Creating a hybrid workforce is easier said than done. After all, you can’t just pick up where you left off in March 2020—the office needs new infrastructure (and workflows) to support the new world of hybrid work. Here are a few tips to ease the transition back to the office.
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We look at how the 5G market is shaking out so far, with three recent announcements that characterize what’s available right now, from network slicing to private networks—and even Network-as-a-Service—and the pros and cons of each approach.
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To become an organization that genuinely embraces hybrid work as a way to power business well into the future, companies need to consider several aspects of the employer/employee relationship, from providing true leadership to addressing worker burnout.
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While 2020 shuttered most industry events and conferences, some organizers pivoted to digital platforms—with mixed success. Since then, many have worked out the bugs of running digital and hybrid conferences, making the experience more engaging and interactive than ever.
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In this business environment, a software-defined wide-area network can help to improve operations, boost employee productivity and position a small or mid-sized business for growth.
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From growing peppers for homemade hot sauce to learning to play the kalimba and taking up the 6Kx30 running challenge, we share some of the unique hobbies, projects and creative pursuits that got us through long days of lockdown and brought a little Zen into our lives.
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The holy trinity of pandemic-era WFH technology — the corporate laptop, MDM and VPN — isn’t going to cut it anymore. That’s why organizations in a recent poll by EMA plan to invest their IT budgets in ways that formalize architecture to address WFH networking requirements.
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We talked to Rebecca Lynch, VP of Product for Allstream, and David Beaman, Director of Product Development, about Allstream’s product evolution, how the pandemic affected digital transformation and the future of hybrid work.
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Native SD-WAN monitoring isn’t always enough, which could be why we’re seeing a shift from DIY rollouts to managed SD-WAN and the use of third-party network monitoring tools.
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From Star Wars-themed cross-stitching to building electric guitars, quilling, quilting, roller blading and renovations, we share some of the unique hobbies, projects and creative pursuits that got us through long days of lockdown and brought a little Zen into our lives.
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Enterprise IT spending – which forecasters feared could free-fall due to the pandemic – has not only stayed surprisingly buoyant, but is now poised for a major upswing thanks to the rise of the hybrid workplace. Here’s how it could affect your organization.
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As an IT pro, you’re expected to forge ahead with digital acceleration, yet your team is fatigued, burned out and perhaps unmotivated. A Gartner analyst explains why we’re so tired and how to successfully meet your organization’s digital goals in the second half of 2021.
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After a tough year of WFH, home-schooling, rolling lockdowns, border closures and the inability to escape winter, this summer is more welcome than ever. Here are a few summer reading recommendations from the Allstream team to help you rest and recharge.
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As we transition back to the office — and toward a more hybrid workforce — offices that have lain dormant for more than a year need to ready themselves for the new world of work.
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Gartner’s annual survey of CEOs finds that while the C-suite sees digital technology as a priority for post-COVID recovery and growth, they may not understand what ‘digital’ actually means. Here’s how IT pros can help move the needle on digital transformation.
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As we consider a return to the office, we should also consider revisiting our network architectures. The future of hybrid work requires stepping up application performance and multi-cloud connectivity — and SD-WAN could play a key role.
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We talk to Allstream’s Kelly Pitaoulis, the new Vice Chair of WCT-AB, about how things have changed for women in technology since she began her career and what she hopes to achieve with the newly resurrected Alberta chapter of IEEE’s WCT.
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IDC has a new vision of digital resiliency: It’s not about trying to anticipate, prevent, react to and recover from specific IT disasters. It’s about adapting to constant change (like a pandemic) so your business can accelerate its digital transformation.
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Gartner’s latest digital worker experience survey explores what workers really think about remote work, WFH productivity and virtual collaboration — and how IT and business leaders can adapt and prepare for the future of work in a post-pandemic world.
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As we start to think about life after the pandemic, Cisco execs share tips on how to make the hybrid workplace more engaging, inclusive and collaborative — for employees and their customers — during this week’s virtual Cisco Live conference.
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As organizations get ready to go back to the office, the trends toward flexibility, virtual collaboration and intelligent office spaces all point toward a new hybrid workplace. But what does this mean for the traditional office and how can IT pros better support workers?
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2021 could be a ‘standout’ year in which a number of emerging technologies gain traction in data centres, according to the latest trends forecast from the Uptime Institute. At the top of the list? Accountability. We take a closer look at all five trends.
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Even after the pandemic ends, WFH won’t — at least not immediately. New IDC research gives us a glimpse into how work from home is changing the corporate network and how companies are already planning to reshape their networks for the post-pandemic era.
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In a new webinar, Allstream hosts a panel of IT experts in the hospitality industry who discuss the challenges of personalization, the rise of cloud communication platforms and what we can expect from hotel brands in a world after COVID-19.
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Four or five years ago, the conversation around software-defined WANs was about saving money and getting a return on your investment. Now that’s at the bottom of the list, according to EMA’s latest research into WAN transformation, SD-WAN and SASE during the pandemic.
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