Good morning everybody JR Fisher here welcome good to see you here Do me a favor use that chat box over there introduce yourself Let me know where you're from what you're doing. We're going to talk about cyber security today And this is a big thing guys, especially if you have a small small business because that's who they're attacking They're not going after these big companies with big, you know security teams and all that They're going after you guys And the information I'm going to give you today can protect you and help you from becoming a victim So yeah, it's going to be some good stuff. Don't forget to subscribe guys See that subscribe button down there turn it from red to gray. Don't forget to ring the bell Turn on all the bell notifications here notified each and every single time I go live or if I upload a video I apologize. I didn't get an email out yesterday. Let you guys know I was gonna be live today We got people here anyhow, which is great. I just you know, no excuse. I'm not gonna even come up with an excuse I didn't do it. Okay. I didn't do it. I should have done it. I didn't do it But today we're gonna do some good stuff and then and I think it's really gonna help you guys out because you know these Hackers whatever you want to call them ransomware people They are attacking small businesses more than ever as a matter of fact according to FBI's 2020 internet crime report there were 791,000 790 businesses reported cyber attacks that year Like keep in mind. This was a 69% increase over 2019 That's huge guys and that's just the ones that were reported not everybody reports it You know from cross-site scripting in which attackers actually insert new lines of code into unsecured website components to phishing attacks Targeting group email accounts malicious malware. There's all kinds of ways. They can do this Cyber security is a growing concern for most small businesses as it should be for you to now We're talking about cyber security today But any questions that you want to ask put it that chat box, you know ask me about starting running and growing your online business That's what I do here on this channel. We have over 1200 videos right now on those subjects And it's here to just help you guys. That's it. You know, I've been doing this for over a decade I'm going on in my 13th year now And you know, this channel is really just me giving back to you guys to help you out and help you grow your businesses And give you all the tools you need So let's let's first kind of talk about cyber security and what that even means It's basically securing your protected information and critical data online You know little businesses small businesses They implement cyber security measures to defend sensitive data from both internal and External threats because it could be an employee or it could be somebody, you know in Lithuania You don't know and I'm not picking on Lithuania and he stretched to the imagination just stuck in my head But I will say that Joe Biden actually signed a law into effect March of last month. It was just March 1st 2022 But this legislation actually requires critical infrastructure entities To report cyber attacks to the cyber and infrastructure security agency. That's the cisa if you want to look it up So if you get attacked you need to report it because when you report it They can actually do something about it. They can try to figure out how they got into your system They can do all kinds of good stuff. So You do want to report these attacks if you get them That being said a national infrastructure improves So do hackers methods While it is nearly impossible to eliminate all threats You can greatly reduce your business exposure to hackers by establishing a strong cyber security posture It's kind of like, you know, somebody who parks in a parking lot and locks their keys Excuse me, it locks their car and walks away that car's going to be pretty secure But the next person parks in a parking lot and leaves the windows rolled down and the keys in the ignition You know, you're opening yourself up to a lot of threats So what we want to do is kind of mitigate all this stuff before what happens So let's kind of go over the most common cyber security threats to small businesses According to the sba small business association 88% of small businesses actually are worried about cyber attacks. They feel like they're vulnerable One because they know that small companies are often more vulnerable because they don't have these big it teams to protect themselves They just don't have it So they know that they're more vulnerable because people are going to want to attack them more To effectively protect your company and customer information You need to understand three primary cyber threats to small businesses And I want to go through each one And kind of define it because we hear this stuff in the news all the time and we're like, what are they talking about? All right, so the first one is called malware malware actually includes a variety of cyber threats such as trojans Which is something that kind of sneaks into your system viruses, which we all heard about right And these attacks hackers use code to break into private networks Now their intent is actually to steal and destroy data. That's it. Some of them are just doing it to be malicious They just want to mess up your company and some of them want money out of you Malware attack and then some of them actually want to get your information But malware attacks usually originate from fraudulent downloads Spam emails or from connecting to other infected devices Potentially costing businesses an excessive amount of money to repair This is serious stuff guys. This can this can bankrupt your company if you're not if you're not prepared and you're not protecting yourself Um, the next one is called ransomware And it is just as it sounds according to the cisa, which I just defined to you guys ransomware threats significantly increased in 2021 Hackers usually inflict computers with email and can result in significant damage and expenses You know it as the name suggests basically ransomware attacks And holds a victim sensitive data such as passwords files databases, whatever for ransom hackers required to pay the money To be paid within 24 to 48 hours or they will destroy or leak the data Now something interesting about this. What if you pay them and they still didn't release your data? It happens all the time guys, but i'll tell you there's there's kind of a criminal code around this To where ransomware people don't want to do that because people will quit paying So, you know for the most part they're going to release your data for that reason Now the next thing up here is called phishing But that's spelled with a p so it's let me let me put this in here As a matter of fact, let me put The actual definition in the chat box so you can see what this is and then you can kind of follow along as I talk about it Uh, Wayne Charles, man, where you been you've been high and I haven't seen you in a while Good to see you in here, buddy There we go. So what I did is I put The actual definition of phishing in there And basically it's when a hacker sends a fraudulent email or direct message to a company employees with a malicious link In fact members of an organization and work emails are a leading cause of small business data breaches So if you see what looks to be like an edgy email The first thing you want to do is look at where it came from check that return email But that could be fake too, but don't click on any links that you don't know Okay, if you don't know that person you don't know that company don't click on the links Phishing attacks can result in data leaks system freezes virus installations So according to the fbi's 2020 internet crime report a rise in these attacks caused an adjusted losses of 54 million dollars in that year alone. Okay, so it's a lot of money Now how are you going to protect yourself? What are you what are you going to do as a small business? As I said earlier small businesses arguably suffer from the cyber attacks more than larger enterprises Because they lack the resources. Okay. In fact, 60 percent of small businesses closed within six months of an attack 60 percent So they can crush your business guys before describing how small businesses can defend themselves We'll first discuss the cia triad It's a wide accepted model that serves as a basis for modern cyber security So I want to go through each one of these. All right. So what is the cia triad? What is this fancy thing? Basically, it defines three vital components. It's confidentiality integrity and availability Every cyber attack attempts to breach at least one of these attributes guys So if you know about it and you're trying to protect yourself You can do a whole lot better than if you were just laid yourself out there. So Let's look at them confidentiality All sensitive business data should be kept confidential and accessible by authorized users. Okay, so that's the first part of it integrity Proper measures should be taken to ensure that the system data is reliable and trustworthy And you're probably going to have to enlist some help in this. I know we do we don't do all this on our own Availability all authorized personnel must be able to access the network and its data at any given time This means that businesses need to continually monitor network security and system functionality. Okay, this is the triad cia now To understand the relationship between these terms There's an example that I want to go through right now So confidentiality to log into an account The business owner needs to enter their username and password if they forget their credentials They can take advantage of a two-factor authentication Which sends users a code to reset their password? We have this set up on all of our sites integrity Once logged in they had access to accurate unaltered personal and customer data and then of course availability Lastly the business owner and their customers can access the store at any time because of a 24 seven online availability Now here we go The nist Okay, I'm going to go through all this the nist cyber framework The nist is the national institute of standards and technology It's a department within the u.s department of commerce that helps businesses increase their cyber security All right, so using the cia triad as a guide the department established the nist T okay, you can go back through watch this video later I know there's a lot of terms in here at all But it's a five-step system for businesses small businesses particular to defend their information security systems Here's how it works Number one is identify the first step of creating cyber security plan is to identify all devices accounts and data That need monitoring and protection So this includes your equipment, which is your computer's laptops point of sales systems smartphones router everything you got Okay, and then your network Your wi-fi network and your vpn if you don't have a vpn you should get one. It's a virtual private network your account credentials A login for information for email accounts company software tools computer and laptops your cloud storage Any files or information utilizing cloud storage? You want to check out and your website including client information inventory and your payment processor Okay, so that's number one number two is protect Your business needs a multi-faceted approach to defend against multi. Excuse me against cyber Attacks my phone here. It's going off here. It is just fine. Okay, just had to check it. Make sure it wasn't anything important So here's your primary steps for that you want to appoint somebody in your company And it can be you you could be a one-version company But to direct all cyber initiatives if you're the only employee then you'll have to manage it yourself and hire a reputable contractor Like what I said, um, you want to install antivirus software full disk encryption and host based firewalls To set up all software to install updates automatically Only allow your authorized staff to log into your system and your network. Don't let anybody else do it Okay, so I have to every now and then if I have somebody work on my website allow them access But I immediately take away that access once they've done what they're supposed to do You also have to require strong passwords for all devices and accounts and update them every six months I know this is a pain. I don't like doing it either, but you got to do it strong passwords Um, basically are this they have eight characters or more They have one or more upper case characters and they have one special character and one number So you need all four of those components guys you want to implement email spam filters You want to provide and you know if you're using something like gmail They have a lot of good spam filters in there every now and then go check your spam though A lot of people forget to do that and it piles up and you don't even know it Uh, you want to provide staff training on most common threats You want to perform regular security audits to ensure that there are no holes in your system You've got to back up all your critical assets guys. Uh, and you want to use multi-factor authentication Okay, so in other words, it's got to send you a text on your phone or email or something for you to click on You want to use a secure payment processor to protect your client data? We do that you got to do it Number three, you want to detect Okay, your first line of defense to get cyber attacks is consistently monitoring your network systems Any unusual or suspicious activity such as unknown login attempts strange file transfers or movement of data should be reported to your security point person And investigated immediately and then number four is going to be respond You got to respond. Okay Respond means identifying which system or data have been compromised confirm the type of attack. What is it? Inform all users you excuse me users on your network If the source of the breach was an email and form all employees to immediately delete it get rid of it Take the source computer system or application offline to isolate the attack Okay, and then have your point person or it professional somebody check any backdoor hackers May have set up to regain access and then you want to identify the damage number five You want to this is the final one you want to recover Recovery from a cyber attack can feel overwhelming. I mean guys, this is a really frightening thing Like any unfortunate incident, you know, you get in the car accident You get sick or whatever you got to take it as a learning experience And iterate on your security so it doesn't happen again figure out how they got in there patch that hole Whatever it is After an attack remain patient and allow your system and employees to prioritize recovery before resuming business as usual We're pursuing new initiatives now It could be something as simple as some employee within your company Actually clicked on an email and you said don't click on emails and they wouldn't click on emails Has this happened to any of you guys, you know put that that chat section there Have you already been You know attacked have you had a virus has something happened to your system put that in that chat section there This would be really helpful to other people If you share that information now The next thing you want to do because it's a law now is you've got to inform law enforcement and regulatory agencies And I gave you the name of that agency at the beginning of this training So if you didn't get that go back and look at it or or or Let me see if I can just copy and paste that in there Uh, let me scroll through my notes here And I want to give you that particular There it is Okay I'm trying to look through my notes here and find exactly what I gave you in the beginning So that you can use it to your advantage And like I said guys if this happened to you put it in that chat section I know some of you guys may not be watching this Live and if you're not watching it live What you want to do is just put it in the comment section below And um then Okay Okay, I'm trying to find the beginning of my notes here for you guys All right, there it is And I'm going to copy this and stick it in there Copy and I'll punch this right in the notes right here so you guys can have it There we go. So all you got to do is look that up And you'll you'll get the links and you'll figure out how to actually Uh report things which is what you need to do Let me get back down to my other notes here Is this helpful to you guys? Is this helping you guys out? Let me know put that in the chat section put it in the comment section I will come back by later on And respond to any comments if you put it in the comment section if you're not watching this live So you want to inform law enforcement, which is what I just said you want to remain transparent Okay, you want to let all your clients and customers know about the breach against their trust This is super important. You see businesses doing this all the time, you know, whether it's target or a bank or whoever it is They send out an email and they say hey you may want to change your passwords You may want to do something different here While a cyber security attack can hurt your reputation Not sharing the information with your stakeholders can really cause more damage than good. So you do need to let them know Choose a secure website builder your website may contain private data like payment processing information Customer credit card data email addresses logging credentials your inventory. What whatever it is. There's a lot of information there Um, this is uh, Charles Wayne Charles says this absolutely helpful. Good. Good. I'm glad to hear it This is why website security is one of the most important aspects of protecting your business Now, I know I always talk about making money online how to make money online But if you don't protect yourself all this money is not going to matter because people are going to steal it from you And we don't want that to happen. So every now and then I got to do this technical training every now and then I got to do this motivational training, you know, every now and then I got to talk about your health and eating right All these things are important. So therefore a select Website builder that guarantees the highest level of defense Um, so that's what we use we use magento. We use wordpress and they have a lot of built-in securities Plus we pay for other security patches and stuff um A self-hosted platform versus a managed platform Unlike self-hosted platforms which leave users responsibility for their own website security managed platforms Let's say something like wix or Shopify something like that have dedicated 24 7 security teams to take care of this You don't have to worry as much if you're using somebody else's platform But there's downsides to that too wix developers review the process So there's Shopify and they investigate the suspicious activity and they work with outside security consultants and provide reliable web hosting So you also want to have an https and ssl certificate protection We pay extra for those and you should too if you don't have them you want to manage your website builders They're also committed to the highest international privacy and security standards This applies to all business tools and apps it develops Like scheduling software email services like we use kartra and they have their own protection in there And if you don't know what kartra is go into the description section after this video has been posted You'll find a link to kartra and you can watch a video on that Cyber security threats evolve Arm yourself with a provider that has necessary resources to respond to these threats so that you can focus on your business That's the best thing to do is have somebody else watch all this stuff for you Make sure you choose a platform that's aligned with the payment credit card industry data security level one This e-commerce compliance standard protects the security of your credit card and card holder data So you want to make sure that you're doing that Also There's a whole litany of different ones. There's the california consumer privacy act You can look at that Which is a california law that allows consumers to see all personal information and company tracked as well as third parties information share If you want to get more resources or resources on this guys Knowing that a managed website builder oversees your site security Gives users the peace of mind that they need to efficiently operate their small businesses However, you still need to secure other password protection systems or databases like your internet network or email accounts Without an it department smaller enterprises may find it difficult and overwhelming to establish a complete security system That's why we run a lot of our emails through gmail. I have them set up in there I pay gmail every month Even though you're sending an email to let's say jr. Fisher at survival cave food It runs through gmail and they have all those protections built in there for me Which helps but i've got to pay a fee every single month Take advantage of these existing resources to help create a comprehensive plan Number one is the federal communication commission cyber security planning tool. Okay, and let me put this in here Uh, let's see I'm going to put this in the note section so that you guys have this and you could look it up later on if you want There we go. I will put it right here There we go All right, and then i'm going to get back to the other ones i want you to know the next one is the department of homeland security cyber resilience review I'm going to also put that in the note section Uh, and you can you can look up all of these at a later time Oops, let me get it here. It's hard to talk and broadcast and copy and paste Goodness gracious, but you know what? That's what I got to do. I got to get you guys this information This is important stuff guys, and I know it's kind of boring. I mean, I'm this is not exciting stuff But man, it's so important to you guys And if you don't have it it's going to hurt you the next one is called the cyber security and infrastructure security agency Which is the cisa and I talked about this in the beginning. So I want to put this in the notes too There we go. I'm slowly putting all this stuff in there. So you guys have it And those of you who aren't watching this live all you have to do is um Go into the chat section show chat section And when you show chat section it will Pop up and you can get all these links and all these things that i'm putting in here for all these people And then we've got see what do we have here? This is the last one right here, and this is the national cyber security alliance So let me get this in here So you guys have this one here too Boom in there boom got it done All right. All right. 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So, I'm a huge fan of Soulsborne games. They're basically the only games that I actually replay, and I replay them quite consistently. I've got one Bloodborne character in NG plus 7, and aside from Dark Souls 2, which I think sucks, regardless of how many videos try and convince me it's actually awesome, I think these games are almost all nearly perfect. Now, I think the difficulty can sometimes be a bit over the top for no real reason, but overall, I think all of them are just fantastic. So good, I can't even pick a favorite. Dark Souls 3, Dark Souls, and Bloodborne are all of equal quality in my eyes. Each of them has things they do better than the other, but when all is said and done, if I had to be locked up with only one game forever, I would pick any one of those over basically any other game ever made, and no game had me more excited for 2019 than Frum's new title, Sekiro Shadows Die Twice. Now, when I heard I was being produced in partnership with Activision, I admit I got a little bit nervous. The simple, objective fact is that Activision Blizzard games are amongst the most shitty, anti-consumer games released today. Call of Duty routinely pushes the envelope to the brink of what is acceptable.   Hell, even though I played World of Warcraft Hardcore for its first 8 years in existence, I basically stopped playing Overwatch when I got sick of the loot box thing during events. But I have an awful lot of faith in the value that Frum's software games provide. Their DLCs have, for the most part, been uniformly fantastic. Even the Abomination that was Dark Souls 2 was nearly redeemed with the excellent DLCs, so I'm willing to give Frum the benefit of the doubt and assume they would not have worked with Activision if their integrity was going to be compromised. But that's not what this video is about, that's just your quick little reminder that Activision is a festering pustule on the face of gaming. This video concerns something that was revealed at Gamescom recently. Frum and Activision brought a gameplay demo of Sekiro to Gamescom, and while it looks really cool and was raved about from those who played it, there was for me a troubling bit of news about the game. You see, Sekiro is not an RPG. Apparently there's no leveling system, there are no weapons or armor to collect, there isn't a deep character customization system. Sekiro is a third-person action game. Souls Distilled, if you will. Activision Souls. I love how deep and complex the RPG systems are in Dark Souls. I love the more streamlined, action-focused Bloodborne, and I love the middle road between those two, that is Dark Souls 3. The RPG elements of all of these games are a tremendous part of what makes them so endlessly replayable. There are still weapons and spells that I want to try out in Dark Souls 1 that I haven't gotten around to yet. The only reason Bloodborne isn't far and away my favorite of the series is that there really isn't any build diversity. I mean sure, you can end up using a few of the magical items for shifts and giggles, but for the most part, RPG elements aren't afterthought in Bloodborne, and instead, the leveling system serves more as a kind of difficulty slider that allows you to adjust how hard the game is, by either over or under-leveling for areas. Case in point. I, coincidentally actually, have been playing Bloodborne again the last couple of weeks while I wait for this ridiculous release schedule to get underway, and this time around, because I've gotten pretty darn good at the game, I ended up getting to the old Hunter's DLC at level 55. This was too much for me. Almost all of the Hunter enemies could one shot me and they absorbed just annoying amounts of damage. I'm not good enough and I'm certainly not patient enough to enjoy playing the game like that. So I ended up going and doing the Chalice Dungeons and some of the other optional areas, and voila, the difficulty becomes balanced. And that serves as a pretty good example of something I touched on in my long-ass video on difficulty in games. The Soulsborne RPG leveling system isn't just a great way to add replayability. It isn't just a fantastic way to have diverse gameplay styles. It isn't just a really deep game within the game. The Soulsborne RPG systems are those games' difficulty sliders. Those systems are the reason my 7 year old son can play Dark Souls. Now I despise the elitist get-good mentality that sprung up around Souls games. It's childish and silly. How can my 7 year old get good? How can the disabled clients I work with get good? How am I going to get good when I'm 66 and even more broken down than I am now? And why should only the good get to enjoy games? Should I not be allowed to play Souls games when I'm 65? Soulsborne games are more than their difficulty. I'd argue that the focus on their difficulty above all else has done them a tremendous disservice and almost certainly hurt their sales. Everything in these games is awesome. The animations and level design alone is worth the price of admission. The music, enemy variety, fantastic combat and memorable bosses, the lore written into the item descriptions, the joy of figuring out their secrets. These games are almost perfect and deserve to be played by everyone. And implying that they're so punishingly difficult that only a handful of people can deal with them is a pretty bad business model in my opinion. So the lack of an RPG leveling system leaves me wondering how Fromm is going to balance a difficulty curve on this game. Is Sekiro going to have an actual difficulty slider now? Normally I would assume this wouldn't be the case but there were other things I noticed during these demos. There are tooltips and tutorial pop-ups that are coming on the screen which makes the game look more like Neo than Dark Souls. Now I don't have a problem with a little bit of tutorial text or contextual pop-ups but I think the presence of these is a major design departure for the studio that can be taken in mean there's been a fundamental shift in priorities. Fromm's games have been lauded for the way they reveal themselves to the player. The games provide minimal direction and instruction. They basically create a fully realized world, use music, visuals and rock solid controls to immerse the player fully and then leave the player to figure things out for themselves and that's a tremendous part of their appeal. In order for this to work, Fromm has had to create deeply immersive games that players want to figure out. It's become a kind of feedback loop. The more fully realized the game is internally, the less immersion breaking messages from the developer need to be dropped in from outside the game world. The lack of tutorials drove the designers to create a game that could be understood without tutorials. The fact that this game looks to have actual tooltip pop-ups speaks to a change in philosophy that I think might just chip away at the overall experience even if only a little bit. And it changes like this I think that show that something has changed here. I've argued before that a difficulty slider would be fine in Dark Souls. That it would only allow more people to enjoy the games. But I've also said that Dark Souls manages to have dynamic difficulty scaling by meticulously being designed around letting players figure out ways to advance without the slider. Overleveling, magic use, bows, cheesy AI pathing, learning parry timings. Players who were enamored with the world can figure out how to make the game easier on their own organically. And while I think a slider would have meant that more people would have given the game a shot, I also admit that the way Souls balanced difficulty was pure genius and exceptional design. My only complaint is that more people didn't realize this kind of difficulty adjustment was in the game and probably gave up early before figuring out the systems. But with no leveling, no new weapons to find, and from desire to make the games hard I'm nervous that this title might be too difficult for new players. This news for me either means that Sekiro will absolutely need to have difficulty settings to succeed or that it will be just too hard for new players to enjoy. And the presence of tutorial messages, the addition of stealth mechanics, the new publisher, and the complete removal of RPG systems means that Sekiro isn't the Souls game in Japan that I was hoping for. Now I have zero doubt it will feature great level enemy design and kick-ass combat. I have no doubt that mechanically it will be a blast to play. But I also deeply hope that this isn't the start of a whole new direction. Because I think the RPG mechanics of the Soulsborne games add more than people realize. They aren't just a hidden difficulty adjuster. They aren't just a replayability system. They are a way that each playthrough becomes your own. They allow for each player to make their way through the game in a different way from other players. And it's that depth and complexity that's a big part of what made me fall in love with Souls games to begin with. Now I'm sure I will love this one too, but I have to admit to being a bit disappointed. From has certainly more than earned the benefit of the doubt. Activision hasn't, but from has. But this news hurts a bit. I don't know, what do you guys think? Alright, I'll see you later this week for Forsaken. Thanks. Bye.


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I never saw myself joining service the big thing for the Marines was like the like brotherhood and that for me that was the reason for like the branch of self. Sure it's gonna be hard but it is pretty much all mental that's all it is. You got a fight for your right to belong here now I'm gonna be joining the Marines.


Hey there and welcome to JSA TV live the newsroom for telecom and data center professionals I'm Dean Perrion at JSA and we are coming to you live on location in Fort Lauderdale, Florida at Metro Connect 2023 and I'm here with mr. Jim Bowie Jim is the president and CEO of Involta Jim welcome to JSA TV. Thanks Dean glad to be here. It's nice and warm.  So we're celebrating our 15th year in business here at Involta. We are a data center company with 12 data centers We build own and operate we have we're building 44,000 fiber miles and Just one of those companies that focuses on enterprises in the secondary and tertiary markets really delivering digital transformation Digital transformation we hear a lot about that and I suspect we're gonna hear a lot more about that as the the world transforms And we're hearing a you know chat gpt. I'm gonna be talking to a bunch of people about about this But that that transformation that's one of the things that people are going I'm not sure I understand that but For this interview. Why don't you tell us a little bit about Some of the the latest coming out of the newsroom over there. I understand that there was some big executive hire too Yeah, so we promoted Carl Gordelick to our chief financial officer really Carl's been in the industry for more than 15 years From the beginning and he is really been instrumental Not only in our debt financing, but and we're celebrating our one-year anniversary with our equity sponsor Carlisle And Carl Gordelick was very instrumental in getting that equity deal done as well with Carlisle So very proud to see him promoted. That's great. That's wonderful And it says a lot about the company too as you're as you are advancing Personnel and stuff like that. So Wonderful speaking of you are in high demand right now I understand that you were speaking on the edge strategies for next generation networks Tomorrow, correct? You're at metric connect. Why don't you tell our viewers a little bit about that? So for 450 p.m Local time and really just excited like, you know, every edge has been quite a budget It is. Yep, you know and and Volta has been at the edge before it was cool. We should have named the company edge Volta Because we've been in low-label. I know a good branding company But we've been in this game a long time and I think there are some use cases for enterprises that are very interesting both in healthcare and manufacturing as Compute needs to be closer to deliver patient outcomes in the case of healthcare or in manufacturing Really just producing goods better cheaper faster And if you've heard of industry 4.0 in manufacturing or smart manufacturing Really delivering technology to key Key verticals. There's some real stuff there. So I encourage everybody to tune in to that panel We have some great panelists and really discussing what's real and what's really happening on the edge today Yeah, to me that is the definition of transformation when you were talking about patient outcomes and in the real Change that can happen when you get that kind of compute right next to the Literally like changing So very very cool. Why don't you tell us a little bit about what's ahead for in Volta? What can we expect to hear or see from you in the next 12 to 18 months? Yeah? well, I'm excited to announce here a metro connect that we have Dropped our latest version of a new product and it's disaster recovery as a service and Really, we focused on creating differentiating capability of both Reliability and flexibility so our disaster recovery product sits in our tier 3 concurrently maintainable facilities that we build on and operate So that's a big differentiator and then really it's about flexibility when we saw the marketplace For disaster recovery really two things are challenges for people. I think it's the uh flexibility in terms of the services So we have um, if you would like a self guided model If you will for that service or if you need engineering level expertise to actually build the plan Create uh declare disasters So flexibility in that regard and also if anyone who's been in the disaster recovery space knows that clients don't want to Buy it until something bad happens. But what they should know is that I'm going to give you a number per minute Um Downtime can cost you between $900 a minute to $17,000 a minute So if you don't have a disaster recovery plan, you're going out of business So the other flexibility in the product we're launching allows people to step into their disaster recovery plan What I mean by that rather than 100 coverage of all of your mission critical data You can do a 25 to get the most critical 50 percent and 100 percent So you can kind of step into so I think reliability and flexibility I think we're industry leading in what we're doing in disaster. I've never heard that ever This is the first time anyone has ever said we had this tiered approach to uh disaster recovery And that's what it's about for us. It's customers giving customers choice and we feel like we've created a matrix That is really top notch for the industry. No, excellent excellent. Um, I'd love to talk to you more about that That's very very cool. Um, but for our viewers that want to learn more as I do about in bolto Where should they go you bet? www.involta.com awesome. Jim. Thanks for being here. Thanks, Dean. You bet. You bet and thank you viewers for watching jsa tv live We'll see you soon


Hello, friends, I'm Philip Magnus and today I'm talking about the new novella by Thunder Lee. Her green-boned saga has gained the status of a modern classic over its publication between 2017 and 2021. I haven't read it yet and so can tell you, hand over heart, Untethered Sky is a triumphant introduction to Lee's work, chock-full of compelling characters. This novella exudes a love and respect for the myths and legends of the Middle East. Two creatures and their relationship take centre stage across Untethered Sky, the Rock and Mantikor. Well, really it's the relationship between the human and the rock that shapes this novel, but this other one is also important because, you know, we all need a bit of conflict in our fantasy novellas, don't we? The Rock is a bird of prey, not unlike a giant eagle capable of picking up an elephant with its talons and carrying it off to its nest in the high mountains, at least in the Middle Eastern myths where it figures. Lee does not portray her rocks capable of quite such a feat, but that is not to say they are not spectacular creatures, true sheer size and much more. Soon after protagonist Esther first encounters the Rock, she is to domesticate, Zara, she notes with one massive talent foot, she could crush my head like a ripe apricot and tear out my entrails before anyone could make a move. Zara's physicality is a thing of beauty and to watch her grow through Esther's eyes is to share in her love and tenderness for this magnificent creature, monsters and petulant and cruel as it can on occasion be. What makes rocks so valuable is to be domesticated in the all-consuming way, there is that they are the sole natural predators to the malicious manticores who feast on humans. These solitary monsters are a blight on humanity, prowling the wilderness, attacking villages and outposts and the outskirts of towns in flurries of rage caused by human screams, most of all and sure enough screams accompany a manticore everywhere they show up. Savage beasts like these are a blight on the earth and horrifying. The manticore turned its gaze on me, one long infinite stare, its eyes resembled human eyes but whatever feeling or intelligence was behind them was alien and hungry. One iris was golden brown, the other was as blue as the sky. Lee paints such vivid pictures of these creatures the same way as when she sets up the hardships a rooker goes through to create the bond between themselves and their rock. The first third of the novella is committed to painstakingly imbuing the practice of rooking with life and tradition. Seeing as to go through the hardships she does, seeing the personal sacrifices necessary but also the camaraderie between the men and women who choose this path for themselves, it's something special. Take Darius for example, I quote, Rooking is a proud profession that attracts some individuals motivated by personal ego and the number of kills they can attach to their names. Darius wasn't one of those people, he might not be happy about losing his quarry but he was also relieved not to risk Minu, his rock, slyth. Darius is one of two major supporting rookers who both serve as mentors and friends, the other being Nassmen. The stories of the tree and their rocks are intimately interwoven, with twists and turns I'd never dare spoil for you. It is a very easy novella to read at barely 130 pages, perhaps even less. To be a rooker, to go back on topic, is to give your life to a beast, knowing all the meanwhile that this beast is driven not by the complex interweaving of emotion and rationality a human is, but by instincts that can only be grasped at a surface level. The relationship between Esther and Zara is a thing of beauty. To Esther, Zara is at once a tool of vengeance against the Manticores, a captive, an extension of her will. Even another self. To Zara, Esther is a captor, nurturer, caregiver, beast master. And more, much more than this. My name is not, in any way, an extensive list, not by any margin. Nor are the roles of captive and captor clearly defined. Rather the boundaries between the two are porous, captive and captor lost in the act of captivity, of possession and of being possessed. I quote, On the good days you feel as if you and your rocker won. Zara and I were complete. We were in the sun and the wind, the sky and the earth, life and death, above the world and untouchable. Zara comes alive in so many ways, lee giving her personality in spades. Rocks are reminded that nothing is beyond God's power of creation. She is possibility incarnate. When she soars into the air, she takes part of me with her, far away from the constraints of the earth. She was also the steadiest and demanding of my patience as only a large beast can be. She was like a recalcitrant child, one the size of a large man armed with deadly weapons. Not a profession for the weak of heart. That much, I can assure you. As far as freshman efforts in novel writing go, this measures up among the best and most charming of them. Conflict, excellent characters, plentiful action and a unique bond between human and beast. All of that enclosed within a gorgeous cover. What more can you need? It literally is a fine evening's read. Untethered skies by fondly releases on the 11th of April. You can pre-order it now or get it at the bookstore near you, which you should absolutely 100% do, because it is a special book. I got my copy thanks to Ned Galley in return for an honest review, which I believe I have given to the best of my capacity at any rate. I hope you read it. I hope you let me know what you think about it, and if you'd enjoy more reviews like this one, press that like button, share it with your friends this video, or with your enemies. Hey, you can even dislike this video. I, with a hand and heart once more, promise that it is okay. It's fine. And of course, don't forget to subscribe. That's a good one, right? That's what all the YouTubers say, probably. I will see you next time. And I suppose that's it. Bye!


The governor of Russia's Belgorod region said on Tuesday, May 23, the counter-terrorism operation in the region was ongoing, with the Defense Ministry and law enforcement agencies continuing to clean up the territory on the border with Ukraine. On the situation in the Gravoron district, the cleaning of the territory by the Ministry of Defense together with law enforcement agencies continues, the governor, Dyatyslav Gladkov, said on the Telegram messaging app. I now appeal to the residents of the Gravoron district, who temporarily left their homes, it is not possible to return yet. Gladkov said one woman died during the evacuation on Monday and reportedly two people were wounded, but Russian security forces have not been able to reach them. Evacuate them and deliver them to our medical facilities. There is no death in the middle of the civilian population. All necessary actions from the village structures are carried out.