The rise of remote work brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic has spurred faster adoption of employee monitoring software by companies who want to boost productivity — and keep an eye on workers outside the office. In the midst of a pandemic that’s led to unprecedented levels of remote working, digital tools to monitor employees … Read more
IT vendors are offering billions in financial aid to keep enterprise IT sales from being canceled and partners afloat, but do they benefit customers? In the wake of coronavirus-related shutdowns that have wreaked havoc on the global economy, IT giants including Cisco, Dell, HPE, and IBM have launched multi-billion-dollar financing programs for customers and channel … Read more
Check Point researchers have observed a surge in suspicious Zoom domains as cybercriminals target popular remote working and collaboration tools. Cybercriminals are targeting users of popular video conferencing application Zoom as millions of office workers turn to collaboration tools to keep in touch with each other during the Covid-19 coronavirus pandemic. Check Point’s threat research team says … Read more
Microsoft has decided to run a digital-only event after announcing it would not be at the Games Developer Conference in San Francisco. On 29 January, as part of its second-quarter 2020 earnings call, Microsoft said quarterly revenue guidance for its More Personal Computing business was between $10.75bn and $11.15bn. At the time, it said the … Read more
