Gartner Says CIOs Should Begin Post-COVID-19 Recovery Strategy

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What You Need To Know Today Gartner: CIOs Should Begin Post-COVID-19 Recovery Strategy TechRepublic | ​On Tuesday, Gartner released the results of its May 2020 CIO Research Circle. While CIOs have proved to be successful in managing operations during the crisis, there are more complex challenges that CIOs must tackle during the recovery to sustain their elevated value. 10x Your IT Operational Efficiency: How to Do More with Less in the Digital Workplace BetterCloud | Recent events have drastically changed business operations for every organization. And when times get lean, IT must also. No doubt, IT must do more with less and strive for new operational efficiencies. Here, we discuss the four essentials to amp up IT efficiency, how to measure it, and tools to help improve it. CIOs Raise IT Budgets As Increased Remote Working Drives Security Concerns Computerworld | In the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic, CIOs are prioritising identity and access management (IAM) over endpoint security and security awareness training in 2020, according to a survey conducted by Pulse on behalf of Hitachi ID. TikTok Collected Device Identifiers for Over a Year in Violation of Android Policies The Verge | TikTok’s Android app collected users’ MAC addresses for 18 months in violation of the platform rules, as discovered by a Wall Street Journal investigation on Tuesday. The addresses would have served as a unique identifier for each user’s device, making them valuable for both advertising and potentially more invasive forms of tracking. Tips & Tricks for the Digital Workplace How to Scan a Folder for Threats Using Windows Security OnMSFT | Windows Security provides built-in security protections within Windows 10. Although normally best left to its own devices in the background, you might want to manually invoke Security’s scanning from time-to-time. Windows 10's Clipboard History is Getting Even Better Lifehacker | Windows 10 has a built-in clipboard history, and it’s about to get a lot more handy with the upcoming release of Windows 10 Build 20185, currently available for Windows Insiders to test. Assignments Now Generally Available for G Suite for Education Customers G Suite Updates | Google is making Assignments generally available as a Core Service for G Suite for Education customers. It was previously available in beta. Assignments is an add-on for your school’s learning management system (LMS), which simplifies the process of creating and grading coursework with flexible, collaborative, and easy-to-use tools. How Buc-ee’s Became Texas’s Most Beloved Road Trip Destination 330 7th Ave, New York, NY 10001 Manage Preferences | Unsubscribe | Forward | View on the Web