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100

This tool provides IT leaders with visibility into all of their cloud environments.

What is SHI One?

100

This device allows wireless devices to connect to a wired network using Wi-Fi.  

What is an access point?

100

This role is responsible for overseeing the entire IT department, setting strategic direction, and ensuring alignment with the organization’s goals.

What is the Chief Information Officer (CIO)?

100

The Hawaiian name of this fish means “strong strong.”

What is Mahi-Mahi?

100

On average, this is the number of touchpoints it takes to set a meeting with a contact.

What is 8?

200

This value added service was created in 2022 to help customers ensure they are maximizing performance and capacity planning.

What is Storage CSP?

200

This device connects multiple devices within a local area network (LAN) and operates at the data link layer

 What is a switch?

200

This role involves designing, implementing, and managing the organization’s network infrastructure, ensuring reliable and secure connectivity

What is a Network Administrator?

200

From late spring to early fall, you can watch over 1.5 million Mexican free-tailed bats emerge from under this bridge at sunset.

What is the Ann W. Richards Congress Avenue Bridge?

200

This cybersecurity company was acquired by Cisco in 2024 for $157 per share in a cash deal worth about $28 billion 

What is Splunk?

300

This tool ensures O365 environment is licensed properly

What is O365 Insights tool?

300

Term for a network that covers a small geographic area, such as a home or office.

What is LAN (Local Area Network)?

300

This executive role is responsible for developing and implementing the organization’s information security strategy, managing security risks, and ensuring compliance with regulatory requirements.

What is the Chief Information Security Officer (CISO)?

300

This Yankee pitcher became the first unanimous selection to the Baseball Hall of Fame.

Who is Mariano Rivera?

300

Regardless of solution practice, these three items are the core components needed to enter info into an IT profile.

What is Manufacturer, Expiration Date, Current Reseller?

400

This service runs an evaluation of a customers security tools, followed by a recommended road map.

What is a Security Posture Review?

400

This device or software monitors and controls incoming and outgoing network traffic based on predetermined security rules.

What is a firewall?

400

This role is responsible for sourcing and purchasing IT equipment, software, and services, negotiating contracts, and managing vendor relationships to ensure cost-effective and timely procurement.

What is an IT Procurement Specialist?

400

This Austin-founded grocery chain, known for its organic and natural products, was acquired by Amazon in 2017.

What is Whole Foods Market?

400

This number is the minimum annual revenue we look for in a commercial field prospect.

What is $250 Million?

500

This Stratascale service is an advanced alternative to penetration testing

What is Attack Surface Control?

500

This type of storage architecture allows multiple servers to access the same storage devices over a network.

What is a Storage Area Network (SAN)?

500

This role is responsible for overseeing the organization’s IT infrastructure, including servers, storage, and networks, ensuring they are reliable, scalable, and secure.

What is an Infrastructure Director?

500

This unassuming East Austin eatery, known for its eclectic menu and quirky decor, serves a famous “Don Juan” breakfast taco that weighs nearly a pound.

What is Juan in a Million?

500

Everyone should meet with this partner while prospecting into accounts. They raised $231.5 million in funding in April 2024. On average, they are adding 400-500 new customers per month. 

What is Wiz?