Happy Fat Tuesday! Have you been celebrating the Mardi Gras season? How do you celebrate? Today, enjoy your own Fat Tuesday feast, listen to some jazz music, and celebrate!
In This Issue: Intentional Prayer | Kendall Howard 2U Wall Mount V-Rack | What does 5G mean for business networks? | News to Start Your Day
The CK Daily – Intentional Prayer
Good Morning and Happy Tuesday! I like to generally keep things light and upbeat here, but today I will echo what Cris said about how heavy things feel right now. The amount of pain, suffering and pure evil in the world is truly upsetting. My heart breaks for everyone involved in the conflict going on right now and I pray that soon there will be peace and the fighting will cease.
I don’t know about you, but with all the heavy news coming out lately I have had to take a step back and limit the amount of news coverage I take in. Part of me feels guilty about that, but I read something over the weekend that made a good point that I’ll share here. It said that for the majority of world history people were really not aware of much that was going on outside of maybe a 10-mile radius of where they lived. Nowadays, we have 24/7 news and are hyper-aware of tragic events all across the globe. We hear the news reports and we see the shocking images on our tv and computer screens daily. Images of natural disasters, war, pandemics, and so on are constantly being fed to us. While I am thankful that we do have knowledge of what happens in other regions, it also can be a lot for us to try and make sense of and a lot to bear emotionally. It can also have the effect of making us extremely fearful. The reality is that most of us aren’t experts in foreign affairs or epidemiology, but we are bombarded with information and opinions coming from all directions and it can be incredibly difficult to make sense of. I believe we should of course try to seek truth and make sense of things as best we can, but I also know how limited we are (or at least how limited I am). I know that I don’t have the power in and of myself to change things on the other side of the world, but I do have the power to pray, and prayer should never be underestimated. Instead of allowing fear, anxiety, and sadness to consume me during these turbulent times, I will do my best to channel those emotions into actively praying and being more intentional about loving my family, friends, and community well here and now!
Rebecca
Product Spotlights & Updates
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Learning Center Article – What does 5G mean for business networks?
There is a lot of technology generating excitement for more applications than we could hope to name. One central theme to virtually all of that technology is an increased demand on data and need of higher bandwidth for connectivity. More devices than ever are actively communicating, and they are placing massive burdens on existing infrastructure.
Copper networks and 4G wireless have a shelf life. Within the next couple of years, they will no longer be able to service standard demands — much less cutting-edge applications. Ultimately, we all need a network that is built for the new age of connectivity. That network will run on 5G.
Today’s News to Start Your Day:
- Oil prices surged with U.S. crude hitting its highest level since July 2014 as Russia bears down on Ukraine’s capital.
- The Walt Disney Company, Sony, and Warner Bros have halted future theatrical film releases in Russia. This includes “Turning Red,” The Batman,” and “Morbius.”
- Instagram has announced that it will no longer be supporting the separate IGTV app. They will instead focus on keeping all videos in the main Instagram app.
- Following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, a Twitter post from an account named “Anonymous” summoned hackers around the world to target Russia. Subsequent posts claimed the group was responsible for pulling down websites of the Russian oil giant Gazprom, the state-controlled Russian news agency RT and numerous Russian and Belarusian government agencies.