Software giant Microsoft will let employees work from home permanently if they choose to, US media reported on Friday, becoming the latest employer to expand work-from-home provisions prompted by the Covid-19 pandemic. The Verge said most Microsoft employees are still at home as the health crisis drags on, and the company doesn’t expect to reopen … Read more
New Delhi: With work-from-home, online learning, and in-home entertainment fuelling demand for robust digital infrastructure, massive investments would be needed especially in areas like Fibre-to-the-Home, data centres, in-building solutions and proliferation of wifi hotspots, TRAI Chairman R S Sharma said on Monday. Terming telecom infrastructure and services as “key enablers” and “critical determinants” of the … Read more
New Delhi: The frequency of DDoS attacks in India saw a steady increase from January until June this year, followed by a drop in July. But the attacks were up again in August, said a report With Covid 19 and Work From Home (WFH) companies have had little choice but to shift work to home. … Read more
The unprecedented emergence of the COVID-19 pandemic has unleashed massive changes in the overall corporate landscape. (Photo source: IE) By Sandiip Kapur A committed workforce is one of the essential building blocks for all successful businesses. No company that has disgruntled workers can survive the corporate universe for long. It is up to the top … Read more
You should have a designated area as a workstation that will mentally prepare you to turn on the work mode. By Sidhant Lamba Working from home and constantly being indoors at home could affect your mind and lead to lesser productivity unless you sort out a healthy balance of work and living. Unless you have … Read more
MUMBAI: At a time when governors and chief ministers are contracting the dreaded Covid-19 due to their continued interaction with the public, Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray has preferred to work from his home at Matoshree. This ‘self-quarantining’ style of Thackeray, who has had eight stents placed after an angioplasty, has drawn criticism from the … Read more
Bengaluru: Teleperformance has hired over 12,000 people over the last three months, using its digital hiring strategy, the business process outsourcing company’s new India head told ET. The digital hiring is allowing the company to reach talent in smaller cities across the country as it was no longer constricted to hire in locations where it … Read more
Criss-crossing cities“Before the lockdown, I used to criss-cross all corners of the country, visiting one or two cities every week, in addition to five to six trips a year to our Amsterdam headquarters. So, once things get back to normal, I’m looking forward to travelling again.“I have been fortunate to see so much of this … Read more
Mumbai: There has been a 200 per cent rise in cyber incidents in India in the last two months, but those cannot be blamed to Chinese actors, chief information security officer in the Prime Minister’s Office, Gulshan Rai, said on Monday. He, instead, blamed a shift in the service sector to work from home (WFH) … Read more