Over the past 2-3 months, countless businesses have struggled to maintain operational continuity as they have been forced to rapidly move to teleworking strategies during the COVID-19 pandemic. For some, it’s been a relatively easy transition – especially for those who already had implemented cloud strategies to support mobile and remote workers. While transitioning entire […]
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SHELTON, CT – May 27, 2020 In response to COVID-19, potentially the most significant crisis of the modern era, TMC has launched the Pandemic Tech Alliance. The Pandemic Tech Alliance represents companies who make solutions involved in testing, contact tracing, social distancing, health care, vaccines, treatments, smart cities, intelligent buildings, communications and more. The Pandemic […]
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Business Contingency Group (BCG) announces the launch of its new app to help manage the risk at the workplace. The web-based app is called SafetyCount Pandemic and requires only a browser and access to the internet. Employees, visitors, patients, and contractors answer a few critical screening questions before traveling to the worksite or clinic, and […]
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As the world continues to battle COVID-19, which has infected more than 5 million people globally and resulted in more than 300,000 deaths, governments, healthcare organizations, and businesses are formulating new strategies for containing the virus. Ultimately, the idea is the be able to lift many of the restrictions that have kept people at home […]
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COVID-19 will leave lasting effects on the workforce. While millions of workers will continue to enjoy working from home, millions of others will take on the commute once again and return to the workplace. Whether it’s a factory, restaurant or contact center, certain precautionary measures coming when we reopen and, one of the primary is […]
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Winner of the Internet Telephony Magazine Excellence Award, Star2Star, a global leader in business VoIP and UCaaS solutions released a Business Continuity Bundle for Remote Working to help companies who are stuck with inflexible PBX suppliers. The company specifies them if you aren’t sure you are one of the people in the stuck category: NEC, […]
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ClearStar, a provider of Human Capital Integrity technology-based services specializing in background and medical screening, announces the launch of a testing service aimed at supporting employers with their COVID-19 return-to-work planning and keeping their workforce safe. The company also provides solutions for social media background checks as well as mobile technology which functions as a […]
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To help managers analyze teleworking productivity and application usage, Softwatch is launching a solution to track productivity while giving employees the privacy they deserve. There are no keystroke monitoring or webcams, only analysis of pre-determined enterprise software apps. The Covid-19 pandemic has forced many companies to have an immediate work-from-home teleworking policy and managers aren’t always comfortable […]
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After more than two months of lockdown, many businesses are starting to bring workers back into their workplaces. Each government has set its own standards for how this can happen, but the objective remains the same: How do you open businesses while continuing to contain the COVID-19 virus? One of the big areas of concern, […]
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The good news is workers across the country are slowly starting to return to workplaces after spending the past two months at home. The bad news is COVID-19 is nowhere near gone and many are predicting a second wave of outbreaks, making it crucial that businesses and consumers strictly follow government safety guidelines. For businesses, […]
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The COVID-19 pandemic has changed the way businesses operate – not just temporarily, but most likely on a permanent basis to some extent. Millions of businesses have had to transition to teleworking environments and, thanks to the cloud-based solutions offered by MSPs, even smaller businesses without the IT expertise to make the transition have been […]
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IoT connectivity and security startup Nodle, non-profit foundation Coalition Network, and leading global technology solutions company Avnet, announce the creation of a new smart wearable contact tracing device, the Nodle M1. The device tracks distance and buzzes employees to let them know when they are too close to one another. The Nodle M1 can be clipped to an […]
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With states implementing various phased plans for re-opening businesses and re-started economies that have struggles mightily for the past two months, company leaders are carefully evaluating their capacity for bringing employees back to their workplaces. For some, the logical decision is to continue teleworking strategies that have enabled them to function effectively during the COVID-19 […]
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Many restaurants have found themselves in situations where they may not be able to survive as a result of their dining-in customers no longer showing up at their restaurants. Unified Office is perfectly positioned to help. Prior to the pandemic, the company was installing leading-edge unified communications solutions which as an added benefit integrated with […]
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802 Secure, a provider of Wireless IT and IoT Security solutions, recently announced it has released a new solution to help protect the remote office worker from the challenges of the evolving cyber threats of wireless security blind spots. In order for enterprises to stay ahead of this new threat vector, including 5G connectivity, 802 […]
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As more and more states start implementing plans for opening up businesses that have been closed for two months, there are many questions about how to effectively manage COVID-19 once restrictions are reduced or eliminated. While the spread seems to be slowing, many wonder if it’s too soon to start returning to more normal conditions. […]
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Social distancing is an important part of the work environment in this post-pandemic world in which we live. Yesterday, Tom Cross wrote about how airflow can be a crucial factor in spreading CoronaVirus and he shared how new airflow in HVAC systems could mitigate the risk. Until then he proposed the following to stay safe: […]
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Companies to be recognized for their tech solutions contributing to managing and overcoming pandemic outbreaks Shelton, CT May 13, 2020 — TMC, a global, integrated media company helping clients build communities in print, in person, and online, today announced a new recognition program to highlight technology companies developing solutions to help overcome the impact of […]
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With so much news coming in on this subject, then analyzing for relevance, accuracy and authenticity, then organizing into understanding, unable and importantly, actionable this is not going to be the last news on this subject. We combined the latest into this – Distance-Dose-Duration. Coming from the CDC paper Coronavirus Disease Outbreak in Call Center , South Korea where […]
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WeWork is one of the poster children for a company which is negatively impacted by Covid-19. Packing a large amount of people into tight spaces was the business model and as little as three-months ago, the company’s locations were packed with startups and other companies who valued a flexible, shared workplace. Since Covid-19 however, many […]
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