By now, your organization’s employees and your internal IT department should be accustomed to remote or hybrid work and videoconferencing technology. We’ve been using platforms like Zoom, Microsoft Teams, GoToMeeting, Google Meet, Webex, Bluejeans, Slack and several others to meet and collaborate for about seven months, and many organizations have barely skipped a beat, and […]
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Designing and Implementing Technology at OUR New Office
Implementing technology is what we write about all the time. But here's how it was done at our new MA-based headquarters!
We write a lot about implementing technology in the workplace Emerald Expositions is the leading operator of B2B trade shows in the United States, operating more than 55 trade shows and numerous other events. The company also owns a number of trade publications, including My TechDecisions. The Tech Decision After being purchased by Emerald Expositions, My […]
Reframing the Problem to Find Better Solutions
At NSCA BLC, Thomas Wedell-Wedellsborg gave a breakdown of how focusing more on problems than solutions can often lead to better outcomes.
Humans have been using luggage to travel since commercial airlines became increasingly popular in the 1940s and 1950s. It wasn’t until 1970 that wheels were put onto luggage, and it wasn’t until the late 1980s that the retractable handle was added to resemble luggage that most everyone uses today. Thomas Wedell-Wedellsborg, author of What’s Your […]
COVID-19 Will Change the Workplace Forever
With so many employees experiencing the benefits of working from home, and companies finding no drop in productivity but savings in utilities, the workplace will fundamentally change as a result of COVID-19.
COVID-19 has changed everything forever. That’s not my opinion alone. In the past two months I have spoken with countless integrators, manufacturers, service providers, consultants – almost every one of them mirrors the same line of thinking. The workplace can’t go back to what it was, even when a vaccine for COVID-19 is found. While […]
Future of Work: How Will Humans Fit In?
At NSCA BLC, an important topic of discussion was centered around automation, AI, and robotics, and where humans will fit into the future of work.
“We must be open to the possibility of business models that might strike us as insane,” says Geoff Colvin, senior editor at large, Fortune Magazine, at his NSCA BLC 2020 keynote. Years ago, the idea of robotics and automation displacing millions of human workers seemed like an insane concept. There are just certain things artificial […]
Evaluating Direct Reports as an IT Manager
If you’re new to a management role in your IT department, eventually the time will come to evaluate those on your team. Here are some tips for how to properly set goals and measure them.
If you’re new to a management role in your IT department, eventually the time will come to evaluate those on your team. Here are some tips for how to properly set goals and measure them.
Leading a Business Amidst a Pandemic
The bottom line is that leading a business amidst a pandemic is a playbook still being written. But here's how to react well.
We’re still in the midst of a global pandemic with many variations in rules, guidelines and procedures based on which state, county and community in which we work. While many businesses remain remote working, many others have begun to open back up. So how do you navigate around the locational challenges associated with today’s disparate […]
Organizing Your Technology Budget: What You Need to Know about IT Budget Planning
Any allocations you make during IT budget planning ultimately need to serve the business or organization's master plan. Here's how to organize it all.
Ultimately, there’s nothing we could say here which would be more valuable to IT budget planning and allocation than this: you need to have a strategic plan. Any allocations you make in a budget ultimately need to serve the business or organization’s master plan, so a budget is essentially useless without that starting point. But where else […]
Tips for Researching New Technology Options for Your Business or Org
Decision-makers have more options for commercial technology solutions than ever before. We offer tips for researching new technology efficiently.
You’re tasked with making the call — or helping to make the call — regarding your company or organization’s next purchase of a commercial technology solution. Where do you begin? If your first inclination was, “TO THE GOOGLE!”, slow down. Sure, you should look things up, but first, you must complete an entirely different, critical step. […]
Why Cybersecurity Experts Choose the Good Side
We asked cybersecurity experts why they chose the good side when ransomware attacks can net over $100,000 and hacking has become a $300 billion industry.
As the world grapples with a pandemic, politics, social justice issues and other global crises, cybercriminals are taking advantage of those distractions and are launching attacks at a rapid pace. Cybersecurity and antivirus company Bitdefender found that pandemic-related attacks increased five-fold in the first two weeks of March. In May and June, an average of 60% […]
