The top IT security projects identified by Gartner for 2021 reflect the incredible amount of change brought on by COVID-19: They’re heavily focused on process and risk management — and often require thinking beyond the technical aspects to consider the broader business.
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A complete communication platform does more than just give every employee in the business a desk phone — it’s a comprehensive business solution that keeps costs low, provides the most up-to-date connection options and allows you to stay competitive in a turbulent marketplace.
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Many companies are turning to Zero Trust to deal with a darkening cybersecurity landscape. But its successful adoption hinges on employee buy-in and behaviour — at a time when remote work is viewed as one of the biggest challenges to enterprise security.
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Considering that many business systems are moving to a cloud model, does it make sense to stay with an on-premise communication system? Here are five factors to consider when comparing the total cost of a premise-based solution to a cloud-based one.
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The number of cyber attacks on IoT devices is soaring, in part due to COVID-19 — and this will only increase as 5G is rolled out. We look at some of today’s biggest malware threats, how COVID-19 plays a role and how to protect employees who are working from home.
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In the era of cloud, working from home has never been easier. Cloud communication solutions open more doors for real-time collaboration across functional and geographical boundaries — and free up the IT department to work on other initiatives.
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The new COVID-era enterprise cloud will become more interconnected, integrated, secure, hybridized, intelligent and automated — with a more centralized infrastructure that allows for local data optimization at the edge.
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expertIP sums up some of the key findings from a recent IDG TECHtalk Twitter chat on edge computing, its use cases and the challenges to implementation — especially as new use cases are being explored in light of the global pandemic.
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Besides tapping into technologies like secure access service edge and zero trust network access amid an ongoing talent shortage, what can organizations do to secure — and optimize — their cloud systems for the remainder of the pandemic?
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Pandemic-related vulnerabilities, including home-based workforces and mobile WFH devices, have left big gaps in security. And evolving cyber attacks — like blended extortion-ransomware — mean that organizations can’t afford to let their guard down.
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David Burtnik is an account executive with Allstream, specializing in the hospitality sector. Over the past 35 years, he’s worked with hundreds of hotels including every major brand in his market and multiple independent hotels. He talks to expertIP about the unique challenges facing the...
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There are growing indicators that tech employees face a higher risk of work-from-home burnout. So how do we apply what we’ve learned over the past six months to make WFH work better, for both staff and bosses? Here are some recommendations for the months ahead.
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After IT spending came to a standstill in the spring amid economic uncertainty, digital transformation (DX) projects are starting to move forward—in many cases at an accelerated pace—to navigate new go-to-market strategies and manage remote workforces.
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If your organization still has no business continuity plan, now is the time to create one before COVID-19 forces another lockdown. But if you’re still relying on the same BCP you had prior to the pandemic, here’s why you need to update it to reflect the current environment.
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We talk to Lesley McKibbon, lead project manager for Allstream’s UC operations, about how unified communication tools and managed IT services can keep businesses connected — and productive — during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Months into the pandemic, organizations are taking stock of what worked (and what didn’t) as they pivoted in a matter of days or weeks to a work-from-home model—and overhauling their IT priorities because of it. Read our latest coverage from the Enterprise Connect conference.
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COVID-19 may have slowed the adoption of 5G as the world hit pause in mid-March, but spending on worldwide 5G network infrastructure is set to almost double this year, setting the stage for new use cases in verticals like industry, transport and health.
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The global pandemic has driven incredible changes in enterprise communications over the past six months. But will they last? Find out what we can learn from COVID-fuelled tech trends going forward from our coverage of the virtual Enterprise Connect conference.
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You might be spending more time at home this summer—whether working from home or taking a staycation. So kick back, soak up the sun and immerse yourself in one of our favourite podcasts, from WFH tips and tricks to thought leadership on the latest tech.
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While coronavirus may have flattened IT budgets, spending is being redirected to work-from-home technologies such as cloud-based platforms. But how are businesses coping with the new demands being placed on enterprise IT by WFH?
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Whether to further your personal or career goals, or just to escape for a moment into a world without face masks and physical distancing requirements, here’s a list of our summer reading picks—some hot off the press, and some oldies but goodies.
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The initial rush to enable work-from-home during a global pandemic had businesses flocking to cloud-based UCaaS—which has limitations when deployed over traditional WANs. A better long-term solution could be SD-WAN, which optimizes available residential bandwidth.
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COVID-related cyber attacks are on the rise. So as companies slowly move at least part of their workforce back to the office, it’s important to review lessons learned since the start of work-from-home orders to bolster IT security during this awkward transition phase.
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More investment is flowing into the cloud as a direct result of COVID-19 and the rush to set up remote workers. But how will that affect parts of enterprise IT which, as a result, now have to make do with a smaller portion of the technology budget?
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COVID-19 has put an end to live trainings for the foreseeable future, so Teresa Nelson, Allstream’s Sales Training Manager, set up a web-based training program to virtually onboard new sales employees. Here’s how she made the sudden switch to virtual onboarding.
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