COVID-19
Review: 6 top videoconferencing services put to the test
We compared Zoom, Microsoft Teams, Cisco Webex, Google Meet, BlueJeans, and GoToMeeting in real-world tests to see which videoconferencing platforms perform best for business users. Here’s how they stack up.
16 technology winners and losers, post-COVID
The coronavirus crisis has shaken up business as usual, with some IT strategies and tools rising to the occasion and others in line for a rethink or tough recovery post-pandemic.
Many ad hoc Wi-Fi networks from the outset of COVID-19 still in use
Public-access Wi-Fi extensions have helped students in areas with poor internet access to attend online classes, often with the help of non-profit groups and vendors.
Nimble tech startups find ways to navigate the pandemic
From remote data-center commissioning to strengthened e-commerce, some tech startups and their investors find opportunity in the COVID-19 global economic disruption.
COVID-19 fallout: Q1 enterprise data center sales dip, but public cloud grows
Q1 saw hyperscalers turning to colocation providers for extra capacity at the edge, while enterprises spent less on data-center hardware and software.
COVID-19 crisis accelerates rise of virtual call centers
Call center operations have increasingly gone remote, but the pandemic has accelerated the WFH CX support trend, as IT leaders at T-Mobile and American Express attest.
Sales of Ethernet switches and routers hit a 7-year low in Q1
COVID-19-related supply-chain issues, uncertainty undercut revenues from switches and routers.
Use of cloud collaboration tools surges and so do attacks
Some industries have seen increases in cloud-related threat events rise as much as 1,350% since the COVID-19 crisis began.
COVID-19 pandemic ratchets up threats to medical IoT
The coronavirus isn’t just a threat to the health of human beings as cyberattacks against healthcare providers ramp up, experts say.
Amid the pandemic, using trust to fight shadow IT
With most workers scattered at home and trying to come up with their own ad-hoc IT workarounds, there’s an easy way for IT shops to build trust: communicate.
CIOs reshape IT priorities in wake of COVID-19
Surfacing from crisis mode, CIOs find themselves redefining IT priorities, thanks to budgets in flux, a rising need to refine business processes, and new outlooks on the future of work.
5 tips for leading IT from home
Leadership is being redefined in quarantine as IT executives find themselves overseeing IT operations from home. Here’s how to lead your department from a distance.
Cisco, others, shine a light on VPN split-tunneling
Cisco, Microsoft and others play up VPN split-tunneling features to handle growing enterprise remote workload security
IT’s 10 biggest challenges amid COVID-19
The coronavirus pandemic has disrupted IT operations across nearly every industry. Here’s how IT leaders are rising to the challenges.
Wi-Fi to the rescue as governments react to COVID pandemic
Improvisation and partnerships are the name of the game, municipalities struggle to provide wireless internet access to those who don't have it but need it.
Salesforce unveils tools for a post-pandemic return to the office
Work.com contains apps and information resources to support organizations as business looks to resume operations in many countries.
Telecommuting in a post-COVID U.S. will be radically different. And that's a very good thing.
IT execs need to start talking with other C-levels now and figure out what they want their post-COVID company to look like.
Update: Coronavirus prompts collaboration tool makers to offer wares for free
Several vendors, including Microsoft, Google, Slack, Zoom, Cisco and LogMeIn, are making chat, videoconferencing and other collaboration services free as demand for remote working booms.
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