Software Contract Solutions Windows Admin Center is a free tool accessible via browser that can make remote management more convenient, efficient, and secure. A lot of the value built into Windows Admin Center has to do with it being a remote-management tool that can have a lot of upside in a modern IT shop, including implementing best practices … Read more
This article will explore how organizations can deal with and leverage shadow IT, software that hasn’t been approved by IT. Shadow IT has become more common within companies in various industries, mainly through remotely based employees deviating from tools provided by the IT department and looking for more agile alternatives. But while making use of … Read more
There’s more than one way to backup laptop data, but not all of them can defeat the tricks attackers have designed into ransomware. With increasingly mobile workforces, it’s important to effectively backup corporate data that resides on laptops, which requires a unique set of features not found in traditional backup systems used for desktops attached … Read more
Open-source code in commercial network software can mean that when flaws are found by open-source project teams, fixes don’t make it to the commercial products. The continuous influx of open-source software (OSS) into enterprise IT departments is, in many ways, an enormous boon to both vendors and users. For the former, the ability to use … Read more
Microsoft is trying to make good on its commitment to managing not only assets in Azure cloud but on customer premises and in other providers’ clouds. Azure Arc for servers, a centralized management tool that provides visibility into Azure data services, Kubernetes clusters, and servers running Windows or Linux, has been generally available since September, … Read more
The one-app-for-all Outlook will run within a browser as a replacement for the Windows, Mac, iOS and Android editions of the company’s popular email app. Microsoft plans to produce a one-app-for-all Outlook that runs within the browser as a replacement for the various Windows, Mac, iOS and Android editions of the company’s premier email application, … Read more
Cisco brokered a deal for Acacia in 2019 for approximately $2.6 billion to bolster its optical systems portfolio, and Acacia wants out. Cisco’s planned acquisition of Acacia Communications took a litigious turn this week as the networking giant has gone to court to keep the optical technologies vendor from terminating the purchase. Cisco filed for … Read more
User support, the relationship with HR, and front-office technologies will require a rethink as distributed digital work becomes the new reality. n spring 2020, tens of millions of people worldwide were suddenly thrust into remote work as the COVID-19 pandemic lockdowns came into force. IT and users alike adapted quickly, and companies were able to … Read more
Need to share a Windows 10 PC among employees or temporary workers at the office, or with family members at home? No problem — here’s how to do it. In some offices, computers are shared between two or more employees or temporary workers. That sounds like a recipe for disaster, but Windows 10 has great … Read more
The pandemic continues, and changes it brought to the workplace — the wholesale move to remote work — appear to be here to stay. So how will videoconferencing firms respond over the next 12 months? Through most of 2020 during the COVID-19 pandemic, technology served as a lifeline for many businesses, keeping teams connected and … Read more
