Is Your Data Safe When You Work From Home? 5 Tips to Consider
We’re in a new world of work.Suddenly, our homes—our familiar homes--are our unrecognizable workplaces.This new arrangement opens up security concerns we’ve never thought about, from social interaction and management to information security.Securing corporate information and data itself is a huge job. So big, in fact, that an entire industry
The 6 Things You Need When You Work from Home
No matter where you work, the point is to be productive. A formal office is all ready to help you do that. When you work from home, whether it’s short term or your new lifestyle choice, you’re the one responsible to make your environment work friendly.Sometimes it can be
15 Apps That Increase Your Work-From-Home Productivity
When you first work from home, challenges keep popping up. How do you best collaborate with colleagues, stay productive, and balance your work and home life? Developers have thought about all of this, and you can probably find an app that can help, from communication and file management to
Understanding Your VPN
When you first start working from home, this phrase just might throw you: “You need to VPN in.”Let’s unravel that mystery right away.VPN stands for Virtual Private Network. This is your employer’s way of adding a level of security and privacy when you’re sending and receiving all kinds of
The Whole Family’s Online! Get More Out of Your Bandwidth
You might not have to think too much about your bandwidth—the amount of data your home network can send and receive at one time—until you’re working from home. Suddenly, everyone in your family is online taking classes, streaming movies, video chatting, gaming, all at the same time.That’s a lot
How Much Speed Do You Need to Do Your Job from Home?
If your company has asked you to work from home on a temporary basis, and you’ve never done it before, take a minute to make sure your Internet is up to it.Think about how you work and what you need to do online to keep in touch. Different professional
5 Tips to Get a Stronger Wi-Fi Signal From Your Router
There's nothing more frustrating than a connection that's not cutting it. When the Wi-Fi slows down, check out these tips and tricks to get back up to speed.
Working at Home? 5 Tips for Seamless Video Conferencing
Webcam interviews and video conferences are increasingly common in our everyday lives as the distributed and mobile workforce in the U.S. continues to grow. Here are five tips to set you up for a successful video conference interview or virtual meeting.