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From wood to WFH

Back in the eighties, cosy and egalitarian were not adjectives you would apply to offices

India plugged: Work from home drives laptop sales amid Covid-19 lockdown

From market leader HP and premium player Apple to China's Lenovo and Asus, all major brands in the market are witnessing rapid surge in the demand for notebooks

India's PC market falls 37.3% in June qtr, WFH drives notebook sales: IDC

The consumer segment saw a y-o-y decline of 21 per cent in the June 2020 quarter, while there was a 3.3 per cent quarter-on-quarter growth

Four-fifths of CEOs expect Covid pandemic to entrench remote working: PwC

New York, London and some other major cities currently have only a fraction of their normal workforce in offices as employers and governments have told staff to work from home

HR steps in to ease work from home pressure amid Covid-19 pandemic

"A lot of this is desired but on many occasions fails in implementation. We find policies aplenty, but putting them into action is less common," says Anandorup Ghose, partner, Deloitte India

Lessons from Covid-19: I was the mom of the house, says Rustomjee Group CMD

"In the weeks ahead, I will perhaps go to office twice a week instead of every day for half a day, as I used to before the lockdown," he said

Facebook employees get $1,000 for home office, work from home until July

Facebook says the company will continue reopening offices in a restricted capacity where government guidance permits and where virus mitigation has taken place for about two months

After Google, Facebook asks employees to work from home until July 2021

Social media giant is giving an additional $1,000 to employees to buy supplies for a home office

Shorter meetings but longer days: How Covid-19 has changed the way we work

Perhaps the biggest question for both employers and employees is whether working from home has led to a decrease in productivity

WFH offers opportunity for Indian security product companies: Report

Indian security product companies have a significant opportunity to help address security challenges that have emerged as a number of enterprises continue to 'work from home' (WFH) amid the COVID-19 pandemic, a report said on Thursday. The Data Security Council of India (DSCI), in a report titled 'Security Use Cases and Solutions', said amid the fear of contagion, working from home has become the new normal for many professionals. "However, with the huge rise in the number of employees working remotely, it is of vital importance that we also take care of our cyber hygiene and be productive simultaneously. As organisations grapple and brace this new normalcy...some of the Indian security product companies can assist you in this journey," it added. The National Centre of Excellence for Cybersecurity Technology Development & Entrepreneurship, a joint initiative of DSCI and Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY), scouted for innovative technologies and security ...

Wipro partners Intel to enable remote IT support, provide enhanced security

Wipro integrated the Intel vPro platform into LIVE Workspace, a suite of digital workplace services to provide remote manageability of devices, a statement said

Virtual war rooms set tone for mega e-commerce sale in Covid-19 times

While there's been no dinner on the house in the run up to the D-Day, the typical war room or the command centre has silently moved to the laptop and mobile screens of the executives coordinating the

Lessons from Covid-19: Work-life balance is more nuanced now, says Daruwala

The good thing is that it's making one more versatile and adaptable

Search for work from home jobs up 442% in India during Feb-July: Report

The job postings grew in sectors such as software technology, healthcare and marketing, while opportunities for delivery person and IT manager saw a steady rise, it said

Snacking to chores: How Covid-19 lockdown affected lives in Australia

To understand how the virus affected people's everyday lives, the ABS ran a fortnightly survey with the same group of 1,000 people from April 1 to July 10. Here are some of the key findings

World Coronavirus Dispatch: Google to allow WFH for another year at least

Moderna, Pfizer start decisive vaccine trials, Tokyo confirms 270 new cases, Hong Kong may postpone legislative elections and other pandemic-related news across the globe

Google extends work from home for employees till June 30 next year

In May, Google had also announced $1,000 allowances to cover equipment costs for employees working from home during the Covid-19 pandemic

Best of BS Opinion: Recycling plastic, reimagining work in Covid-19

Here's a selection of Business Standard opinion pieces for the day

Workcation: A great alternative at a plush hotel for those fed up with WFH

Star properties are reinventing themselves to offer a complete office environment bundled with luxury. And corporate execs, entrepreneurs and professionals are latching on

Now, you can join Cisco Webex meetings using your Microsoft Teams app

Microsoft has released a new update that finally allows users to join Cisco Webex meetings from the Rooms feature in its popular video conferencing app Teams, allowing guests to directly join