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• BetterWorld Technology Named Top IT Services Company 2020 by Clutch

  

  BetterWorld Technology Named Top IT Services Company 2020 by Clutch BetterWorld Technology, a leader in unified communications and IT Managed services space announced today that Clutch, an independent customer driven review organization has awarded BetterWorld a Top IT Services Company award. This is BetterWorld technology’s first time receiving this award.

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• Finishing off 2020

  

  Tips For A Successful Fourth Quarter 2020 2021 is right around the corner. However, there’s one more big test that businesses will have to face before the year is over: The busy fourth-quarter sales push. This promises to be a quarter like no other, as companies are still dealing with a variety of supply chain and operational issues due to the pandemic.

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• Workplace Productivity & How to Improve It

  

  Back in the Office? Here Are Some Tips On Improving Workplace Productivity Work productivity is important for getting the most out of your company or nonprofit’s employees. Although you certainly do not want to overwork them, it’s important to provide the right type of environment for your employees to be able to stay focused on the task at hand.

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• Conference Calls & How to Perfect Them

  

  Tips for Successful Conference Calls Conference calls have become an essential part of corporate business, thanks to the drastic growth of the telecommunication industry. We happily say goodbye to the time of traditional party lines and say hello to multiple parties being able to actively participate in virtual meetings. However, with any style of meeting, there are certain rules of etiquette or best practices to ensure a productive work session takes place.

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News and Happenings

• Fighting Coronavirus-Themed Ransomware and Malware

  

  #Cybersecurity Cybercriminals and Nation-States Aim to Subvert Systems and Devices (Data Breach Today) Attackers are continuing to use concerns over COVID-19 to distribute ransomware and malware, including for smartphones. The healthcare sector is perhaps at the greatest risk from these attacks because it’s serving as the front-line defense against the disease.

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• 6 real-world best practices for setting up your company for successful collaboration

  

  #Cloud 6 real-world best practices for setting up your company for successful collaboration (OSF Digital) We’ll defer to medical experts for how to stay safe and healthy from COVID-19 as the pandemic evolves, but in the meantime, businesses should consider how to best keep operations healthy to avoid a decline in sales.

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• CEO diary: What it’s like to run a company remotely

  

  Featuring great piece from VentureBeat earlier this week: My team has gone remote, we’ve had to cancel events, and I’ve had to rethink every part of my business. This is a diary of one of the most challenging weeks I’ve ever faced as a founder and CEO. Monday 16th March Walking on the beach with the dog at 6:30 am allows time to think about how I’m going to communicate to 5,000 customers that we have to postpone a number of our events.

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• Microsoft Teams passes 44 million daily active users, thanks in part to coronavirus

  

  (VentureBeat) Microsoft Teams, which launched worldwide in March 2017, passed 32 million daily active users (DAUs) this month. A week later, thanks in part to COVID-19, usage had spiked to 44 million DAUs. That’s up from 20 million daily active users in November, a 60-110% jump in just four months. Microsoft used the product’s three-year anniversary to share the new figures and announce new Teams features targeting “underserved professionals, including firstline and health care workers.

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BetterWorld Podcast

• Episode 4 - Talking Local Business and Covid-19 with Chef and Vanille owner, Sophie Evanoff

  Episode Four of the BetterWorld Podcast features Sophie Evanoff, Chef and Owner of Vanille Patisserie, a Chicago French Bakery and institution for almost 20 years. Sophie discusses their reaction to the Covid-19 Crises and ways they are innovating and adapting.

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• Episode 3 - Talking Growth, Innovation and Community with Jeff Grass, CEO of HUNGRY

  In Episode Three, host Matt Bauer and John Jordan, General Manager of BetterWorld Technology, are joined in the BetterWorld booth by Jeff Grass co-founder and CEO of HUNGRY. HUNGRY is an amazing company and BetterWorld customer - we celebrate their success to date and also their incredible innovation and focus on employees and community as the COVID crises continues to unfold.

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• Episode 2 - Talking B Corps with Tim Frick of Mightybytes

  For Episode Two, this week we have Tim Frick, founder and President of Chicago-based and long time B Corps Mightybytes in the BetterWorld booth to help us celebrate B Corp Month and much more…

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Resources Library

• BetterWorld Mission Critical Guide Series, Part 6: SD-WAN as a Service

  

  #IT Management SD-WAN Network Management as a Service Modern enterprise networks are becoming more challenging to manage as companies grapple with growing data volumes, shifting traffic requirements, complex infrastructures, and cloud adoption. Tomorrow’s enterprise network environment will need a more agile form of connectivity management to stay ahead of the curve.

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• BetterWorld Mission Critical Guide Series, Part 5: Cyber Security as a Service

  

  #Cyber Security Why Cybersecurity as a Service? Why Now? Despite the common misconception that cyber-criminals only target larger enterprises, the vast majority of businesses are at risk of cybercrime. In fact, in a recent survey of 850 global organizations with sizes ranging from 10 to 1,000 employees, Vanson Bourne found that 64% had suffered cyber-attacks.

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• BetterWorld Mission Critical Guide Series, Part 4: Unified Communications as a Service

  

  #IT Management Unified Communications as a Service: (UCaaS) Get Ahead of the Revolution We’re in the middle of a digital revolution. Businesses everywhere are looking for opportunities to digitize their technologies in an effort to modernize their back-end processes, reduce costs, and drive profits. According to one study, at least 89 percent of enterprises now have plans to adopt, or have already adopted a digital-first business strategy.

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• BetterWorld Mission Critical Guide Series, Part 3: Desktop as a Service

  

  #Remote Work Why Desktop as a Service? Why Now? Organizations are quickly realizing the numerous benefits of moving away from physical desktop machines, each loaded with all the software, operating system, etc. in favor of Desktops as a Service. This transition has enabled many organizations to reduce IT management complexity, cut costs, improve workforce productivity, and deliver an enhanced user experience.

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