With the fall school semester only a few weeks away, schools at all levels are still grappling with how to manage their student bodies and faculty in the midst of an ongoing pandemic. Some schools have announced a virtual learning experience in the fall, but many are still hoping to have students on campuses and […]
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As more and more businesses start to return to some level of normalcy – though far from pre-coronavirus conditions – travel is also likely to start picking up. That means airlines are going to have to continue focusing efforts on health and safety protocols to make sure, that as flights become more full, they are […]
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Yamaha Unified Communications and Sharp Business Systems have a new social-distancing friendly solution for customers and guests in any lobby or front desk environment. It would work well in the hospitality, enterprise, education, health care, and government industries with a safe, healthy way to interact with customers and guests in any lobby or front desk environment. […]
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As we watch COVID-19 cases balloon across the country – the U.S. has now closing in on the 4.5 million mark – there’s only one way to avoid a recall of the re-opening procedures that have been implemented over the past week weeks and going back into lockdown. Companies and individuals have to do a […]
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The past four-plus months have been anything but stress-free. People have been either working in potentially hazardous environments where they could be exposed to COVID-19, or they have been adjusting to working from home (often without the technology to do it effectively), or are have been laid off or furloughed (or or worried about it). […]
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Data Intelligence company Collibra announced a free, public COVID-19 data catalog that brings together publicly-available data sets, business glossaries, reference data and the public workbook provided by Tableau’s COVID-19 Data Hub. The resource brings together a wealth of high-quality data from which epidemiologists, researchers, data scientists and analysts who work for hospitals, healthcare and pharmaceutical […]
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Since March, we have seen nearly every industry redefine itself in some way. For some, it was largely about enhanced health and safety protocols, and for others, it was about completely changing how people worked. For the latter group, the communications and collaboration providers that have been touting their cloud-based solutions for years finally got […]
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Let’s understand something: COVID-19 isn’t just going away miraculously next week, or next month, maybe not even next year. Just today, the largest tech conference in the U.S. announced it is going virtual with its January 2021 edition. Of course, it’s not really easy to devise a way to ensure distancing and other protocols are […]
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By now, if you think we’re not going to be living with COVID-19 for some time, you’re not being realistic. The way we work, socialize, and play is all going to be different – perhaps forever. That doesn’t mean we aren’t going to do these things, and companies all over the place have re-opened their […]
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By: Jitin Agarwal, VP of Enterprise Products, EPAM For many industries, the COVID-19 pandemic has been less about dramatic new changes and more about the acceleration of trends that were already underway before we were locked down. The pandemic has reduced the gap between business cycles, which often have periods of “up” (rapid innovation) and […]
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The baseball season isn’t even a week old, and already two games have been postponed due to positive COVID-19 tests. So now, with NFL teams set to open training camps tomorrow, there’s likely to be an ever bigger motivation to ensure player safety as they start preparing for the upcoming season. So, what are the […]
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Relay makes amazing walkie-talkie like devices. They are small. About the size of a large York Mint. They have pretty-good battery life and allow audio communications using the cellular network. We have tried the devices and were impressed with them. You can set up groups that include a smartphone app. When someone sends a message, […]
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Our lives have all been upended by COVID-19, both professional and personal, and every industry has been impacted. Travel and tourism has been one of the hardest hit, as lockdowns and fear of contracting the virus have reduced travel to a bare minimum. While some travel has resumed, at least 60% of hotel room remain […]
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For all its negatives, the COVID-19 has driven tech innovation. Countless companies have developed new products or have adapted existing ones specifically to help companies and individuals better manage during the crisis. From healthcare tech to workplace safety and virtual fan noise in stadiums, the tech sector is innovating at a rapid pace to solve […]
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No industry has been immune to the impact of COVID-19. Everyone has seen changes in some capacity. Just as most activities were shut down for months, the sports industry was forced to take an unplanned hiatus. That includes everything from local recreation leagues to professional sports. Tonight, Major League Baseball is taking a huge step […]
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Testing, and more testing – that’s what it’s coming down to. As the number of cases continues to climb in the U.S. and is about to reach the 4 million mark, clearly re-opening policies aren’t working and too many people are simply ignoring health protocols. The only answer is to continue to ramp up testing […]
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In a recent release, Maven Wave, an Atos company, announced that it has deployed telehealth services that support HIPAA compliance through integration between the Google Meet video chat platform and the Epic electronic medical records software. Due to the soaring demand for secure telehealth services amid COVID-19, Maven Wave reportedly designed this secure integration for […]
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One of the major challenges that has plagued the U.S. in the fight against COVID-19 has been testing – specifically, access to and availability of test kits. While there are some who believe that if we don’t test, we won’t have any cases, the fact is that the more accurate information we have, the better […]
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While millions of people continue to work from home, millions more are out in their workplaces. In many cases, those workplaces and jobs include close interactions that aren’t conducive to distancing. Healthcare workers, retail, nursing homes and assisted living facilities, transportation centers, corporate campuses and buildings, and many more places make distancing difficult at times. […]
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In response to the need for touchless exhibition experiences and with respect for social distancing, Captello has launched a variety of new interactive game experiences enabling exhibitors to address the health and safety concerns of virtual and live booth visitors while increasing engagement with products, brands and solutions. Browser-based games deploy on any private or […]
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