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Is Your Covid-19 Vaccination Status Private Anymore?

Sid DuttaMarch 27, 20220240 views

The world has been dealing with the COVID-19 pandemic for two years now, and its effects have impacted us widely. Economics, health, relationships—almost every aspect of our lives has changed. We have seen lockdowns, business closures, hospitalizations and deaths, mask mandates, work-from-home, and—most anticipated, at least for most people—the stunningly rapid development of the vaccines that have provided some relief.

Working the Great Resignation: How Employers Can Transform Things to their Advantage

DanaDecember 6, 20210362 views

The so-called great resignation has anywhere from half to two-thirds of U.S. workers looking for something other than their current situation. Whatever the percentage, there’s no question that workers across the board have and continue to quit in droves.

The Flip Side

Gaye ClemsonDecember 6, 20210284 views

Just the other day I saw a commercial on one of the cable news outlets promoting Cisco's newly launched Webex Suite that is, according to the ad, tailor-made for hybrid working. It caught my eye because I once had an opportunity in 1976 to hang out with the McLaren racing team. I was the guest of a fellow student, who was a Formula One freelance journalist. I was intrigued to discover in 2021 that the McLaren Racing Team was still a major player in the Formula One world. I know, I know, some of you are now asking yourselves, where has she been!

The Flip Side

Gaye ClemsonSeptember 21, 20210259 views

It’s refreshing to me to occasionally see honest viewpoints expressed on LinkedIn regarding the various stresses people feel in their day-to-day work lives. Regardless of its actual existence pre-COVID, work/life balance is officially over, replaced by a blending of work and home culture. And, the norms for what’s acceptable behavior at work have changed dramatically. Remember the days when we thought a barking dog or an interruptive child was a career-limiting move?

Digital nomads are reshaping work as we know it – with the help of continuous learning

Drew WestraJune 15, 20210218 views

Today’s workforce has access to unprecedented levels of freedom in when, how and where they choose to work. Learn more about the adventurous lifestyle of digital nomads and the integral role that continuous learning plays in their success.

A COUNTY GOVERNMENT MEETS ITS HARDEST TEST: COVID-19

Hewlett Packard EnterpriseMarch 23, 20210431 views

As its residents face unprecedented challenges, Kern County ramps up response to deliver assistance and support.

Discover HPE’s new building block for digital transformation

Jeff KyleMarch 23, 20210305 views

If there is one realization enterprises around the world reached last year, it is the fact that digital transformation can’t wait. In responding to the COVID-19 crisis, companies faced starkly different realities based on how much—or how little—they had advanced their digital transformation journeys. Some were caught without any scalable remote working technologies, while for others, even if disruptive, the move to a working-from-home model was relatively straightforward.…

Meeting Your Security Integration Objectives – CyberArk, ServiceNow, Splunk and more…

Steve TcherchianMarch 23, 20210456 views

COVID-19 and its security ramifications continue in 2021 and well beyond. All of the threats brought to the fore when we were sent to work from home got added to the already-growing set of risks we were already trying to mitigate.

Lessons from your peers: Two digital transformation success stories

Deepak BelaniDecember 8, 20200275 views

A recent Forbes.com article describes how the COVID-19 pandemic is fast-tracking digital transformation initiatives for many companies due to increased IT needs. The article also explains how organizations that completed (or are currently working on) IT modernization, have been able to adjust more effectively to the changing IT needs caused by the pandemic.

Software development reset – A remote DevOps epiphany

Mario DevargasSeptember 22, 20200316 views

No aspect of society seems able to escape being altered by the tragic outbreak of COVID-19. The now well-known slogan “Stay-at-Home” has given rise to a future where working from home has become the norm rather than the exception. Even the IT sector has felt its impact. New ways of working and collaborating are being quickly deployed and implemented. Many organizations are learning they need to re-engineer business and IT processes and how they are consumed in order to adapt.…