Entries by Brenda Valades

IT Risks: the Danger of Human Mistakes

IT Risks: the Danger of Human Mistakes. If your IT systems have been compromised, more often than not, it’s likely because of an error made by one of your employees. The unfortunate fact is that as many as 59 percent of cybersecurity breaches, which can be a disaster for businesses, are caused as a result […]

Real Time Mass Notification: When Every Second Counts

It’s well-known that when an emergency situation unfolds, every single second count and can be the difference between life and death or injury and safety. When an emergency breaks out – such as a fire, natural disaster, gas leak, active shooter, terror attack, civil unrest, or accident – you will generally have no idea that […]

Mistakes to Avoid in Change Management Communication

Change Management. Regardless of the type of changes – whether it is a restructure, downsizing, new systems being implemented, business diversifying, a merger or acquisition, or a change in leadership – it’s important to communicate effectively with employees throughout the process. According to McKinsey, around 70 percent of change programs fail to achieve their goals. […]

Change Management Checklist

Change Management Checklist. There are many reasons why your organization may need to go through a change process – generally out of some sort of necessity. It might be for financial reasons, because of regulatory framework changes, because of a merger or acquisition, or because you need to change direction as a business to remain […]

How to Organise Effective Change Management Processes

How to Organise Effective Change Management Processes. The world that we conduct business in is constantly evolving. Consumer trends change. Technology advances making some industries obsolete, while at the same time opening up new horizons for others. Companies merge. Companies downsize. Sometimes companies diversify, other times they choose to focus on delivering just one thing. […]

Why You Need Message Delivery Statistics

When you need to communicate important information with your workforce, DeskAlerts is a software solution that you can’t afford to use. The system works by sending pop-up notifications straight to your employees’ computer screens in a way that can’t be skipped, ignored, or minimized. The notifications appear regardless of what software an employee is using […]

What to Include in an IT Outage Notification

What to Include in an IT Outage Notification. Your employees rely on different IT systems in order to do their jobs and help your company to run efficiently and effectively. Sometimes systems go down as a result of scheduled maintenance and system upgrades. Other times they might go down because of an outage, a virus, […]