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The pandemic has given the latest version of Microsoft’s desktop-as-a-service offering unstoppable momentum. Talk about timing. With the coronavirus forcing a telecommuting sea change — we went from corporate workers begging, usually unsuccessfully, to be allowed to work from home to businesses insisting that they do so — Microsoft released its latest and best desktop-as-a-service (DaaS) program, Windows … Read more
As governments consider COVID-19 contact tracing and its privacy implications, it’s not a bad idea for companies to take the opportunity to look more closely at their mobile agreements with employees. As governments consider COVID-19 contact tracing and its privacy implications, it’s not a bad idea for companies to take the opportunity to look more … Read more
Some industries have seen increases in cloud-related threat events rise as much as 1,350% since the COVID-19 crisis began. The COVID-19 pandemic has pushed companies to adapt to new government-mandated restrictions on workforce movement around the world. The immediate response has been rapid adoption and integration of cloud services, particularly cloud-based collaboration tools such Microsoft … Read more
The Chromium-based browser was supposed to roll out to users earlier this year. Microsoft now says expect that to take place over the next few weeks. Microsoft on Tuesday spelled out some of the business-designed additions and improvements it plans for the Edge browser. The Chromium-based Edge, which Microsoft debuted in stable form in January, … Read more
The explosion of work-at-home employees and customers has spurred the need for more robust remote assistance software in many organizations. Here’s help. For many companies, IT support has typically meant a member of the help desk walking over to an employee’s desk and looking over their shoulder to fix any problems, or a quick one-to-one … Read more
Gartner forecasts spending on data-center systems will be hit hardest in 2020. Gartner this week said that IT spending across the globe is projected to total $3.4 trillion in 2020, a decline of 8% from 2019 due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. In January Gartner had forecast Worldwide IT spending to total $3.9 trillion in 2020, an … Read more
Leadership is being redefined in quarantine as IT executives find themselves overseeing IT operations from home. Here’s how to lead your department from a distance. More people are working remotely than ever before as a result of worldwide shutdowns due to the COVID-19 pandemic. This puts executive leaders in the awkward position of leading from … Read more
Here’s what to do before, during and after leading a video call in Microsoft Teams to ensure a beneficial experience for all. You may spend most of your time in Microsoft Teams collaborating with your co-workers via text chats, but with office workers around the world now working from home, conducting video meetings in Teams … Read more
The Covid-19 pandemic is forcing massive change across the business world and things may never go back to normal. What does security look like in this new world, and what will buyers be prioritizing? Earlier in 2020, Computer Weekly and TechTarget published the results of our annual IT Priorities study, a wide-ranging look at what is currently … Read more
A remote access tool that’s built into Windows 10 makes it easy to help a colleague, friend or family member with their PC. A little-known app that comes with Windows 10, Quick Assist is a remote-access tool that connects two PCs over the internet so that a person at one PC can remotely control the … Read more
