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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 […]

Zoom Forms CISO Council, Hires Former Facebook Security Chief

Less than a week after pledging to fix security and privacy issues, Zoom forms security groups and hires a former Facebook security officer.

April 8, 2020 Zachary Comeau Leave a Comment

Videoconferencing giant Zoom, which has been the subject of public scrutiny of late due to privacy and security issues with the platform, provide an update Wednesday on its plan to address those concerns. According to CEO Eric Yuan’s blog post, the company has officially formed a CISO Council and Advisory Board that includes security leaders […]

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10 Inexpensive Home Office Products That Make Working from Home Easier

These remote work and home office products are mostly under $100 and make wellness, comfort, and efficiency the focus. Recommend these to remote workers.

April 8, 2020 Adam Forziati Leave a Comment

While many companies and their employees are adjusting well to working from home, some are finding themselves ill-prepared for the change. It is true that you can’t solve every problem in life with technology and products, but if some of your employees haven’t worked remotely before, perhaps they’d benefit from some of these home office […]

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. […]

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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 […]

Key Digital’s Conference Room in a Box is Well-Timed

Conference Room in a Box from Key Digital features app-ready products equipped with native HDBaseT & inputs & outputs for creation easy to use systems.

March 31, 2020 TechDecisions Staff Leave a Comment

Key Digital, the digital video and control systems manufacturer, offers a new line-up of Conference Room in a Box Presentation Solutions. The app-ready and soft-codec enabling products are equipped with native HDBaseT and inputs and outputs for creation of a user-friendly end-to-end system. The Key Digital Conference Room in a Box solution takes form when […]

LogMeIn Expands Emergency Kits for K-12 Schools With Free UCC Platform

LogMeIn's Emergency Remote Work Kits are being expanded to include GoToConnect, the company's cloud phone and UCC platform.

March 27, 2020 Zachary Comeau Leave a Comment

Enterprise tech and unified communication and collaboration (UCC) company LogMeIn is expanding its emergency remote work offerings to help K-12 schools shift to remote learning as schools are closed due to the coronavirus pandemic. In an announcement earlier this week, the company said its Emergency Remote Work Kits are being expanded to include GoToConnect, the […]

Enterprise Connect to Hold Virtual Keynotes, Speaking Sessions Next Week

Enterprise Connect, scheduled to take place later this month, will host an online webinar format featuring speakers during the originally scheduled event.

March 26, 2020 Zachary Comeau Leave a Comment

Enterprise Connect, the enterprise communications and collaboration conference and trade show originally scheduled to take place later this month, will now be in an online webinar format on the originally scheduled days. From March 30 to April 1, the event will be hosting a three-day virtual program featuring the most popular breakout sessions in webinar […]

Zoom, UC Platforms Are Becoming More Than Just An Enterprise Tool During COVID-19

Zoom's popularity is soaring as people are forced to work from home, but it's not just enterprises who are finding the platform useful.

March 19, 2020 Zachary Comeau Leave a Comment

Zoom, Webex, Microsoft Teams, BlueJeans and other videoconferencing apps were created to help enterprises communicate quickly and effectively. Videoconferencing solutions and apps help organizations save time and money by organizing large meetings with a few clicks. Now, with large parts of the world shut down due to COVID-19, these same apps are becoming a useful […]