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Report: Remote Work Makes Patch Management Much Harder

Patching remote endpoints takes 2.5 times longer, and resolving IT support requests takes twice as long for remote employees, survey finds.

November 30, 2021 Zachary Comeau Leave a Comment

In a cybersecurity environment in which bad actors pounce on published software vulnerabilities, patching those flaws as quickly as possible is critical. That becomes even more important with a distributed workforce that can be difficult for IT to manage. However, over 70% of organizations lack automated patch management for at least some systems, and 62% […]

EngageSmart Named Top Workplace for Employee Well-Being, Professional Development and Remote Work

November 22, 2021 TechDecisions Staff Leave a Comment

BRAINTREE, Mass.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–EngageSmart, Inc. (NYSE: ESMT), a leading provider of vertically tailored customer engagement software and integrated payments solutions, today announced that it was named a Top Workplace for employee well-being, professional development, and remote work by Energage, a technology company that empowers workplace excellence and the organization behind the Top Workplaces awards. EngageSmart was […]

Report: 83% Of IT Professionals Say Remote Work, Security Straining IT Staff

As shadow IT increases, phishing attacks and other social engineering tricks are becoming more successful, HP Wolf Security report finds.

October 28, 2021 Zachary Comeau Leave a Comment

A new report from HP Wolf Security finds that shadow IT is increasing and security incidents are rising as remote and hybrid workers get more comfortable settling into their home offices while commuting to the office a few days week. According to the report, HP Wolf Security report: Out of Sight & Out of Mind, […]

HP Announces Remote Work Equipment Service, Endpoint Data Security

New offerings from HP Include a remote work service for PCs and printers and a data security service for lost or stolen devices.

October 8, 2021 TD Staff Leave a Comment

HP has announced new offerings designed to help IT equip and secure the remote workforce from malicious cyber threats. The offerings include a new HP Work from Home service designed to equip the furnish home offices with HP PCs and printers along remote management tools so IT can sup port and protect those endpoints and […]

Cisco’s Hybrid Work Index Reaffirms The Remote Work Demand

Cisco's Hybrid Work Index finds employees would consider quitting if remote work wasn't offered, and collaboration tools are most critical to hybrid work success.

October 7, 2021 Zachary Comeau Leave a Comment

Based on millions of aggregated and anonymous data points, Cisco’s first Hybrid Work Index reaffirms that flexibility and wellness are key drivers for hybrid work, and employees will consider leaving an employer if working remotely isn’t at least an option. Specifically, 64% of employees of Cisco’s customers agree that a remote work option directly affects […]

Study: Remote Work Directly Linked To Cyberattacks

Eighty percent of security and business leaders say their organizations are more exposed to risk as a result of remote work.

September 24, 2021 Zachary Comeau Leave a Comment

Reports and research on the habits of organizations embracing remote or hybrid work continue to shed light on the inherent cybersecurity risks, including a recent Tenable study that found 74% of organizations attribute recent business-impacting cyberattacks to remote work tech vulnerabilities. According to the report, conducted with Forrester, cloud services and apps, personal devices and […]

Wondershare PDFelement Software Helping Remote Workers Achieve Work-Life Balance

September 23, 2021 TechDecisions Staff Leave a Comment

The Covid-19 pandemic has brought about a paradigm shift in the way people work or study. In this era of remote working, PDFelement software from Wondershare is helping many students and office workers deal with their work effortlessly. VANCOUVER, British Columbia–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Wondershare, a developer of state-of-the-art software solutions, is steadily emerging as a lifesaver in […]

Rocket.Chat Survey Reveals The Future of Workplace Communication is Evolving As Remote Workforces Grow

September 22, 2021 TechDecisions Staff Leave a Comment

Nearly two-thirds of employees prefer communication to be streamlined through a single platform WILMINGTON, Del.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–With the rise of remote and hybrid work, more employees are now using instant messaging apps to communicate with colleagues, vendors, partners and suppliers, confirms a new survey from Rocket.Chat, the leading open-source communication platform. What’s more, 95% of employees […]

Microsoft: Remote Work Makes Productivity, Innovation Challenging

A new Microsoft study finds that the IT giant's own employees were less collaborative across different groups after the pandemic started.

September 13, 2021 Zachary Comeau Leave a Comment

Is your team finding it more difficult to collaborate effectively and keep production high when working from home? If you’re finding that collaboration and production is suffering as a result of distributed work environments, then you aren’t alone. Microsoft, of all companies, says employees are collaborating less than they were before the pandemic and they’re […]

Report: Remote Work Causes Bad Cybersecurity Habits

To nobody's surprise, hybrid work can introduce poor cybersecurity habits to end users, new report finds.

July 20, 2021 Zachary Comeau Leave a Comment

IT professionals have had their hands full with setting up a hybrid work architecture that allows employees to work wherever and whenever they want, and that is unfortunately introducing a lot more cyber risk into the organization. In fact, a new report from email security company Tessian finds that remote work has had a negative […]