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Assigning User Roles for Model Driven Apps
When dealing with model-driven apps in the Power Platform, assigning security roles to users is a crucial step. Let’s break down the process.
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Addressing Common Challenges with Dates in Dynamics 365
Discover the ways you can default a date on a form (i.e. a submit date) to today's date and other common challenges in Dynamics 365.
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IAM – Identity and Access Management: Maintaining User Access & Its Importance to Information Security
Identity Access Management (IAM) solutions help enable proper provisioning to reduce the risk associated with an account becoming compromised.
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Why You Should Make Information Security Decisions Based on Risk, Not Fear
To properly manage cybersecurity risk, we must understand the likelihood that a security incident will occur and the potential resulting impact.
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Mergers and Acquisitions (M&A) Now Including Cyber Security Due Diligence as Best Practice
If you are considering acquiring a company, make sure you consider all of the factors that impact valuation, including cybersecurity practices and technologies.
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Restructuring Data Access Controls with Identity and Access Management (IAM)
Learn about restructuring data access controls using identity and access management (IAM) and limiting access with role based access controls (RBAC).
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Using FetchXML in Web API Queries via JavaScript for Dynamics 365
Learn how to use FetchXML in Web API Queries via JavaScript for Dynamics 365. To get started with querying the Web API via FetchXML you are going to need FetchXML.
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Understanding and Working with Auditors
Working with internal and external IT auditors: understanding the auditor's objectives and motives for the engagement.
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Introduction to IT Audits
Read our comprehensive overview of the audit process and how IT management can insert themselves into this process to benefit from the exercise.
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The Difference Between Penetration Testing and Vulnerability Scanning
Penetration testing and vulnerability scanning are different services. However, there are also some similarities. Learn how these services compare and contrast.
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Security Requirements of Vendors and Clients
As security awareness rises, so do expectations of vendors and clients. Organizations have begun including information security in their due diligence process.
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How to Get the Most Out of Your IT Audit
Learn ways to get the most from your IT Audit including selecting a qualified auditor, assigning an audit-owner, preparing, and asking questions.
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An Overview of the FFIEC Cybersecurity Assessment Tool
The FFIEC Cybersecurity Assessment Tool provides a framework to determine risks, measure information security efforts, and determine progress toward goals.
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Benefits of a Virtual Chief Information Security Officer (vCISO)
The use of a virtual Chief Information Security Officer (vCISO) is becoming more popular. Information security is critical to protect your company.
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Penetration Testing, You Get What You Pay For
Ensure your information security investment is well-spent by asking the right questions and gaining clarity on the penetration testing process.
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Information Security Defeated by Bagel Day
Next time you hesitate to enforce badge-in procedures, remember that physical security plays a critical role in safeguarding your organization’s well-being.
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Reducing Your Attack Footprint
Reduce your attack footprint. Strengthen security by closing small gaps, making it harder for hackers to climb your infrastructure.
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Social Engineering Tip #43 – Shred All Handwritten Notes
Handwritten notes, overlooked in information security practices, harbor valuable data and can reveal sensitive information during ethical hacking engagements.
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The Importance of Egress Filtering at the Firewall
Egress filtering is a basic principle that should be implemented at every organization to prevent hacking activity from leaving your network.
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If Johnny jumped off a bridge…
Make decisions based on your organization’s unique needs and culture, rather than following the crowd. Innovation lies in charting your own course.
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Digital Forensics…for Parents!
How is a parent who is technology challenged supposed to keep tabs on the online habits of their kids? Here are a few suggestions to keep track.
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Botnets and Data Leakage
Defense is depth, and cybersecurity is no different. Trying to defend against an attack using only one defense mechanism is bound to fail.
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