Yes, the penultimate contest on the US football calendar was played in South Florida last night, and the New Orleans Saints bucked the experts and defeated the Indianapolis Colts 31-17 to claim their first ever NFL crown. It's been a long time coming for the Crescent City, and personally I couldn’t be happier for the people of the region who are still trying to get out from under the nightmare of Hurricane Katrina almost five years ago.
When I visited New Orleans last summer for the Microsoft Worldwide Partner Conference, I was part of a group that joined up with Habitat for Humanity to spend one afternoon building some houses near the devastated Ninth Ward. In those few hours, I got real hand to hand time with some of those souls who were not forlorn and sad but optimistic, hopeful, and genuinely grateful for our assistance, as little as it was in the overall scheme of things. So I have a special place in my heart for those people who needed something positive and happy to happen, much like my adopted city of Philadelphia and the region needed it when the Phillies won the World Series in 2008.
Yes, I know this is a technology blog, but as the author I retain the right to go off topic from time to time! Ok, if you really want me to track back to the SMB world at least there's one good thing to come from then end of the football season. Your employees will no longer be wasting company time on checking and tweaking their fantasy football team! Of course, with pitchers and catchers set to report in less than two weeks, rotisserie baseball is right around the corner. If that's a concern for you, consider adding content filtering to your security portfolio, either with a firewall software add-on, like the Content Filtering suite on the Cisco ASA's or a separate appliance like the Barracuda Web Filter. As always, consult your trusted technology partner for the best option for you and your situation.
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