It’s not often that an increase in meetings is a measurement of progress – but in the era of a global public health crisis, Zoom’s average daily meeting participants swelled 30x between December 2019 and April 2020 to average 300 […]
As digital architectures become more distributed and the edge continues to extend closer to end users than ever before, securing applications and the networks on which they rely has become an equally rising challenge. In addition to traditional threats, security […]
The retail apocalypse has left retailers scrambling, for years, to innovate forward. No amount of sales, next-gen tech, or masks and sanitizer is going to suddenly make traditional in-store and shopping mall experiences shine like they once did. Something new […]
Work environments changed almost overnight when businesses were faced with keeping their employees and customers safe during COVID-19 pandemic concerns. Companies were forced in real time to scale how they supported their remote workforce. Pressed for time, IT leaders made […]
In today’s fast-changing competitive markets organizations need to drive better customer experiences, revenue, and performance in new ways and areas to remain relevant. Digital organizations excel at being connected – to their customers, suppliers, partners and stakeholders – 24/7, anywhere […]
We’ve all been there. Head down, staring at our smart phone waiting for a new app to install. You quickly swipe through the terms and conditions before hitting “accept,” excited and ready to use the latest technology. Today’s applications offer […]
Cloud computing has made applications more reliable for businesses, but many cloud setups still have a weak link. The networks that connect customers to the cloud are a potential point of failure. If a flaky network stops your CEO from […]
Since the second half of 2020, Lumen Black Lotus Labs® has observed an unsettling number of entities receiving emails containing a threat of sustained DDoS attack unless a Bitcoin ransom was paid. These attacks – known as Ransom Distributed Denial […]
In science fiction, from Star Trek to Star Wars, the protagonists always hold small devices in their hands which they use to diagnose illnesses, cast holograms, or fire on foes. That’s great stuff but for the geeks among us, we […]
While the pandemic has created many challenges in the delivery of state and local governmental services, it also has created an opportunity to rethink how those services are provided to the public. The acceleration of work-from-anywhere environments has spurred organizations […]
