Work from home news stories

A new report has revealed that 85% of customer service agents want to work full-time at home and not return to contact centre offices.

As organisations look to meet requirements around environmental, social and governance aspects, they see increased demands on their internal processes.

Cybercriminals have never been happier, with constantly growing data footprints and operational disruption escalating the potency of cybercrime.

With work from home (WFH) scenarios becoming more common place. We have a look at a high end webcam from Logitech.

"Anywhere operations" is one of the top five trends that will impact manufacturers' future platforms and business strategies.

2degrees has launched its new Group Text business product to help solve many of the challenges that have come from hybrid work and engagement.

Forrester has released a new report predicting that 70% of US and European companies will shift to a hybrid work model post-pandemic.

All employees must be properly equipped to work in this next normal, with all content presented to them exactly as it was before the pandemic.

The days of physically reporting to an office every day of the workweek are not likely to resume once the COVID-19 pandemic is over.

According to the research, Australia’s success with working from home has meant that just 1% of workers plan to return to the office in 2021.

“Before the halo dims, we need to proactively address the workflow and productivity challenges workers continue to face when working remotely.”

“Our fundamental shift to working remotely has dramatically underscored the need for comprehensive security, as well as IT guidance and training to avoid breaches."

According to BSI, working from home (WFH) and working from office (WFO) scenarios should be applied by organisations interchangeably when reopening, with an aim to mitigate potential cybersecurity risks and ensure data privacy regulations are not violated.

Jabra A/NZ managing director and thought-leader David Piggott shares his perspective on what we have to gain as we navigate into the unknown.

There may some inherent biases at play – younger employees are less likely to be offered a permanent work from home arrangement or have offered to work from home but their employer has declined. 

Logitech NZ B2B/video conferencing account manager Colin Hewett explains what businesses are looking for now that the office has changed forever.

AppDynamics’ new research reveals 95% of organisations have changed their technology priorities because of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Two Ingram Micro NZ business development managers explain how to make work from home benefit any business and its employees.

While working from home may seem like an easy solution for workers, the reality can be quite challenging for IT teams.

“Employers are fast realising these non-monetary benefits help to build a satisfied, motivated, productive and loyal workforce.”

If your workspace is making you feel anxious, stressed or generally disorganised it’s time to make a change, and you will be thankful you did!

Start Up begins a new series looking at different ways you can use technology to get the most from your team while keeping costs down.