WaTech in the News

One of the most important things you can do to protect your computer is to regularly update the operating system. But that won't be an option for many Windows 7 users starting early next year.

Microsoft plans to end support for the Windows 7 operating system on January 14, 2020, except for organizations who purchase extended support through January 2023.

For organizations…

From 2009 to 2014 Washington had a state broadband office that used a bunch of open data techniques to show where there was broadband internet service available - and where there wasn't. The basic idea was to build an intelligent market for broadband services and minimize the amount of public money needed. We did pretty well in this area but we left a few challenges on the table.…

***The post below is by Zac Cohn, CEO of Wonful Consulting

To all that are curious about our process of generating customer insights, then turning customer insights into prototypes that can be tested with business owners, the post below outlines the methodology and steps we have been following:

Intro to the Innovation Process The Office of the CIO has been exploring,…

The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has issued an alert on a Critical Vulnerability in SAP NetWeaver AS Java. An unauthenticated attacker can exploit this vulnerability through the Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP) to take control of trusted SAP applications. SAP has released a security update to address a critical vulnerability, CVE-2020-6287.

CISA encourages…