Reading Time-approximately: 3 minutesThere is still much to learn about post-pandemic DR at this stage of COVID-19. Organizations should keep an eye on pandemic-specific software changes and updated recovery tools. By Paul Kirvan As the country progresses through the COVID-19 pandemic, businesses are beginning to reopen, buildings are accepting a limited number of employees and people are coming to grips with what appears
Reading Time-approximately: 6 minutesEnterprise architecture experts offer up advice and tips for organizations coping with budget constraints and staffing pressures in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic. By Carol Sliwa Enterprise architecture teams coping with IT budget constraints and staff cuts as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic should seize the moment to provide strategic leadership to their businesses, experts advise. “Now is
Reading Time-approximately: 2 minutesA work-from-home reimbursement plan should drive better network and internet connectivity rates for remote workers and not just offset employees’ existing bills. By John Fruehe As the global coronavirus pandemic continues, businesses that rapidly adopted a work-from-home strategy are starting to realize this new way of working is not a temporary ordeal. Instead, work from home could be a lasting
Reading Time-approximately: 6 minutesIT spending by companies in the early days of COVID-19 quickly turned to cost-cutting. Learn how vendors responded with new terms and aggressive discounting for new business. By Linda Tucci Six months into the COVID-19 pandemic, the initial burst of tech spending by companies racing to support remote work has given way to cost-cutting in many organizations. IT services, hardware and
Reading Time-approximately: 3 minutesEnterprises looking to maintain VPN security should focus on proper endpoint security and authentication, VPN server security and documentation for security policies. By John Cavanaugh A virtual private network permits users to create a secure connection to another network over the internet. The VPN concept typically connects an endpoint running VPN client software to a VPN server connected to the
Reading Time-approximately: 4 minutesWith companies continuing work from home for the foreseeable future, Rohit Dhamankar offers home security advice to help security and employees keep company data and employee devices secure. By Rohit Dhamankar, Guest Contributor Having employees connect remotely to your corporate network is not new. Most companies use cloud-based software-as-a-service (SaaS) applications and have some virtual private network (VPN) or remote
Reading Time-approximately: 3 minutesYour organization likely saw big changes in IT processes as a result of the coronavirus pandemic. Explore the backup and recovery shifts you should expect to remain. By Krista Macomber The COVID-19 pandemic shifted most companies to operating remotely nearly overnight. IT was forced to adapt just as quickly, especially when it came to backup and recovery processes. In fact,
Reading Time-approximately: 4 minutesCOVID-19 has become a serious global threat and is rapidly becoming an issue for business continuity. Pandemic planning can help mitigate disruptive effects of disastrous events. By Paul Kirvan On its face, a communicable disease may not be considered a major threat to IT, but the novel COVID-19 has demonstrated the wide-ranging havoc a pandemic can wreak. Each day the
Reading Time-approximately: 3 minutesCOVID-19 has many organizations shifting gears when it comes to pandemic planning, and SMBs are no exception. For small companies, adaptability is the key to recovery. By Paul Kirvan Businesses of all sizes have been greatly affected by the COVID-19 pandemic, with smaller organizations facing their own particular struggles. SMBs are often working with fewer employees, resources and customers than
Reading Time-approximately: 3 minutesYour DR plan may be unprepared for a pandemic, and while mid-pandemic is not the ideal time to be discovering issues, you should use this time to make changes. By Nick Cavalancia Having a disaster recovery plan in place implies that a business believes there will come a time when operations will be disrupted, and it will be necessary to
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