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Working From Home: Staying healthy & productive
Working From Home: Staying healthy & productive
When working from home for long hours each day, it's important for retail professionals to create a comfortable environment. Computer screens, TVs and smartphones emit blue-light that can damage our...
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 qualityA common problem on conference calls is echo, which is caused by the...
Working From Home: Improving Wi-Fi performance
Working From Home: Improving Wi-Fi performance
Here are some less well-known ways retail 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 to check...
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 for retailers who need to protect customer, inventory and financial...
Digital Transformation Is Revolutionizing the Retail Experience
Digital Transformation Is Revolutionizing the Retail Experience
Today’s digital consumer has high expectations. They want what they want, and they want it yesterday. Retailers who can provide it, will profit. To remain competitive, companies need to invest in new...
Get More Out of Your Microsoft 365 Deployment
Get More Out of Your Microsoft 365 Deployment
Retailers of all sizes are turning to the cloud to gain a competitive edge. Cloud-based productivity suites such as Microsoft 365 enable retail IT departments to enhance collaboration across teams...
Boost Digital Transformation Initiatives with the Right Devices
Boost Digital Transformation Initiatives with the Right Devices
Digital technologies are changing every aspect of the retail industry - from customer experience to how employees work. Empowering your workforce - executives, sales, analysts, logistics - with the...
Optimizing Energy Efficiency in End-User Devices
Optimizing Energy Efficiency in End-User Devices
Power efficiency initiatives can help retail organizations reduce energy costs and achieve sustainability goals. Computers tend to use the most energy of all office equipment, and inefficiencies can...
Optimizing Your Device Choice Program
Optimizing Your Device Choice Program
Congratulations on establishing a program where employees are offered a choice of company-owned devices. Real-time inventory management, personalization engines, eCommerce - there is no shortage of...
Moving to Windows 10 for Greater Security and Manageability
Moving to Windows 10 for Greater Security and Manageability
From January 2020, Microsoft will no longer support Windows 7. That means no more security updates, hotfixes or any support services - leaving your business, customer and employee data vulnerable to...
Industry Advisory: Retail – Growth - Mature
Industry Advisory: Retail – Growth - Mature
As an established retail organization, your IT must navigate change management, keep up with tech trends, support users, and maintain essential infrastructure for retail operations. This report will...
Flexible Computing for Modern Workspaces
Flexible Computing for Modern Workspaces
In the retail industry, how people work is changing. Teams are shifting towards open floor plans, hot desking, and small huddle rooms. According to Forrester, nearly 60% of retail organizations are...