Verkada - Hybrid Cloud Video Security

Tired of your existing video security system that is probably made up of a combination of different DVRs/NVRs and an assortment of cameras that you need multiple consoles to manage and of course, search for video?

Take a look at the Verkada solution - no on-premise DVR/NVR - 10 year warranty on all cameras, the ability to manage all cameras from a single web portal or mobile application. Many more features as well released on a continuous basis that you will automatically be provisioned for!

Check out their weekly webinar (link below) or reach out to me directly and I will coordinate an intro and demo for you.




Organizations are rapidly moving to the cloud to enable remote access, support greater scale, and improve usability of video surveillance systems. In this webinar, we’ll show how to deploy smart, cloud-based video surveillance so simple and scalable that it works for everyone at your organization.

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Cloudflare

So, one of the many things I enjoy about my job is getting the exposure to all sort of new technology for IT, cloud and security. I've been spending some more time getting more up to speed on Cloudflare and realizing that it is more than a CDN, more than a WAF, more than DNS and more than ZTA - in fact, it can be used for all of them.

Get faster DNS and privacy on your phone by installing the 1.1.1.1 app. It's free!


More to come on this topic, but I did mange to do this today:



Utility Room Update

One of the last two rooms in the basement to tackle is the laundry room. We decided to take advantage of a couple of weeks off over the Christmas and New Year break to see if we could get this knocked out. The plan is to remove the current flooring (ceramic tile on top of linoleum tiles) and replace it with the laminate flooring that we've put in the rest of the basement. We're also going to remove the existing cabinets and replace them with something that will provide more functionality for the room (cabinets, some counter space and potentially some bench seating). The new cabinets will not be installed before vacation is over.
The new laminate flooring from that is in the hallway will be continued into the laundry room - all of the existing cabinets will be replaced and the auxiliary refrigerator/freezer will probably be moved to the garage.



Here is a closer look at the layers from bottom to top:
1.) Cement floor from 1976
2.) Asbestos-free (I think) linoleum tile from the late 70's as well glued to cement with some not-so-friendly adhesive
3.) 16" ceramic tile from this century fastened to the linoleum with what I believe to be is construction adhesive















Seahawks Get Win Number 10



Well, it wasn't pretty but Seattle managed to win their regular season finale against the Arizona Cardinals with a game-winning field goal by Seabass as time expired. Seattle finishes the regular season with a 10 and 6 record which is five more wins than I thought they would end up with after the amount of roster changes in the off-season.

Wild Card game at Dallas on Saturday - it will be the 12th anniversary of this...