Organizations succeed when they uphold their standards. This is true of business and moral standards, and it’s also true of the standards they set for their workstations. But these can slip for any number of reasons — and the consequences can be severe. What Is Configuratio...

For all the talk about digital natives, one of the biggest challenges teachers still face today is simply keeping students present — mentally, not just physically. Laptops, apps and smartphones have opened extraordinary doors for instruction, but they’ve also fractured attention in ways no previous generation of teachers hav...

Seasonal workers are a reality for retailers, hospitality providers, educational institutions, logistics networks and public-sector organizations. And while all of them will most likely continue to use the benefits of temporary staffing, it causes the same challenge for IT teams every year: onboarding large waves of seasonal emp...

Fatigue affects us all. People in stressful jobs often suffer from “burnout,” especially if they perform shift work, as nurses and doctors do. Professional soccer managers worry about overplaying their players, as higher rates of injury occur when players are in the “red zone,” meaning they’re overworked. Similarly, �...

In many organizations, “we installed the image” still passes for a security strategy. The OS went on, core apps were pushed and everyone moved on. Meanwhile, unpatched vulnerabilities, outdated third-party tools and drifting configurations quietly build up across thousands of endpoints. ...