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In Disney’s Aladdin, Princess Jasmine was cooped up in her palace, occasionally slipping out of the castle walls or flying through an endless diamond sky with the eponymous hero. Now that lockdowns are the norm in Missouri and across the nation because of COVID-19, we get to empathize more with the princess.

With so much time on our hands thanks to shelter-in-place directives, we’re now more able to relate with Rapunzel and her hair-growing feat. Unlike us, however, Rapunzel didn’t have a TV, radio, gaming console, laptop, or smartphone. The most she did was sing, braid her locks, and help pull her foster mother up her tower.

What do you get more of the more you stress out about it? That’s right, it’s stress — and our COVID-19 pandemic woes aren’t making things any easier. Citing examples of our troubles will only send us into a tailspin, so we figure that it would be better if we focused on what we can do to help instead.

Imagine running the ICU of a hospital. Everything is running smoothly, until all of a sudden, all patient data is gone. All digital information regarding patients’ conditions, histories, treatments, medications, allergies...all gone in a blink of an eye.

Hackers don’t sell a product or a service, they sell information. And information is more valuable than ever. Additionally, they’ve always worked from home! The coronavirus is a dream come true for hackers. In fact, they’ve created ingenious new campaigns to prey on people who are investing less time in cybersecurity to make room for public health best practices and revenue-generating activities.

A decade ago, securing mobile devices used for work was a relatively simple affair. Employees would simply use company-issued cell phones for work. But things have changed a lot since then as people have grown accustomed to using their own devices, be they the latest iPhone or Android-powered device.

Given how important computers are in running a modern business, it’s imperative you have a full picture of your current infrastructure to derive insights into factors like overall functionality, performance, and security. The biggest challenge lies in the fact that underlying infrastructures are vastly more complicated than they used to be.

Getting your onboarding process for new employees right can make the difference between success and failure for your business. As with any organization, your employees are the backbone of your operation, and ensuring that they’re equipped out of the gate to do the job you hired them for is essential.

Did you know that more than two-thirds of digital transformations fail? Alarming statistics like this have led some business leaders to steer away from innovation, instead settling for tried and tested solutions. Given the fast-moving hype cycle of modern technology, we can hardly blame them for being cautious.

Despite the gig economy being in full swing and mobile work now the new norm, many people have a harder time than ever trying to maintain optimal productivity. While technology has given us the means to work anywhere we want, as well as automate many tedious routine workflows, it has also brought countless distractions.