Working From Home: Staying healthy & productive
Working From Home: Staying healthy & productive
When working from home for long hours each day, it's important to create a comfortable environment. Computer screens, TVs and smartphones emit blue-light that can damage our health. Studies show that...
Working From Home: Improving Wi-Fi performance
Working From Home: Improving Wi-Fi performance
Here are some less well-known ways financial services professionals can improve connection speeds on home Wi-Fi networks…Change the channel that the router is transmitting on by using a free phone app...
Working From Home: Web conferencing
Working From Home: Web conferencing
With the right technology, web conferencing can make working from home a much more social and productive experience. Audio quality A common problem on conference calls is echo, which is caused by the...
Get More Out of Your Microsoft 365 Deployment
Get More Out of Your Microsoft 365 Deployment
Cloud-based productivity suites such as Microsoft 365 enable financial industry IT departments to protect against security threats, simplify endpoint manageability and enhance collaboration across...
Boost Digital Transformation Initiatives with the Right Devices
Boost Digital Transformation Initiatives with the Right Devices
Digital technologies are helping financial organizations adapt their workflow so they can respond to customers faster. Empowering employees with the right tools to handle new financial industry...
Industry Advisory: FinancialServices – Growth - Fast
Industry Advisory: FinancialServices – Growth - Fast
As a financial services company grows, IT must consider how to scale productivity tools, manage security and compliance requirements, and potentially support a wider range of users. This report...
Move Beyond Passwords to Multi-Factor Authentication
Move Beyond Passwords to Multi-Factor Authentication
Financial services firms that are not yet using multi-factor authentication (MFA) may be exposing their data to greater risk. Not only is MFA more secure, it also provides a better user experience...
Device Management is No Longer Optional
Device Management is No Longer Optional
With the growing number of mobile devices available, there's no doubt there's increased security exposure for financial services organizations, which are already subject to higher data security...
Transitioning from Reactive IT
Transitioning from Reactive IT
Reactive IT is not a viable support model in a volatile financial industry heavily targeted by cyber attacks. Formulating a transition plan that includes a cost/benefit analysis will get you started...
Match User Type to Optimal PC for Greater Productivity
Match User Type to Optimal PC for Greater Productivity
Loan officers, investment advisors and financial data analysts may work in the same industry but there are drastic differences in their technology needs. To choose the right devices, consider the...
Enabling a BYOD Program
Enabling a BYOD Program
While Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) may reduce upfront costs, it can also expose you to greater security risks and more complexity. We recommend PCs should be owned and managed by IT under a program...
Selecting the Right Docking Solution
Selecting the Right Docking Solution
Docking stations make it easier for employees working in financial firms to connect a notebook to external displays and peripherals, so that they can multitask across different applications. With many...