Week in Review: Remote Work, IT Careers, etc.
This week, May 25-29, 2020: advice for technology career seekers, work from home surveys, a change to the workplace, and more.
Blogs
Crestron, Zoom, Logitech Bring Work From Home UC Tech to the Market
Our homes have become our workplaces before we even realized it. Now, technology solutions providers like Crestron, Logitech and Zoom are beginning to realize this and bring us products to help truly transform our homes into workspaces. Crestron, a giant in audiovisual and integration equipment, is collaborating with remote work providers Logitech and Zoom to […]
Microsoft Releases Windows 10 May 2020 Update
Microsoft on Wednesday began making its Windows 10 May 2020 update, version 2004, available to users after a over a month of testing with Windows Insiders. There are dozens of new features that IT professions will enjoy, including enhanced cybersecurity features, easier deployment and setups, virtualization features, new updates to virtual assistant Cortana and dozens […]
Managing from Home: 5 Tips for Business Leaders
Most are now familiar with working from home – but what if you’re a manager? As a leader, it is important that you manage from home in an effective way. Here are five tips to help you lead your remote team. 1) Video — All the Time, Every Time As I write this article, I […]
Gallup: Half of Americans Want Permanent Remote Work
It’s been more than two months since the majority of Americans were forced to work from home due to COVID-19, and the majority of us are showing no urgency to get back in the office or workplace. According to recent Gallup research, up to 63% of employed Americans said they were working from home by […]
Who Got Hacked This Week? May 26 Edition
Each week, TechDecisions brings you the latest cyber security news on cyberattacks and who got hacked from around the internet. Cyber security is becoming a main issue for many companies, and our weekly feature is a good example of why. Every week there are multiple stories of people, businesses, and products being hacked for fun, for […]
Zoom Publishes Draft of Encryption Design
Zoom is inching closer to offering end-to-end encryption after publishing a draft cryptographic design for the security feature that is coming to fruition as part of the company’s three-month plan to bolster its security and privacy stature. The draft comes shortly after Zoom acquired Keybase, a secure messaging service company that is supposed to help […]
Facebook Steps Further Into Enterprise Communication, Collaboration Space
Just weeks after announcing the consumer-based video communication platform Messenger Rooms, Facebook is announcing new features to Workplace, its unified communications and collaboration platform for businesses. Those features are highlighted by the introduction of video chat, putting the platform on par with other competitors in the space like Microsoft Teams, Zoom, Slack, GoToMeeting and many […]
Week in Review: Automated AV, COVID-19 IT Impact, etc.
This week, May 18-22, 2020: fully automating rooms, how COVID-19 is impacting IT departments, surveys on working from home, and more.
Facial Recognition Has a COVID-19 Problem
Facial recognition, as controversial as it can be, was trending up before the COVID-19 pandemic hit the world. However, there were many cases in which the technology proved troublesome, causing some areas on the U.S. and other parts of the world to ban the technology for government use. Thanks to COVID-19, facial recognition technology developers […]
