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How to Stay Socially Connected While Practicing Physical Distancing During COVID-19

When you must go out, guidelines dictate that you keep at least 6 feet from you & others. But how do you stay socially connected while social distancing?

April 9, 2020 Zachary Comeau Leave a Comment

Government agencies all over the world are urging us to practice social distancing, which is essentially staying home and not seeing anyone outside of the house. When you must go out, guidelines dictate that you keep at least six feet from you and other people to prevent the spread of COVID-19, the novel coronavirus that […]

NYC Schools Have Banned Zoom: Here’s Why

Teachers at NYC schools are being encouraged to switch from Zoom to Microsoft Teams for facilitating their online courses.

April 9, 2020 TechDecisions Staff Leave a Comment

Teachers in New York City are being told to stop using Zoom to connect with students for remote learning because of security concerns over the platform. New York City teachers have been told to stop using Zoom to connect with their students for remote learning due to concerns about security and privacy breaches. The city’s department […]

U.S., UK Agencies Warn of Increased Cyber Attacks During COVID-19

A new joint advisory from U.K. & U.S. cybersecurity officials warns that cyber criminals are targeting individuals and organizations at an increasing rate.

April 8, 2020 Zachary Comeau Leave a Comment

A new joint advisory from U.K. and U.S. cybersecurity officials warns that cyber criminals are targeting individuals and organizations with a range of hacking tools like ransomware and malware. With the U.S. and much of Europe under government-imposed lockdowns due to COVID-19, many employees are working from home to help prevent the spread of the […]

How Technology Can Help Save Canceled Tech Events

Enterprise Connect keynoters gave their speeches from their home offices, illustrating how technology can help events canceled due to COVID-19.

April 7, 2020 Zachary Comeau Leave a Comment

If you’re reading this, there’s a very good chance you’re doing it from your home thanks to COVID-19. The novel coronavirus has shut down businesses across the country, forcing everyone into makeshift workspaces in their homes and whacking the economy. Business is now exclusively done online via collaboration tools, videoconferencing and other remote communication technologies. […]

Tailscale Launches New Quick Setup VPN

Tailscale's VPN is based on Google’s architecture and was built using the WireGuard protocol, making it available to organizations of any size.

April 6, 2020 Zachary Comeau Leave a Comment

Tailscale, a Toronto-based company founded by former Google engineers claiming its new virtual private network can be set up for remote workers in just minutes, has officially launched with a $3 million seed round. According to a press release, the VPN is based on Google’s zero-trust BeyondCorp architecture and was built using the WireGuard protocol, […]

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Remote Work Is Here to Stay—Plan Accordingly

Companies that were reluctant to embrace remote work prior to COVID-19 can take this opportunity to develop a lasting program.

April 6, 2020 Zach Capers Leave a Comment

It’s become increasingly clear that the coronavirus crisis isn’t going to last for a few short weeks. We’re facing a protracted global situation that some experts believe could come in multiple waves over the next 18 months. That means the abrupt mass adoption of remote work could last just as long. Many companies suddenly practicing […]

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Zoom Suspends New Features to Address Security, Transparency

Zoom is suspending any new feature development to fix security flaws just now being discovered due to a massive increase in usage.

April 3, 2020 Zachary Comeau Leave a Comment

After a slew of negative headlines about Zoom’s cybersecurity issues and a lack of transparency about data sharing, Zoom is freezing any new feature development to fix security flaws just now being discovered due to a massive increase in usage. CEO Eric Yuan, in a long blog post, outlined several other steps the company is […]

Enterprise Connect Announces Best Of Industry Awards After Virtual Events

After virtual keynotes and sessions, Enterprise Connect has recognized a dozen companies with its Best of Enterprise Connect Industry Awards.

April 2, 2020 Zachary Comeau Leave a Comment

Enterprise Connect, a conference and exhibit for the enterprise communications and collaboration industry that held virtual keynotes and sessions this year after COVID-19 forced its cancellation, has recognized a dozen companies with its Best of Enterprise Connect Industry Awards. Taking home awards were Journey, Genesys, Glia, Mio, Omilia, Pexip, Avaya, Kramer Electronics, RingCentral, Theta Lake […]

5 Benefits of Enterprise Digital Signage Solutions

Enterprise digital signage solutions aren't just for large orgs who want to affect behavior. There're many advantages “free” solutions online can’t offer.

April 2, 2020 Sean Matthews Leave a Comment

Enterprise digital signage solutions are usually associated with larger companies, university campuses, hospitals and so on, where the purpose of the digital signage is to affect human behavior, not just to push out announcements. But no matter the size of the organization, the benefits of an enterprise digital signage CMS have value. There are a […]

Zoom Battles Transparency Issues Amid Growing Popularity

Zoom is exploding in popularity due to the coronavirus, but the videoconferencing platform is making other headlines for the wrong reasons.

April 1, 2020 Zachary Comeau Leave a Comment

Zoom’s popularity has skyrocketed as organizations, family and friends are using the video conferencing platform to communicate from their homes during COVID-19. Now, the software is becoming a social networking app popular among younger generations and has been adopted as a desktop version of FaceTime as screenshots of dozens of people meeting up via Zoom […]