The evolution of work at home continues with the introduction of the Comcast Business Teleworker VPN. Comcast is partnering with Aruba, a Hewlett Packard Enterprise company, for the VPN platform. The COVID-19 pandemic has quickly restructured how people work. The…
End user complaints about business network brownouts have grown 60% since the start of COVID-19, according to a new report from Accedian. The report authors define network brownouts as unexpected performance degradations, excessive slowdowns and network congestion that impact application…
Comcast yesterday announced the Comcast RISE program that will offer grants, marketing and technology upgrades to small businesses. The company said the Comcast RISE initiative was prompted by the COVID-19 pandemic, which has taken a particularly hard toll on small…
September 8, 2020 — The startups were chosen from hundreds of applicants from over 40 countries. They are poised to revolutionize strategic areas of focus, including future of work, immersive and interactive experiences, and personalization. Due to the global COVID-19…
The COVID-19 impact on telecom business revenues hasn’t been as bad as financial analysts at MoffettNathanson expected it to be. But the worst is yet to come, according to the researchers. While U.S. gross domestic product dropped at a 32.9%…
An Everstream St. Louis expansion will begin with a 150 fiber mile project in the northwest suburbs of O’Fallon and St. Charles. The network in the communities, in which several Fortune 500 companies have offices, is scheduled to be lit…
The Shenandoah Telecommunications Company (Shentel) today announced managed business services for its entire footprint, which covers parts of Virginia, West Virginia, Maryland and Pennsylvania. Shentel Business Managed Solutions is based on Cisco Meraki technology. Its web-based dashboard interface will manage…
Consolidated Communications has joined the ranks of service providers offering work from home, or WFH, services that provide features and functions equivalent to traditional office settings. The offering, dubbed Consolidated Enterprise@Home, offers business-class Internet connectivity and unified communications by extending…
More than half (56%) of small- and medium-sized businesses feel that they will emerge as strong or stronger from the COVID-19 pandemic, while less than 8% “were pessimistic or anticipating permanent closure,” according to an SMB technology survey conducted by…
AT&T ranked at the top of the large enterprise and small/medium business segments in the latest J.D. Power business telecommunications satisfaction study. Verizon ranked second in those ratings and was best among very small businesses in the study, known officially…
CONROE, Texas, June 29, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Consolidated Communications (NASDAQ: CNSL), a leading broadband and business communications provider, today introduced CCiTV to residential and small and medium business customers in its Texas service areas. CCiTV offers flexible, easy-to-use TV programming to customers when…
Cox is the latest service provider to jump into the work from home (WFH) category that has grown in the shadow of the COVID-19 pandemic. Cox Business’ Work-at-Home services feature enterprise-grade separate connections to employees’ homes. The platform includes enterprise-level…
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