July 2022

The majority of employees wish their workspace was quieter, survey reveals

London, UK; Monday 11 July: The majority of employees wish their working space is quieter than it is now. That’s according to a poll by IRIS Clarity, the AI-powered voice isolation app, which surveyed UK and US respondents on their attitudes towards office noise.

Seventy-one percent of respondents wish their working space was quieter than it is now. This is more prevalent in the UK (79%) compared to in the US (63%).

New ‘Pulse’ App to Build a More Mentally Fit, Less Toxic & More Profitable Workforce

On the heels of its artificial intelligence (AI), Metaverse and interactive 3D virtual employee training and simulation deployments, global leadership development and training company Fierce, Inc. is again changing the way people communicate with each other. This time via the visionary company’s new “Pulse” app poised to refine—and redefine—workplace culture, while also notably boosting bottom lines. With the ability to demonstrate double-digit reductions in stress and anxiety, as well as improved resilience levels, Pulse is designed to address the stressors today’s pressure-laden business climate is causing on industry’s collective staff psyche.

Crossword Cybersecurity’s Identiproof demonstrates early commitment to Open Badges V3 in the Jobs for the Future Plugfest

7 July 2022 – London, UK - Crossword Cybersecurity Plc (AIM:CCS, “Crossword”, the “Company” or the “Group”), the cybersecurity solutions company focused on cyber strategy and risk, is pleased to announce that its Identiproof verifiable credentials (VC) product has successfully achieved its first milestone at the recently held Jobs for the Future (JFF) Plugfest. The plugfest focused on making verified digital Learning and Employment Records (LERs) more widely and safely accessible to a larger number of employers via digital wallets. Twenty companies from the USA, Europe and Australasia participated in the first JFF Plugfest held on 6 June 2022.

Accurate mobile network planning can reduce a nationwide operator’s CAPEX by $2 billion over 10 years

  • Mobile Experts research reveals improvement of 1 dB in RSRP modeling precision can increase RAN capacity by 24% enabling operators to defer deployment of thousands of 5G-NR base stations every year
  • AI/ML-based RAN planning and design optimization leads to reduction of the number of base stations without impacting the user experience

Paris, France – July 7th, 2022 – Infovista, the global leader in network lifecycle automation (NLA), today announced the findings of a report commissioned from Mobile Experts which shows how improved modeling precision in RAN planning and design optimization can drive significant CAPEX savings for mobile operators by either increasing RAN capa

Bryan Ruby: Being in the Present Moment

I've been struggling as of late trying to find the time to write articles for my blog and websites. It's actually caused me some stress to not be writing because there is so much I want to say and share. I always feel that I'm so behind in my writing. This has been an ongoing theme for me but it's not because I don't have the time but instead because I have chosen higher priorities with my time than blogging.

EMQ Officially Announces ‘EMQX 5.0’ With Support For 100M+ IoT Connections

STOCKHOLM, July 6, 2022 -- EMQ, the world’s leading provider of open-source IoT data infrastructure, officially announced the latest release of its IoT platform and MQTT broker, EMQX 5.0. (View and download EMQX 5.0 at emqx.com and Github.)

The latest version has been verified in test scenarios to scale to 100 million concurrent device connections, which is a critically important milestone for IoT designers. It also comes with plenty of exciting new features and huge performance improvements, including a more powerful rule engine, enhanced security management, Mria database extension, and much more to enhance the scalability of IoT applications.

Over half of small companies aren’t taking any precautions against a possible Russian cyber attack

New research from Databarracks has revealed that 58% of small companies (less than 50 employees) were not taking any precautions against a possible Russian cyber attack.

The findings are from Databarracks’ 2022 Data Health Check survey of 400 IT decision makers. This year’s survey focused on themes of Ransomware, Cyber, Backup, Disaster Recovery and Business Continuity.

Barnaby Mote, Managing Director of Databarracks, commented “The current risk of cyber attack is high. All organizations, regardless of size, should be taking extra precautions to protect their data.”

By comparison, only 19% of large organizations (500+ employees) surveyed said they weren’t taking any precautions.