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• July 03, 2020 03 Jul'20

  Virgin Media, Cisco unveil first-ever commercial deployment of OpenRoaming at Canary Wharf

  Wireless communications based on new connectivity aims to ‘dramatically’ improve efficiencies for more than 20,000 businesses, entrepreneurs, independent retailers, bars, cafes and workspaces in London’s Docklands

• July 02, 2020 02 Jul'20

  Remote workforce demands ‘hybrid working’, not the end of the office in the ‘better normal’

  As lockdowns end, research shows businesses will gradually have to start shifting their focus from purely surviving, yet employees think their desire for hybrid working is out of step with that of their employer

• July 02, 2020 02 Jul'20

  New normal of remote working sees more than half of innovation budgets cut

  Nearly one-fifth of tech executives have seen significant reductions in their innovation budgets because of the Covid-19 pandemic, says report

• July 01, 2020 01 Jul'20

  Zoom making progress on cyber security and privacy, says CEO

  Three months after being hit by a spate of security incidents, Zoom’s CEO, Eric Yuan, has been discussing progress towards a more secure product

• June 30, 2020 30 Jun'20

  Remote working set to remain but so do management challenges

  Businesses are preparing for staff to repopulate workplaces, while preparing for an inevitable increase in more flexible working

• June 26, 2020 26 Jun'20

  95% of North American CIOs report remote work issues during lockdown

  Employee password lockouts and inability to access on-premise applications were among the top challenges faced by CIOs in keeping remote workers up and running during lockdown

• June 25, 2020 25 Jun'20

  UK, US workers report ‘overwhelmingly’ positive experiences of remote working

  Study finds that despite challenges, mass remote working due to Covid-19 has been a net benefit on both sides of the Atlantic, suggesting companies should maintain some degree of flexible working

• June 24, 2020 24 Jun'20

  Two-thirds of UK adults to work remotely more often after Covid-19

  Research commissioned by Ciena reveals how coronavirus pandemic will likely change UK internet usage, as increased use of online home working applications is complemented by commensurate rise in online education

• June 24, 2020 24 Jun'20

  Microsoft Teams usage growth surpasses Zoom

  Aternity’s latest Productivity Tracker sees Microsoft fight back against conferencing tool that has enjoyed stellar growth since the Covid-19 lockdowns began

• June 24, 2020 24 Jun'20

  Lockdown drives UK internet and videoconferencing surge

  UK adults now spend more than a quarter of their waking day online with services such as Zoom seeing unprecedented growth, according to Ofcom’s latest study of the nation’s online lives

• June 23, 2020 23 Jun'20

  Home workers report concerns regarding network capacity shortages

  With networks becoming an increasingly critical part of business operations, network intelligence platform provider finds 65% of networking professionals felt extremely or somewhat concerned about their organisation’s network capacity during ...

• June 23, 2020 23 Jun'20

  Collaboration platform technology to shape the future of construction industry post-Covid-19

  Survey from construction management software provider reveals Covid-19 has caused a mind-shift, with the industry realising the benefits of integrated platform technology to improve transparency among teams working remotely

• June 22, 2020 22 Jun'20

  TalkTalk targets teleworkers with business-grade broadband

  UK mobile network operator aims to take advantage of mass increase in home working, which will likely persist into next year and beyond, by offering medium and enterprise-sized businesses packages for reliable connectivity

• June 19, 2020 19 Jun'20

  Home workers increase digital activity but raise broadband performance issues

  Research finds lockdown prompts more engagement with the latest technology and gadgets for the home, but a quarter are concerned about a reduction in broadband performance

• June 18, 2020 18 Jun'20

  Cisco patches dangerous Webex vulnerability

  CVE-2020-3347 bug enables cyber criminals to steal meeting records from within Cisco’s Webex service