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Meet Andrew Cornwall, Forrester’s Newest Mobile/AD&D Analyst

Forrester IT

It’s a pleasure to meet you. I’m the most-recently-hired analyst on Forrester’s application development research team. I’m sure this is a huge relief to previous newest analyst David Mooter, who’s no longer required to bring the (virtual, COVID-safe) coffee and donuts to team meetings. I […].

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Top tips to improve your virtual meetings

Spearline Testing

Poor audio quality can be a large inconvenience during virtual meetings, especially when everyone is remote working. Make an effort to keep your meetings in a quiet environment. Try to avoid joining a meeting from your vehicle. The good news is that most problems are simple to solve. Finding the right environment.

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COVID-19 — Vendors Step Up To Help IT Manage Increased Digital Loads

Forrester IT

Virtual meetings have become the norm. In these conditions, preexisting minor application design flaws, or lack of infrastructure capacity that can scale with […]. While employees work from home in response to the COVID-19 shutdown, IT leaders must deal with a surge in traffic across their digital infrastructure.

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Aflac virtualizes the customer enrollment experience

CIO Business Intelligence

The traditional in-person process of insurance agents meeting with prospective customers to discuss policies, sign paperwork, and load it into the company’s client/server system came to a complete halt. Virtualizing policy enrollment. At the outset of the pandemic, Aflac’s independent agent/franchise business looked to be a dead duck.

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Don’t ignore virtual reality as you plan the future workplace

CIO Business Intelligence

Two years ago, the consulting giant started shipping many of its recruits virtual reality headsets instead. At the same time, it created a virtual world or “metaverse” that enables employees to socialize, form teams, conduct training, and collaborate. “We More business applications are on the way. Next step: the office.

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Cisco’s Webex videoconferencing software now lets you set virtual backgrounds

The Verge

As it tries to catch up with the popular features offered by some of its younger competitors, Cisco’s Webex has unveiled virtual backgrounds for its videoconferences. And Google said Meet recently surpassed 100 million daily meeting participants. It was founded in 1995 and acquired by Cisco in 2007 for $3.2

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How to modernize and accelerate mainframe application development

CIO Business Intelligence

With that in mind, what can businesses do to modernize their applications effectively? Open-source software accelerates IBM Z® application development and delivery through modern tools that drive automation and integration to and from the mainframe. Success hinges on development support. Modernizing in place.