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IBM Study: Average Cost of Data Breach $3.86M
It’s no secret that data breaches are a nuisance and an unfortunate part of doing business. And, according to a new IBM study, they are expensive. The 2020 Cost of a Data Breach Report, sponsored by IBM Security and conducted by the Ponemon Institute, found that data breaches cost companies $3.86 million on average, and […]
Who Got Hacked This Week? August 31 Edition
What types of cyberattacks were carried out this week, August 31, 2020? Read on to find out about the latest cyberattacks and who got hacked this week.
How to Get the Most Out of Your Security Systems Integrator
Engaging your customers and taking action to solve their pain points and various challenges is an essential step to customer success. With the intention of better serving end users, you need to know as much as possible about them. Including what they most need from you. In that spirit, SSI delivers the second annual Commercial Security End-User […]
Remote Work Study: Work-Life Balance Improves, But Mental Health Declines
Several studies and surveys have found that newly remote employees largely want to keep working from their homes, but other research suggests that mental health, job satisfaction and motivation are suffering. According to research firm The Martec Group, remote workers are not all adjusting to remote work in the same way. Not every employee is […]
Coordinated Meetings Can Sync Up Microsoft Teams Rooms Devices, Surface Hub
According to documents on Microsoft’s website, the company is introducing a new feature called Coordinated Meetings that allows users to sync one or more Teams Rooms devices and a Surface Hub. When users join a meeting on one device, other devices in the room will also join the same meeting. Cameras, speakers and microphones can […]
Transforming a Living Room Into the Democratic National Convention Control Room
Remote work is now the norm for a large chunk of U.S. workers, but how does that translate into event production? Ask the folks who produced the Democratic National Convention last week. Like countless other professionals that job was done remotely or in a makeshift workstation at home. Now, from a single location, try to […]
Avocor Releases Microsoft Teams-certified Collaboration Display
Microsoft Teams is helping enterprise employees around the world stay connected and productive throughout the coronavirus pandemic, and we’ve seen hardware manufacturers buy into Microsoft’s certification program and release devices certified for the company’s flagship unified communications and collaboration app. That now includes collaboration display firm Avocor with the release of the AVW-6555 Windows collaboration […]
Microsoft Releases Transcription Services in Word
As a journalist, transcribing audio is my least favorite thing to do. It usually takes more time than the actual interview itself. But, it’s necessary to get it right to avoid misquoting or misinterpreting comments. I’ve made use of some other artificial intelligence-based transcription apps and then moved that text over to Microsoft Word, but […]
Microsoft to Finally End Support for Internet Explorer
By this time next year, Microsoft will no longer support Internet Explorer, the company announced earlier this month. On Nov. 30 of this year, the Microsoft Teams web app will no longer support Internet Explorer 11, and by Aug. 17, 2021, all remaining Microsoft 365 apps and services will no longer support the internet browser. […]
