Chris Hayhurst

Massachusetts

Writer and Journalist at Freelance

Contributor at EdTech Magazine - Focus On K-12

Freelance journalist and content writer specializing in stories about B2B technologies and the people who use them.

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Articles

Airports Leverage Displays To Keep Passengers Moving

2 weeks ago | statetechmagazine.com | Chris Hayhurst

New research from CDW reveals insights from AI experts and IT leaders. Apr 08 2025 Hardware Administrators deploy advanced wayfinding to minimize traveler frustration. As the host of six matches over three summer weeks for soccer’s 2026 FIFA World Cup, Philadelphia is anticipating an influx of more than half a million visitors to the city.
How Cloud Puts the Engine in Platform Engineering

3 weeks ago | biztechmagazine.com | Chris Hayhurst

Mar 31 2025 Cloud Cloud-based tools allow developers to write code more efficiently and securely. After graduating from college in the late aughts, Dan Kuebrich worked as a software engineer for an online startup in Queens, N.Y. Fifteen years later, he remembers what it was like for the company to manage its own IT infrastructure.
Why Software-Defined Networking Is Ideal for Cloud and Hybrid Environments

4 weeks ago | biztechmagazine.com | Chris Hayhurst

Mar 27 2025 Networking Reduced outages, easy management and lower costs make SD-WAN a clear winner for modern infrastructures. Very few companies can boast about having products deep in the ocean and in outer space. And it’s a good bet that just one of these businesses has been in operation for more than 70 years. That singular distinction goes to Milwaukee Electronics, a longtime designer and manufacturer of innovative printed circuit board assemblies.
Cloud Phone Solutions Modernize Communications in Higher Ed

1 month ago | ourcommunitynow.com | Chris Hayhurst

Share Today, she notes, Alexandria Tech is running its phones on Cisco ’s cloud-based Webex Calling platform . It piloted and soft-launched the system in early 2024, starting with the IT team, and then proceeded from department to department until it had transitioned the entire school community to the new phones.
Cloud Phone Solutions Modernize Communications in Higher Ed

1 month ago | edtechmagazine.com | Chris Hayhurst

New research from CDW can help you build on your success and take the next step. Feb 25 2025 Digital Workspace On-premises phone systems are being replaced with cloud-based calling solutions at many higher education institutions. Why make a change when what you have seems to work?
State and Local Authorities Build Cashless Toll Systems

2 months ago | statetechmagazine.com | Chris Hayhurst

Feb 06 2025 Cloud Authorities leverage technology to improve tollway safety, convenience and efficiency. A pivot to cashless tolling last summer on the 236-mile Kansas Turnpike is already paying dividends for drivers and roadway managers alike. For drivers, the new system means no longer having to slow down or stop to pay their tolls. Traffic is moving more smoothly now, and that’s made the turnpike safer for travel.
3 Healthcare IT Leaders Reflect on Their Cloud Journeys So Far

2 months ago | healthtechmagazine.net | Chris Hayhurst

Feb 06 2025 Cloud HealthTech checks in with executives from previous stories to talk about the cloud progress they’ve made. It’s no secret that cloud adoption continues to grow in healthcare, evolving from a nice-to-have feature to an essential part of operations for . In covering this shift over the years, HealthTech has spoken with numerous healthcare IT executives about the cloud’s impact on everything from data management and processing to supporting innovative patient services.
Indianapolis Public Schools Makes the Big Leap to the Cloud

Jan 15, 2025 | edtechmagazine.com | Chris Hayhurst

“One of our goals with Rebuilding Stronger is to support students with the best technology available,” Allen says. “However, it was clear we could not continue to rely on an outdated infrastructure that caused significant limitations.”“Unable to support the latest security updates, the old data center left us open to security threats, while its storage mechanisms lacked flexibility to scale up in a cost-efficient manner,” she adds.
Community College Modernizes Communications by Moving Phones to the Cloud

Jan 8, 2025 | cdw.com | Chris Hayhurst

Alexandria Technical & Community College can be found in the heart of lake country, in Alexandria, Minn. Its phone system, though, is a different story; for that, a visitor would have to look to the cloud. The public institution, with nearly 4,000 students representing every county in the state, transitioned from its traditional on-premises phone system to Cisco Webex Calling in the summer of 2024.
How One Company Modernized IAM with an Automated Solution

Dec 16, 2024 | cdw.com | Chris Hayhurst

It was the kind of growth-related challenge that comes with the territory of running a thriving business. An American designer and manufacturer of heavy-duty commercial trucks had been a leader in its industry for nearly 120 years. Every day, more than 30,000 employees were logging in at its offices in the United States and around the world. Business was strong, and expansion was steady. But the firm’s information security team was faced with a problem it needed to solve.