Author Archives: J. Mark DeNicola

GoGreenET.com Reboot

By J. Mark DeNicola | Published: February 3, 2026
Back in 2008, I founded GoGreenET to help East Tennessee businesses approach sustainability in practical, business‑driven ways. At the time, there was no local, business‑focused resource that connected environmental responsibility with what leaders actually cared about, costs, efficiency, and long‑term viability. GoGreenET grew into a community platform supported by business leaders, media partners, and academic […]
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A 56k Modem in a Closet — and a Leadership Lesson in Cyber Risk

By J. Mark DeNicola | Published: February 3, 2026
During a recent clean out ahead of a remodeling project, our IT team opened a long ignored storage closet. Inside was a 56k dial up USB modem, carefully tucked away years ago. At first, it was a curiosity. A relic from another era. But the more I thought about it, the more that modem felt […]
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Case Study – Tindell’s Building Materials

By J. Mark DeNicola | Published: April 20, 2022
  Building a Green Future with Environmentally Friendly Solutions   Tindell’s Building Materials began in 1907 as a sawmill business. The company now owns building materials sales and warehousing facilities in Knoxville, LaFollette, Oak Ridge, Sevierville, Maryville, and Cleveland, Tennessee. These facilities include a truss manufacturing plant, a millwork division, an installed sales division, and […]
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Threat Actors – Their Loyalties and Attack Mechanisms

By J. Mark DeNicola | Published: March 24, 2022
I am attending the MTA meeting to exchange best practices with other MSPs, and the presenter put this slide up on the screen. The slide contains a list of Threat Actors and who they currently support in the Ukraine – Russia conflict and the kind of attacks they are undertaking. Very interesting!
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