How to create a home workstation
Since the global pandemic, running a business from home or working from home as an employee has become a significant part of our work-a-day world. This SIIG video presents the connectivity products you can use to create a strong and secure home workstation. Watch the video. Then contact Divergent IT to learn how our SIIG offerings can help you deliver reliable, secure home workstations to remote employees.
Stop Threats in Their Tracks
This infographic depicts how Cisco Incident Response leverages threat intelligence and comprehensive critical threat defense to help businesses stay ahead of threats, as well as remediate any that occur quickly and effectively. For more information on Cisco Incident Response, please contact us.
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Introducing the new Surface Laptop Go
This video showcases the Surface Laptop Go, a small, ultra-portable laptop with all-day battery life and a variety of features that make it the ideal device for K-12 students and teachers. For more information, please contact Divergent IT.
Cisco Threat Response - Supporting Intelligence-Driven Incident Response and Threat Hunting
This white paper provides a description of Cisco Threat Response and how security operations teams can use it to detect and respond to threats within their infrastructure. It also shows how Cisco Threat Response supports the performance of each of the F3EAD model's phases. Contact us for more information on Cisco Threat Response.
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10 reasons to use Azure SQL in your next project
There are many database technologies available on Azure that you can choose from. Why would you use Azure SQL? Find out in just 10 simple points.
AI Cybersecurity Training
Discover how Azure Government provides government agencies and their partners world-class security, protection, and compliance through cloud services. In this video, Keenan Skelly talks about the benefits of a scalable, AI-powered, gamified, persistent cybersecurity training environment on the strength of Microsoft Azure.
Why Promoting Healthier Workplace Habits Will Boost Your Business
Too many existing workplace environments lack adequate value when it comes to mental health and physical fitness, according to Sam Corcos in his Entrepreneur article, "Why Promoting Healthier Workplace Habits Will Boost Your Business." Corcos acknowledges, "we're living in a fast-paced era with higher stress levels than ever," so it's crucial you show your employees you care about their health and well-being.
Half of millennials and 75% of Gen Zers have left a job for mental health reasons, according to a recent study by Mind Share Partners, Qualtrics and SAP. Combine this high exit rate with the fact that according to the Centers for Disease Control, depression reduces cognitive performance one-third of the time—and you have a petri dish of too many unnecessarily-high unhealthy work environments.
"To help your employees mitigate these health risks and improve mental clarity and motivation, become part of the solution," writes Corcos. An example of what you can do? Improve the nutritional quality of the food and drink offered in the building. Vending machines and office parties with snacks and drinks high in sugar not only provide an eventual crash in energy levels and mental clarity after consumption, but they also contribute to long term health problems.
Instead, Dr. Casey Means suggests offering glucose-stabilizing snacks such as nuts, seeds, berries, sliced veggies, hummus, olive tapenade, bean dips, nut butters, grain-free nut-based crackers, roasted seaweed and roasted chickpeas. She says that, "these types of snacks tend to generate less of a glucose spike, thereby helping employees maintain energy levels and mental clarity while also providing their brains and bodies with health-promoting nutrients."
At the same time, encourage employees to monitor their glucose levels and corresponding daily energy and mental sharpness, as well as overall physical and mental health.
Corcos includes other solutions to a healthier workplace, so be sure to read the entire article. Ultimately, the modern workplace needs to value the physical and mental health of its employees.
Teams quick start guide
Whether you are new to Teams and need to learn the basics or you are using Teams and want a handy reference, this Quick Start Guide for Teams is a must-have-close-by-tool.
It includes start up necessities, such as buttons, tabs and channels, but also includes the how-to tasks you need to know only when you're ready to do them: start an impromptu meeting, make video and audio calls, share a file, add apps, and search for stuff, for example.
Keep this guide handy and share it with other users!
Surface Laptop Go for Education
The Surface Laptop Go is the ideal device for students and teachers, featuring the ultimate in portability plus creative and collaborative tools. To learn more about it, please reach out to Divergent IT today.
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