IBM CEO: “remote work can hurt your career”
This week, IBM CEO Arvind Krishna sent the company's 260,000 employees a message: remote work can hurt your career. Big Blue's chief executive warns employees that working from home can hurt their chances for advancement.
The exec conveyed his warning during an interview with Bloomberg News. “... Read more
Fortinet and Linksys joint venture delivers security to home offices
The new initiative aims to make remote hybrid and home working more secure.
Fortinet and Linksys have announced a new joint venture for those who work away from their office. The new package aims to give enterprises a smoother and more efficient way to enable work-from-home networks. The ventur... Read more
Zyxel introduces new multigigabit switch for home-based professionals
The new product aims to attract power users and professionals home-bound by COVID
Late last month Zyxel announced a new multigigabit switch to serve "home-based professionals and content creators". Their press release from 23 February detailed the release of the XGS1250-12. The company describes... Read more
Study finds half of workers admit to opening suspicious emails
Research shows that younger employees are more apt to take risks.
Mimecast this week released new research which highlights the risky behavior of employees using company-issued devices. More than 1,000 respondents worldwide were asked how aware they are of today’s cyber risks.
The results ... Read more
Working from home makes employees more productive
New research conducted by Lenovo found that employees feel more productive and connected while working from home.
The study, completed in the second week of May 2020, consisted of 20,262 adults (all employed) in 10 markets including the US, India, Brazil, Mexico, the UK, France, Germany, C... Read more
Businesses hit by more cyber attacks due to increase in homeworking
Cyber attacks targeting companies in the United States and other countries have more than doubled. Employees are forced to work from home, with the result that security is suffering as a result.
Researchers from the Finnish firm Arctic Security found that the number of networks with malicious ac... Read more
Use of cloud services increased by over 700 percent
The coronavirus outbreak and the subsequent measure of working from home on a massive scale has led to the necessary increase in the use of cloud services. Microsoft observed a 775 percent increase in the use of its services in regions where working from home is now the rule.
The increase is mai... Read more