Reading Time-approximately: 4 minutesCOVID-19 has made working from home a reality for many workers, but what is the future of remote work? Will current policies persist, or will it be back to business as usual? By Mike Gleason Published: 16 Apr 2020 Work-from-home technology has proven itself in the face of the coronavirus pandemic, experts said, erasing some of the productivity worries that held
Reading Time-approximately: 3 minutesThe initial response to COVID-19 focused on purchasing new technologies and retooling systems to support work from home, but organizations must help maintain end-user productivity. By John Powers Published: 26 May 2020 When the COVID-19 pandemic hit, organizations were forced to purchase and adopt new technologies to enable remote work setups. Those that successfully transitioned to a work-from-home model must now
Reading Time-approximately: 2 minutesResearch from Aruba signals a shift in customer appetite for more subscription-based services. By Simon Quicke Published: 03 Sep 2020 16:09 The coronavirus pandemic has had a major impact on the way people work and the choice of technologies underpinning that recent transformation. As a result, digital transformation trends have accelerated and vendors are starting to alert their channel partners to
Reading Time-approximately: 3 minutesWe may come to stop talking about ‘remote’ working altogether after the coronavirus pandemic. It could become just ‘working’ – part of the normal mix of how things are done By Bev White, Harvey Nash Published: 29 May 2020 The speed with which the Covid-19 coronavirus has forced companies into universal remote working has moved us forward to a place that, in my view,
Reading Time-approximately: 11 minutesAs firms get used to a partial return to the workplace, what will this mean for those that have been charged with keeping business networks up and running during lockdown? By Joe O’Halloran, Computer Weekly Published: 06 Jul 2020 Joel Johnson, vice-president of IT operations, product development at data-driven marketing services firm TechTarget, has been in the technology industry for over 20
Reading Time-approximately: 3 minutesExamining the long-term impact of the Covid-19 coronavirus pandemic on the world of work, security, privacy and networks. By Cate Pye, PA Consulting Published: 03 Apr 2020 The impact of the Covid-19 coronavirus pandemic is likely to be with us for far longer than the lockdown – and will bring many changes to our lives. That will start with the way we work. Remote working
Reading Time-approximately: 4 minutesA remote employee’s home network requires basics such as routers, modems and VPN services. For the networking novice, this glossary explains and defines these terms and more. By Michaela Goss For businesses and employees alike, it’s crucial to understand how every home network also becomes an office network amid social distancing orders and increases in remote work. Home, or residential,
Reading Time-approximately: 3 minutesFor IT staff to be able to work and provide support for other employees in a remote setting, organizations must first ensure they have the proper setup and infrastructure in place. By Robin Gareiss, Nemertes Research Published: 21 Jul 2020 When the COVID-19 pandemic caused work-from-home orders around the world, IT leaders and their teams acquired mounting responsibility to ensure millions of
Reading Time-approximately: 3 minutesFollowing the Covid-19 pandemic, you might have to modify your backup and recovery strategy. Overcome the data protection challenges presented by the changes in daily life. By Paul Kirvan The COVID-19 pandemic has had far-reaching effects on just about every aspect of business. One of many questions it raises is: How has backup and recovery planning changed? Assuming existing data
Reading Time-approximately: 5 minutesWith a few minor tweaks, such as maximizing RAM, disabling visual effects and getting rid of unnecessary services, you can increase Windows 10 performance. By Ed Tittel As an IT professional, you can make a few Windows 10 performance tweaks to enable the OS to run faster. It’s as easy as changing a few settings and adding some hardware and
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