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Does Your Phone System Complement or Compromise Microsoft Teams Usage?

Businesses using Teams for employee collaboration also need to ensure they have the essential business phone functionality to compete in today’s business environment. The trouble is not all business phone services are created equal.

Dell Technologies CTO John Roese, all the way back in 2006, created the Twitter handle ICT optimist. ICT stands for information and communication.

“The reason for that acronym was because I firmly believed that the future was not about information technology and communication technology independently,” he said. “It was about them coming together.”

Topics: VoIP Phone Systems Unified Communications Remote Workforce Planning Work From Home

How the CARES Act Relief Fund Can Help Local Governments Solidify their Remote Workforce

What is the CARES Act and how can you benefit from the resources available from it? And what technology tools are available for helping your employees work securely and succinctly in a remote environment?

While the novel coronavirus caught us all by surprise in March, it should come as no surprise to any entity today that a resulting remote workforce isn’t going away in the months — or even years — to come.

Topics: Unified Communications Coronavirus Work From Home

Remote Control: 6 Communication Tools for COVID-19 and Beyond

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?"

Topics: Unified Communications Coronavirus Remote Workforce Planning Work From Home

A Remote Reality: 5 Cybersecurity Tips Amid the Work From Home Tidal Wave

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.

Topics: Network Management Unified Communications Cybersecurity Coronavirus Remote Workforce Planning Remote Work Work From Home