Archive for December, 2010

WingSwept Takes New Strides with Director of Workforce Learning and Sales Development

GARNER, NC (Dec 31, 2010) – Tim Moore, an experienced sales professional who for several years has operated the Dancing Elephants Achievement Group in the Triangle, has been named the director of Workforce Learning and Sales Development for WingSwept, a locally based full-service information technology firm that continues to experience substantial growth both locally and nationally.

Moore’s new position is a unique position that will help sharpen WingSwept’s competitive edge said WingSwept president Jay Strickland.

“Tim’s experience and WingSwept’s resources are sure to make a solid combination as well as a major contribution to the impact our team has in the marketplace,” said Jay Strickland, President of WingSwept. “Tim’s professional role is an important stepping stone in our ongoing growth.”

Moore has almost thirty years of sales and training experience for such companies as Pepsi-Cola, Gillette, Dow Chemical, and L’Oreal USA.  He comes to WingSwept from Dancing Elephants Achievement Group of Raleigh and is the Editor of the Carolina Business Connection.

Moore first began working with WingSwept over two years ago when he provided strategic consulting to their team.  He has remained close with the Garner IT company throughout the years, and Strickland said having Moore come onboard was the next logical step in the professional relationship between him and WingSwept.

At WingSwept, Moore will train, coach and help manage Account Executives in Vertical Markets division as well as enhance hiring techniques.  WingSwept plans to add multiple sales professionals to the team in the beginning of 2011.

ABOUT WINGSWEPT

WingSwept is a full-service information technology consulting company based in Garner, NC. WingSwept’s services focus on areas of government services, network support, web application development and vertical marketing. The staff of more than 20 serves a diverse set of clients in all 50 states and around the world. For more information on WingSwept’s services, please visit our website at www.wingswept.com.

The Vertical Marketing division’s brands offer websites to specific industries that are search engine optimized and customizable for each customer.  The brands focus on affordable solutions for independent business owners in the automotive repair, collision repair and HVAC repair industries. WingSwept is experiencing overall growth due to the success of this division.  To learn more about each brand, visit www.repairshopwebsites.comwww.bodyshopwebsites.com, and www.surfingduct.com.

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Is Your Password Hacker-Proof?

With technology becoming more readily available to everyone, password safety has never been more important. This article by PCWorld illustrates just how crucial proper password protection can be.  Gawker Media is a widely known publication group that runs several blog websites like Gawker, Lifehacker, Gizmodo, and Jezebel.  Gawker Media was recently hacked by a group known as “Gnosis,” who stole private information including the email addresses and passwords of over one million Gawker users. The accounts were hacked with little difficulty due to the simple passwords many users had assigned to their accounts. Passwords including “123456,” “monkey,” “trustno1,” and even “password” were easily discovered and used by the hackers to gain access to each account and the private information they held. After analyzing some of the hacked data, the Wall Street Journal found that even the accounts of 15 Gawker staff members were hacked thanks to passwords such as one staffer’s name followed by the number “1.”

Be careful when creating a password and always keep in mind how valuable the information it is protecting can be. Even your social networking accounts hold at least your email address, which if hacked could be a serious imposition and invasion of privacy. The safest passwords typically have up to 14 characters, include numbers, a punctuation mark, and end in a symbol if possible. For more tips and information on how to protect your small to medium sized Garner NC business, contact WingSwept today!

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