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The challenges of these past few months have transformed our workplaces in numerous ways. More recently, a Gartner survey had reported that 88% of organizations have asked employees to work-from-home and nearly all organizations (97%) have canceled any work-related travel. Work-from-home, therefore, has become the new norm of the workplace today. While the workplace shifts to different environments, business continuity must continue. Businesses should not suffer from a remote work environment. Having the best virtual workplace environments helps to bridge this gap.  However, this is not always convenient. A remote worker faces various challenges. Common complaints include inaccessibility to essential applications and files, network connectivity,  security  threats, lack of essential devices, and low performance. This means there is a need in organizations to increase the capacity, capability, manageability, and visibility of a remote worker so that the te...

In our uber-connected, internet world, threats from various sources continue to endanger our data. To stay secure, cybersecurity is a must-have. As a part of cyber-security series, I will try to explain malware. The initial step towards understanding  cybersecurity  is to understand what is malware? Malware stands for “malicious software.” Malware is basically a computer code that takes advantages of technical flaws in your computer system environment. Malware is often brought into the computer environment without your knowledge when you visit certain websites. These can be both — trusted and untrusted websites. Trusted websites can be overtaken by malware creators whereas untrusted websites are created solely for the purpose of distributing malicious software. Most of the malware is designed to disable and control your computer system, usually for the purpose of stealing money, taking control of your system such as deleting files and stealing passwords, robbing bank...

Most cloud computing service architectures fall into 3 broad categories: · Infrastructure – As-A-Service · Platform-As-A-Service · Software-As-A-Service Software as a service is a method of delivering software over the internet, on demand and typically on a subscription basis. With SaaS, cloud providers host and manage the software application and underlying  infrastructure  and handle any  maintenance  like software upgrades , users need not worry about. SaaS allows users to connect to and use cloud-based apps over the internet. Common examples include email, calendaring. The applications reside on remote cloud network accessed through web or API. How does  SaaS  Work? By means of what’s called multi tenant architecture, SaaS strictly delivers business software to thousands of customers. The cloud component simply implies an active connection to the internet and those devices and browsers that make access possible. All the elements t...