By, Arti Loftus As vaccines begin to roll out and an end to the pandemic hopefully begins to appear in sight, car traffic in cities across America is set to substantially increase, and people will quickly return to public places with public parking areas. While a return to normalcy is expected by most, the reality […]
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The IBM Institute for Business recently published a comprehensive report on how COVID-19 is impacting executive decision-makers in 2021, starting off by saying, “When everything is a priority, nothing is a priority.” This new research revealed that executives are struggling to understand what the post-COVID world will look like, as competencies including crisis management, cybersecurity […]
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The UK’s Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) has publicly revealed the findings of a four month study of the NHS’s COVID-19 contact tracing app. According to reports, the app has been downloaded 21.63 million times. Data also found that over 1.7 million Welsh and English citizens have been notified to isolate, and 825,388 […]
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The Treasury Department’s Bureau of Engraving and Printing has announced that in-office employees will be equipped with contact-tracing devices to help slow the spread of COVID19. Employees will be able to wear a small clip on their clothing that sends out alerts when social distancing is violated, and notifies management with protocols being broken. The […]
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By Shrey Fadia, Analyst and Consultant, Artin Arts By November 30, 2020, certain U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) prime contractors and subcontractors will need to complete a cybersecurity self-assessment prior to receiving new DoD contracts and prior to the exercise of new options under existing DoD contracts. Additionally, DoD contractors will need to ensure that […]
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By Dr. Paul Carter, CEO of Global Wireless Solutions COVID-19 has brought about a lot of changes in the way we live and work. With many companies expanding teleworking practices, approximately 42% of the U.S. labor force now works from home. Some organizations have announced that teleworking will continue into next year. But, it’s not […]
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By Albert Rees, SVP & Head Of Business Consulting, EPAM Systems, Inc. Before the pandemic shifted millions of workers from across the globe to remote work, the concept had already been embraced by a growing number of companies in some way, whether they offered several flexible days in and out of the office or one […]
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By Shrey Fadia, Analyst and Consultant, Artin Arts Wars are rarely won because of individual heroics, but by teams of people working efficiently together. Today, we find ourselves at war with the coronavirus – a global pandemic of epic proportions. Cybersecurity is essential in military operations, and the U.S. Government and other governments around the […]
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The work from home trend was already in full swing when the COVID-19 pandemic hit and made remote work the standard for most companies. Since then, millions of companies have had empty offices with employees all working from their homes. It’s not a situation that is likely to entirely go away, even once the pandemic-driven […]
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By Bill Versen, Chief Product Officer at Transaction Network Services The coronavirus pandemic has not spared any business or industry from disruption, and that includes the disruption of large scale robocall scam operations. Call centers and large-scale nuisance robocall operations scattered across the globe have bombarded consumers for years with unwanted calls, but the COVID-19 stay-at-home mandate has […]
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Health technology company Vibrent Health has been awarded a contract worth a potential value of $4.23 million from the National Institutes of Health’s (NIH) National Cancer Institute (NCI) and National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering (NIBIB), to develop a large-scale, data-driven approach to fight COVID-19. Vibrent Health will expand and enhance its privacy-protected, cybersecure Digital Health Solutions […]
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By Shrey Fadia, Analyst and Consultant, Artin Arts Nearly every category in the world of software and hardware solutions, including cloud communications, virtual working, visual computing, IoT and more is actively working on ways to control and combat the Coronavirus, which continues to threaten the health and lives of millions of people around the world. […]
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Back in April, the World Health Organization launched a dedicated COVID-19 messaging service leveraging Facebook’s Messenger platform, following its release of a the project on WhatsApp a month earlier. The service was designed to provide everyone from government officials to the healthcare industry to the general population with the latest updates on the virus, including […]
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Whether you’re managing a business, school, or any other type of facility, the health and safety of anyone coming into your spaces has to be a top priority. The ongoing pandemic has created a reasonable fear of contracting COVID-19 in public venues where appropriate safety measures aren’t being taken. In turn, that has prioritized investment […]
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As the travel industry continues to see limited activity, and projections for when air travel might return to pre-coronavirus levels being measured in years, not months, it’s incumbent on the industry to do what it can to instill a sense of safety in passengers. Most airlines have implemented extensive safety protocols, as have airports, and […]
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One of the major areas of concern since the beginning of the pandemic has been keeping residents in nursing homes, assisted living facilities, and retirement communities safe. A nursing home in Kirkland, Washington, in fact, was the center of one of the earliest outbreaks in the U.S. Since then, similar facilities across the country have […]
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One of the biggest challenges businesses have experienced during the pandemic is communications. Specifically, when you move your workforces from office to home environments, how do you ensure they have access to the communications tools that enable interactions with customers and other team members? For telecom providers, the ability to enable remote communications has been […]
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As the world continues to adopt touchless technologies in response to COVID-19, what happens to all the public touchscreens that are already in use? Well before the pandemic, businesses and other organizations had started installing touchscreen solutions to create better experiences. In an effort to continue to enable that interactive experience while addressing health and […]
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With the start of the new school year, it’s not surprising to see a number of COVID-19 cases in many institutions, especially where groups of students clearly aren’t taking the threat seriously. Many schools, though are taking a firm stance on COVID-19 and have implemented solutions to reduce risk and, hopefully, help them keep their […]
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With the U.S. having now passed the 6 million confirmed COVID-19 case mark, it’s clear we’re nowhere near the end of this pandemic, especially with schools opening and more businesses bringing people back to workplaces. The increase in movement and activity brings with it increased risk, creating an incumbent need for organizations to closely monitor […]
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