Category: Information Technology

A Future of Hope: Stanbridge College Hosts College and Career Tour for Project Hope Kids

On March 22nd, Stanbridge College welcomed the smiling faces of 6th, 7th and 8th grade students from Project Hope School and provided them with a campus tour of its Healthcare and Information Technology programs. The students, the majority of whom live in temporary housing and homeless shelters in Orange County, are members of the College [...]

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Stanbridge Spotlight: A Second Time for Success, Stanbridge Alumni Finds a Perfect Fit in IT Services Career

Brian Millsap is the Chief Information Officer of Hampton Products, a manufacturing and distribution business headquartered in Southern California. Every day the Stanbridge College IT alumni works with and manages people who are passionate about working in IT, which in turn makes him passionate about his career.
Brian’s journey into the IT profession started 15 years [...]

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Volunteers Needed at the 2012 Special Olympics Summer Games 6/9 & 6/10

Stanbridge College REACH is continuing its support of the Special Olympics Southern California by gathering volunteers for the 2012 Summer Games June 9th and 10th.
In 2011, over 1,100 athletes competed in the Summer Games in six different competitions including athletics (track and field), aquatics, basketball, bocce, golf, and gymnastics. Hearing the roar of the crowd, [...]

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4/24 Mac Troubleshooting and Integration Workshop

The Alumni Association at Stanbridge College is please to present a new Information Technology workshop entitled Mac Troubleshooting and Integration on Tuesday, April 24, 2012.  Register today and gain valuable skills in Mac administration and implementation to add to your résumé!
Join guest instructor Russell Poucher, President of Creative Resources Technology Group, a national provider of [...]

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More Tools for Mac Admins

With Mac enterprise solutions becoming more and more popular, network admins need a stash of tools compatible with Mac OS. We found a rundown of the top maintenance tools for Macs here. Included are several utilities that come with the operating system, a plethora of freeware recovery and file management tools, and a couple of [...]

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125 Stanbridge College Nursing and IT Graduates Prepare for Future Careers

Stanbridge College is pleased to announce the graduation of 125 Vocational Nursing and Information Technology students in the Class of 2011. November 11, 2011 marked Stanbridge College’s 23rd Commencement Exercise. The Fall 2011 Commencement also celebrated the inaugural class of graduates who earned their Associate of Science in Information Technology.
Guest speaker Orange County District Attorney [...]

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Deciding between a standard and dual-band N router

Purchasing a wireless router for yourself or a client?  Consider your options first.  In a recent Q&A on Ars Technica, contributor John Timmer discussed the pros and cons of single- and dual-band routers.  His conclusion is that the main deciding factor (besides price) is whether you have old 802.11b/g standard devices that need to use [...]

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Qubes OS, a new Fedora-based system aims to be ultra-secure

A new Linux operating system called Qubes OS strives to set the bar for “ultra-secure” desktop computing. Its developers describe the architecture as a “security by isolation” or sandboxed approach. Networking, an activity fraught with potential vulnerabilities, is kept isolated from the rest of the operating system. Lightweight virtual machines allow users to isolate their [...]

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Chestnuts roasting by an open source distro: options for making bootable ISOs

There has been some buzz about a Kickstarter project called Isostick, an expensive option for those who want to boot from multiple ISOs without lugging around a bunch of DVDs. There are, however, ways that already exist, some of which are “DIY.” Here are a few options:
USB multiboot ISO options
Boot from a USB drive. Caveat: [...]

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Ready for the Next Dimension? Storage in 5D

Using nanotechnology, researchers have created a 5D storage device using silica glass and a process called femtoprinting. The femtoprinting process uses a laser that can pulse for a mere femtosecond—just several quadillionths of second. The laser can shape the silica to create a polarization effect; this effect can later be read or erased by the [...]

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