The COVID-19 crisis forced several businesses to temporarily shift to a work from home (WFH) arrangement to stay operational. In June 2020, 42% of the US labor force was working remotely full time.
After several months of telecommuting and no clear end in sight to the pandemic, some companies are considering permanently adopting this work setup.
When asked about cyberthreats, many business owners immediately think of viruses, ransomware, or hackers in hoodies hiding out in some abandoned basement. However, they usually fail to consider that their own employees can also expose the company to cyberattacks and other online threats.
The COVID-19 pandemic that dominated headlines in 2020, and which continues to hang over our heads today, took the world by surprise and has had a number of far-reaching consequences, not all of which are immediately apparent. Work from home policies have enabled employees of numerous companies to continue doing their work from the relative safety and comfort of their homes, enabling these businesses to maintain productivity while prioritizing the health of their teams.
Huntsville has been named the second largest city in the state of Alabama. There were almost 200,000 residents reported in 2019. With population and business growth, Huntsville has been, and is still on the rise. New business opportunities from high development projects such as Facebook and Mazda Toyota, has provided a need for managed IT services.
Outsourcing IT capabilities has become increasingly popular in recent years. Taking this approach over the traditional one of building in-house IT capability has given organizations the ability to quickly adapt their technology as conditions shift and to shape their capability without the constraints of building a workforce.
The COVID-19 pandemic has turned things on their heads for both individuals and businesses, not to mention society at large. Within a matter of months, the cadence of life was profoundly altered, with people’s movements and daily activities restricted or changed fundamentally.
The COVID-19 pandemic has upended our lives in more ways than one. In addition to drastically changing the way social interactions are conducted and how restaurants, shops, and other establishments operate, it has led traditional office-based businesses to adopt work at home schemes for the majority of their employees.
The COVID-19 pandemic has upended the way we live in a myriad of ways. It posed an enormous risk to the health and safety of millions of people around the world and devastated the economies of various countries and industries. It also profoundly changed the way business is conducted.
In 2020, the COVID-19 pandemic forced businesses to significantly change the way they work. Due to government-mandated lockdowns, many businesses implemented remote work to curb the spread of the virus. Computers and cloud software therefore played a crucial role in establishing seamless remote work environments.
The worldwide health crisis sparked by the COVID-19 pandemic led to a record number of businesses allowing their employees to work from home. Thanks to a sufficiently digitized work landscape — i.e., employees are used to receiving information, creating output, and sharing documents virtually — the transition has worked well for the most part.
