A MICROWAVE THAT HEATS AND COOLS
Frigondas’ Incredible New Appliance
THINKING IN BETS What a Poker Pro Can Teach You About Decision Making A career in high-stakes poker requires making countless difficult decisions. Annie Duke should know. In addition to her career as a business consultant and her time spent studying psychology at the University of Pennsylvania, she’s the one of winningest female poker players of all time. Her new book, “Thinking in Bets: Making Smarter Decisions When You Don’t Have All the Facts,” shares invaluable lessons on process-driven decision making. “When you make an important business decision, the probability of failure might be 25 percent or more,” says Duke. “Just like in poker, you always have incomplete information. So the outcome is, to some degree, out of your control. But the process is in your control.” Pretending you have all the facts when you don’t is foolhardy. It’s only by acknowledging and embracing uncertainty that you can free yourself to make clearheaded decisions. If you’ve ever spent too much time dwelling on outcomes and forgetting the importance of process, “Thinking in Bets” will allow you to see decision making in a whole new light. Have you ever been in a situation where you need to chill food fast? We all rely on our microwaves — maybe more than we’d like to admit — to heat items in a pinch. For the reverse process, you’re stuck relying on a fridge, an ice bucket, and wishful thinking. But what if you had a microwave that could both heat and chill? Frigondas does just that. This microwave-like device can now heat and cool any food or beverage that you desire in just minutes. With its built-in hardware, it makes fast work of any item you wish to cool, freeze, or heat. With a simple press of a button hot and cold are yours to command. Perhaps the freezing aspect of the Frigondas seems a bit much. Why not be patient and simply use the refrigerator? But the new freezing technology of this device can accomplish a few things that general cooling can’t. It helps protect the flavor, shape, and texture of food by minimizing evaporation. Reduced cooling time also prevents oxidation and bacteria growth. While a fridge may take up to 80 minutes to cool fruits and vegetables, it takes Frigondas, at its chilling minus 30 degrees Celsius, only six minutes. If, by chance, you see yourself having less use for this unique device in your kitchen than on your beloved boat, that’s not a problem. With its convenient size, similar to a 23-liter microwave, this appliance can be installed anywhere you might feel the need for it — boats and caravans included. With this new device on the way, it may not be long before we see the plain old microwave put out to pasture.
THINK YOUR BUSINESS IS TOO SMALL TO BE HACKED?
THINK AGAIN
When hackers succeed in penetrating a massive corporation’s network, it’s big news. Target, Sony, Uber, and Equifax are just some of the biggest names that have suffered massive data breaches in the past few years. Given how high-profile these attacks are, you could be forgiven for thinking that hackers only seek out the biggest companies on the planet. But nothing could be further from the truth. If you ask a hacker what their favorite type of business to attack is, their answer will probably be some version of “any one I can get into.” That often means targeting small businesses that don’t have the comprehensive defenses of larger companies. In fact, staysafeonline.org estimates that small businesses account for more than 70 percent of data breaches — a number that is only projected to rise. The reason these much more common attacks don’t get the media attention of their larger siblings is because they don’t come with headline-worthy numbers. The Equifax breach affected 143 million people. An attack on a small business may affect less than .0001 percent of that number. To draw an analogy to brick-and-mortar theft, a robbery of a family-run convenience store might make the local news. A robbery of Tiffany & Co., on the other hand, will be on the front page of the New York Times. Obviously, small businesses cannot afford to invest as much in network security as Google or Facebook. But skimping on security can end up being a costly mistake. Prevention is always cheaper than treatment, and even a small-scale data breach can sink a small business. One way to think about managing IT services is as insurance against an attack. Just because you haven’t had an accident, doesn’t mean you cancel your car insurance. The same goes for network protection. An investment in securing your data is an investment in the future of your company. At AZCOMP, we offer services tailored perfectly for protecting small businesses because it is effective and affordable, which will ensure you have the right defenses against cybercriminals. Call us to learn more about our unlimited monitoring, maintenance, and support programs.
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