Jeff Walker, on Oct 14, 2020 10:20:50 AM
Keeping control of a remote environment, along with possessing the optimal tools for communication/collaboration, become paramount for businesses through the pandemic and beyond.
The COVID-19 virus has created many more questions than answers for businesses in 2020. From work from home strategies, to reopening plans, to employee safety, chief among these questions is simply, "what's next?"
Robert H. Caldwell, on Jun 17, 2020 8:57:56 AM
Is your organization prepared to embrace Gen Z's sixth sense (technology)? Is your technology infrastructure set up to accommodate how they communicate? How they collaborate? And how they prefer to conduct business every day?
Each generation is defined by their own personal beliefs, public attitudes and work preferences, with the inevitable grievances and misunderstandings between the generational cohorts.
OK Boomer. OK Millennial.
Have you met Generation Z?
Jeff Walker, on Apr 23, 2020 2:19:05 PM
When huddled with your laptop into the kitchen nook, or spread across the couch, the comfort of your home should never soften your cybersecurity awareness. Don't let the tidal wave come crashing down on you and your business.
If you’ve joined the Work From Home tidal wave in the last month (16 million of you, according to Slack), your home is now an extension of your office.
Jeff Walker, on Apr 9, 2020 4:20:08 PM
Communication solutions such as video conferencing go a long way in bridging that collaborative gap between office and home. But they must be used strategically.
The Remote Reality: It's one that all organizations are coming to terms with in recent weeks. As the impact surrounding COVID-19 continues to set in, IT personnel are scrambling to set up "work from home" scenarios. Business executives are left with a variety of tough decisions about this suddenly scattered workforce. And employees?
Robert H. Caldwell, on Mar 30, 2020 4:14:41 PM
When supporting a remote workforce, understand that security controls shift. Therefore, firewalls, DNS, and IDS/IPS could be ineffective when employees head home.
As the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) continues to spread, many businesses are assessing how they can prioritize their employee safety and still maintain regular business operations.
Jeff Walker, on Mar 20, 2020 11:25:51 AM
While the series of events surrounding COVID-19 may leave business owners seemingly with their hands tied, there are proactive steps that can alleviate concerns, ensure healthy practices, and sustain productivity for the days and weeks ahead.
As our nation and our world continue to deal with the coronavirus and its impact, small businesses find themselves on the front lines of this outbreak.
Jeff Walker, on Mar 19, 2020 1:21:00 PM
How organizations accommodate and — more importantly, manage — this workforce trend moving forward is an important discussion to have with their trusted technology partner.
The topic of a remote workforce has become a hot one this week as news of the coronavirus pandemic continues to evolve.
Jeff Walker, on Mar 13, 2020 4:32:56 PM
While the impact of the virus is yet to be determined, the COVID-19 outbreak serves as one poignant example of the need for agility, flexibility and cohesion in the way organizations communicate (via voice or data) and conduct business.
What happens when working remotely ceases to be a luxury … and starts to become a necessity?
With the series of events unfolding surrounding the Coronavirus, employers are making operational adjustments to comply with a quickly-evolving public narrative — one that may soon include a work-from-home strategy. Given these circumstances, how do businesses maintain effective communication with customers? With their team? How do they preserve standard business operations if employees aren't at the office?