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CompTIA IT Industry Outlook 2021, IT Importance

CompTIA Releases Report On 2021 IT Trends, Outlook

CompTIA's annual IT Industry Outlook report finds that a chaotic 2020 will be a pivotal year for the tech industry as IT importance is affirmed.

November 16, 2020 TD Staff Leave a Comment

CompTIA’s IT Industry Outlook 2021 finds that the technology industry has become an even more important part of our digital society thanks to the chaos that was 2020. The annual report, released Monday, finds that the IT industry is morphing to rebuild a new ecosystem that takes lessons learned from 2020. The report also predicts […]

Avaya Spaces Adds 61-Participant Concert-style Video Layout

Avaya Spaces has added new videoconferencing capabilities designed to combat remote work struggles and videoconferencing fatigue.

November 11, 2020 Zachary Comeau Leave a Comment

Avaya has added new videoconferencing capabilities to Avaya Spaces designed to combat remote work struggles and videoconferencing fatigue by introducing new video layouts, modernized controls, and intelligent meeting moderation. The new features for Avaya’s unified communications and collaboration app come after Avaya’s “Work from Anywhere” survey found that 57% of businesses are struggling with remote […]

co-managed IT services, co-managed service model, Co-MITs

Co-Managed IT Services: What IT Directors Need to Know

Co-managed IT services, or Co-MITs, are increasingly discussed in IT & MSP circles, but what are they, and why should you consider them?

November 11, 2020 Adam Forziati Leave a Comment

We’ve recently heard many vendors tossing out the acronym “Co-MITs,” or co-managed IT services. It’s important to fully grasp the meaning of any new buzzword, especially this one, since co-managed service models don’t necessarily have a set definition. More than any traditional managed service model, Co-MITs are a very flexible arrangement designed to provide a […]

Study: Tiny Visual Cues Can Give Hackers Your Password On Video Calls

A hacking method uncovered by researchers relies on tiny visual cues and an algorithm to guess a user's password over a video call.

November 10, 2020 Zachary Comeau Leave a Comment

Remote work has brought with it a host of cybersecurity challenges, exacerbated by the surge in use of popular videoconferencing platforms like Zoom, Microsoft Teams, Google Meet and others. Those companies have been active in enhancing the security controls for those applications, but one new hacking method uncovered by researchers from the University of Texas […]

Artificial Intelligence Enterprise Market

How Artificial Intelligence is Transforming the Enterprise During a Pandemic

With the pandemic forcing organizations to think differently, technology like artificial intelligence is making huge inroads in the enterprise market.

November 10, 2020 Zachary Comeau Leave a Comment

The COVID-19 pandemic forced companies around the world to work remotely and change nearly everything about their work habits, and technology companies everywhere stepped up and met that challenge by accelerating what were already emerging technologies. Things like unified communications and collaboration, videoconferencing and cloud computing have skyrocketed since the start of the year, but […]

CompTIA: Tech Jobs Trending Up

U.S. technology employment is moving in the right direction as both tech firms and the IT industry added jobs in October.

November 9, 2020 Zachary Comeau Leave a Comment

U.S. technology employment is moving in the right direction as both tech firms and the IT industry added jobs in October, according to technology trade organization CompTIA. Citing the monthly U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, CompTIA said the country’s technology sector added an estimated 14,200 jobs last month, including technical and non-technical positions at U.S. […]

Cisco Says You Should Patch Webex Vulnerability Now

Cisco is warning of a high-severity vulnerability in the Webex Meetings Desktop App for Windows that could allow attackers to modify operating systems.

November 6, 2020 Zachary Comeau Leave a Comment

Cisco is warning of a high-severity vulnerability in the Webex Meetings Desktop App for Windows that could allow a hacker to modify the underlying operating system configuration, the company said in an advisory. The vulnerability, categorized as “high,” could allow a local attacker to execute arbitrary code on a targeted system. The advisory comes as […]

5 Reasons Why You Should Choose a Cloud CRM for Your Business

If your business or org is considering customer relationship management, here are a few key cloud CRM benefits that might help cement your decision.

November 5, 2020 Akhilesh Kumar Nandwana Leave a Comment

Customer relationship management is one of the most important aspects of a business. That’s precisely why enterprises invest a lot of money in selecting the right CRM tool. In the last few years, cloud technology has revolutionized the way organizations have adopted CRM. According to an IBM report, in 2008, only 13% of organizations used […]

Budgets Are Coming Back, But Employees Aren’t Yet: Ensuring Software Adoption in the WFH Age

As budgets are slowly starting to stabilize, IT departments are facing a new challenge: how to ensure smoother software adoption with a remote workforce.

November 4, 2020 Adam Forziati Leave a Comment

Budgets are beginning to stabilize at some companies worldwide, meaning IT departments are shifting focus back to software and digital transformation projects which were jammed by the pandemic. Remote work has helped many IT departments realize the benefits of a cloud-first approach, but it also has them worried about ensuring tech adoption among remote and […]

Three Reasons Why You Should Invest in Cloud-based Email

Cloud-based email solutions offer better security, reliability, convenience and can help support your remote work operations.

November 3, 2020 Zachary Comeau Leave a Comment

Look no further than the COVID-19 pandemic and the global movement toward remote work to illustrate the importance of cloud computing and the ability to access your messages and critical information from anywhere. We don’t need to tell you the importance of email and communication because most of the developed world is using email to […]