What is the Emerging Industry of Employee Surveillance

Employee surveillance or employee monitoring is nothing new. When employee monitoring got its start, this may have looked like a camera overlooking a workspace, allowing managers and owners to monitor what was going on. As technology advanced, employee monitoring has evolved into smart badges, software to monitor computer usage, and more.  If employee monitoring is not…

How IT Must Adapt to the New Office – Distributed Workforce

The Covid pandemic hit organizations in the spring of 2020. Suddenly, millions of individuals who were working in the office and onsite found themselves working remotely. The change came as quite a surprise to many and a big shake-up from the “9 to 5” office.  Remote work is here to stay. Employees enjoy and benefit…

The Best Chat Apps for the Modern Workplace

The business environment is ever-evolving. Now more than ever it is paramount for businesses to have a digital presence, gain access to information quickly, and have fast response times. Without the right technology, the recent push to work-from-home (or remote working), gaining information quickly, and getting fast responses from colleagues would be challenging to say…

What To Do When You Are Working From Home and Your Internet Goes Down

Chances are that you, someone in your home, or at least someone you know has transitioned to working from home since the onset of the Covid 19 pandemic. Many businesses and organizations have moved everyone they can to a work-from-home or hybrid position, only having them in the building when needed. Many businesses have seen…

Top Information Technology Trends for 2021

2020 was quite the year! With the push to work-from-home, we saw technology innovations accelerate to new heights. The COVID-19 pandemic has forced technology and businesses to innovate. One of the hard-hit industries is local restaurants. How could local restaurants bring in customers when customers are afraid to be in public and facing capacity restrictions?…

A Secure Way to Connect to Networks: Why you Need a VPN

Across industries, we have seen a gigantic push to work-from-home thanks to the pandemic. Many businesses and organizations have seen benefits from this, from work flexibility to reduced overhead costs, and are planning on keeping the work-from-home strategy in some form. Networks have been stressed with this push. Not all networks were designed to be…

Four Tips to keep your Organizations Network Safe and Secure

Our work networks have been changing lately. People have been working remotely for some time; however, with the pandemic, a vast number now work from home (WFH). These workers have been set up to access the company network while working remotely, changing the network in ways many hadn’t anticipated.  With the switch for many to…