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With every personality assessment I’ve taken, it turns out I’m a scary amount extrovert. I enjoy being around people, I de-stress by being with people, and I rarely spend time alone. My work environment changed drastically amidst the COVID-19 pandemic, where I found myself working from home entirely and my social life becoming non-existent (hooray social distancing!). In the time I’ve spent alone, here are a few things that have helped me stay sane while working remotely.

Our IT surveys have become a huge hit! The press releases and blogs we put out recapping the results from our surveys are consistently picked up and republished by third parties. We're happy to be able to provide such useful insights into the IT professional's experience, benefitting not just us, but the IT industry as a whole. Before we get into the results of our most recent survey, be sure to check out some of our previous studies.

There’s a lot going on in the world right now. The current healthcare crisis is making a lot of companies reconsider their next moves and forcing them to radically rethink how they operate and embrace technological investment in their warehouses and distribution centers. Also, Windows-based handheld computers that have long been found in the hands of warehouse workers for picking, packing, loading, inventory, etc., are nearing the end of life.

For many IT organizations, widescale remote working brings new requirements for supporting both end-users and assets. This is stretching resources and capabilities for many IT teams as they adapt to this change without compromising quality or security. Until recently, the office was the traditional hub of connectivity—not just to business systems, but also among employees.

Windows 10 migration dominated IT bandwidth at the close of 2019 and might still be lingering as we enter Q2 of 2020. But for those who have successfully migrated, the priority now switches to managing the madness of Windows 10. How do you best manage the latest version of Windows and ensure a quality experience for end users?

History books will one day write about our time. What will they say? Worldwide pandemic caused governments to issue stay-at-home orders in 2020. People were advised to wear masks in public and keep six feet of distance. Rice, toilet paper, and household cleaners were impossible to find. It has been a major adjustment for everyone, to be sure. From the restaurant owners trying not to lose their businesses to the homeschooling parents trying not to lose their minds, we're all facing unique challenges.

Your organization’s employees depend on multiple devices, and each should be personalized to their business needs. However, managing those endpoints demands coverage of both the user experience and the device. With Ivanti, you gain that coverage with an integrated, total-picture management experience.

It’s become fairly difficult these days not to feel uncertain about the future. And in the IT industry, we hear news of new mergers and acquisitions on a regular basis. HCL acquired Bigfix from IBM last year. VMware acquired Pivotal, and then doubled down in its acquisition of Carbon Black. And more recently, Broadcom entered the game and is purchasing Symantec. All of this in one year!

We've all been there. It's early in the morning and you're jumping on a call. But you forgot it was a video call, and you also forgot to cover your webcam before joining. So now everyone knows you as the person who wears cheetah pajamas and has a serious case of bed head. Not ideal. Luckily practice makes perfect, and with the upcoming weeks of remote working, we gathered a few video call tips from body language expert, Vanessa Van Edwards.

In building out a contingency plan during the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic, roughly 400 of our Ivanti employees in the South Jordan, Utah location near Salt Lake City transitioned to a work-from-home environment to stay safe and healthy while still working at full capacity for our customers. For Plinio Pimentel, a senior engineer at Ivanti, the task seemed daunting.