Working from home puts our workplace data and networks at greater risk of being infected by virtual threats like malware, spyware and ransomware. We talk to a security pro for tips on how enterprises can protect their networks while enabling WFH during the pandemic.
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Even if your organization has a remote-work strategy in place, you’re probably not prepared for your entire workforce to work from home. Here are a few suggestions to keep your remote team on track—helping them stay productive, but also feel connected and part of a team.
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You might be working around the clock to support new remote workers—dealing with everything from bandwidth to connectivity to security. But CIOs can respond to the crisis with both short- and long-term actions to build resiliency, according to one Gartner analyst.
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Since they may never find enough skilled IT pros to employ, firms are looking at technologies they can deploy to ease their staffing pain. Here’s how AI, automation and managed services might help harried IT teams who simply don’t have enough human hands on deck.
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It’s not business as usual. But during unprecedented times—like the global coronavirus pandemic we’re experiencing now—cloud-based communications and collaboration technologies can help remote employees stay connected and businesses stay afloat.
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In the 21st century, when contact centres function as the navigational cockpit for customer relations, many brands are turning to artificial intelligence and natural language processing to ensure the customer experience is as free of turbulence as possible.
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New 911 regulations that combine Kari’s Law and RAY BAUM’S Act will ensure emergency calls are truly accessible—and it’s all in the name of saving lives. Here’s a rundown of the new rules, what compliance means and why it’s so important.
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The evolution of unified communications offers a modular, cloud-based architecture that makes UC more mobile, flexible and scalable—and it uses APIs to bring levels of integration and convergence that we’ve never seen before. Here’s a look at what’s ahead.
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From 5G network slicing to multi-cloud networking, software-defined WANs are evolving to offer a whole lot more than just branch connectivity. And this is the year industry analysts expect we’ll start to see the vast potential of this foundational technology.
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Secure access service edge promises to change network architecture as we know it—and in this emerging model coined by Gartner, the data centre is no longer the focal point of security. Here’s what you need to know about SASE and how it could transform enterprise networking.
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Collaboration services must always work, but also work with the highest level of quality to ensure a good customer experience. With Allstream IT CloudView powered by Cisco Meraki, it’s now possible to not only prioritize traffic, but also gain instant visibility into your network.
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AI might get all the attention, but technologies like Wi-Fi 6 and SD-WAN are poised to play a bigger role in enterprise networking this year. With increasing automation, however, the role of network engineer is also starting to change.
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U.S. regulators are starting to put a bit of heat on public cloud providers—and the enterprise organizations that use their services. But liability for data breaches ultimately lies with cloud customers. Here’s what you can do to make sure you’re protected.
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While we’ve seen unified communications move from on-prem to the cloud, this year will see further consolidation of collaboration tools with platform plays, more APIs for customization and new tech like AI that will take UC to a whole new level.
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The rise of 5G, 4K video and blockchain will increase power consumption in the data centre, suggests the Uptime Institute. At the same time, we’re seeing public pressure for regulations aimed waste reduction, energy efficiency and renewable power.
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Over the past month, we’ve gazed into the crystal ball to predict what the year ahead will bring. Now we’ll look at some of the biggest enterprise tech trends that shaped our world last year — and will continue to influence IT networking in 2020.
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We take a look at whether some of the technology predictions made for 2019 actually panned out. Then we’ll flash back 10 years to check up on some tech predictions for 2009 — including two that turned out to be eerily bang-on.
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While next-gen technologies such as 5G and Wi-Fi 6 promise to dramatically improve connectivity, SD-WANs and SD-Internet will provide a foundation for network evolution.
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Although consumers represent the main segment driving 5G development, we’ll see an increasing number of services aimed at enterprises next year—and an enriched unified communications and collaboration experience.
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More compute capabilities are moving to the edge of the network, thanks to a confluence of factors such as AI apps and the increasing availability of 5G and Wi-Fi 6. So what does that mean for your network architecture?
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IDC has unveiled its annual global IT predictions for the coming year, from connected clouds and edge build-out to a new kind of CTO. Here’s what you need to know:
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While it’s no surprise that malicious traffic has skyrocketed during the first nine months of this year, research from Cisco Umbrella—the cloud-based cybersecurity platform formerly known as OpenDNS—also revealed a few surprises about today’s threat landscape.
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Last month, Allstream celebrated a brand refresh with mini-celebrations across North America—an opportunity to communicate its core brand values to customers, unify employees under those core values and tell the Allstream story, including a new unified product suite.
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Cisco’s inaugural report on global networking trends shows that today’s IT networks are becoming increasingly unmanageable by traditional means. The solution to modernization could lie in artificial intelligence, automation and intent-based networking.
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Gartner predicts digital innovation will double in both time and costs during the year ahead. To keep DX on track, it comes down to some non-tech strategies. Here’s what to keep in mind:
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