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What’s New in SharePoint 2013 – Part 1

By Jeff Charikofsky on May 14th, 2013 // No Comments

What's New in SharePoint 2013

The release of the latest version of Microsoft’s SharePoint platform, SharePoint 2013, introduces numerous new features as well as improvements to the previous release. The new features and changes to existing features cover the entire gamut of the platform – from security to search, user interface to social features. All facets of the system have been enhanced and improved. In this 4-part blog series we will look at a few of these new features and changes. This list is by no means inclus...

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CIO Forum and Executive IT Summit

By David Rathert on May 7th, 2013 // No Comments

CIO Forum and Executive IT Summit

RDA is proud to sponsor the Premier CIO Forum and Executive IT Summit in Atlanta on May 9 and 10. This event brings together IT executives from the region, including CIOs, CTOs, CISOs, and VPs. Conference agendas are driven by CIOs and senior IT executives. The goal of the forum is to create an encouraging atmosphere to help solve technology, leadership and business challenges. RDA is hosting the following breakout session: Can big data be housebroken? Getting the animal to do what you ...

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Solutions to Common WCF Serialization Problems

By Jon Lester on April 30th, 2013 // No Comments

Solutions to Common WCF Serialization Problems

If you aren't familiar with it already, Windows Communication Foundation (WCF) is a framework for building service-oriented applications. Using WCF, you can send data from one service endpoint to another making use of a variety of contracts and transport protocols. The messages can be as simple as a single character or word sent as XML, or as complex as a stream of binary data.  Service endpoints are commonly hosted using IIS, but can be hosted in other processes as well. WCF services are a ...

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2013 SharePoint Conference – May 2

By David Rathert on April 23rd, 2013 // No Comments

Join RDA at the 2013 SharePoint Conference!

Please join RDA at the 2013 GR8 SharePoint Conference in Philadelphia on May 2, 2013! The conference tracks are designed for IT Executives, Project Managers / Managers, IT Professionals, Developers and Business Leaders and are delivered by Microsoft’s top national and local partners. We are sponsoring the event and RDA Senior Consultant Greg Robinson will present on "Manage, Search, and Socialize Institutional Knowledge." Register to attend. GR8 SharePoint Conference Thursday, May...

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Social Engineering: Your Biggest Security Threat

By Pablo Gazmuri on April 16th, 2013 // 3 Comments

Social Engineering: Your Biggest Security Threat

In my last few blog posts, I’ve discussed common security challenges and the principles used to design secure applications.  While it’s important to enhance security using technical measures, such as encrypting sensitive data and establishing secure defaults (discussed previously), the most prevalent and effective attacks typically make use of some form of social engineering.   What is social engineering? A con man is a social engineer.  He makes use of his knowledge of human nat...

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