Tag Archives: work from home

10 tips to stay secure when shopping on Black Friday (and the rest of the year!)

November 23, 2020 Black Friday is upon us – and with it, the traditional bonanza of people shopping online. Both retailers and fraudsters stand ready to grab your log-in information, your email, your home address, phone number – and of course, your credit card information. It’s a bonanza for identity thieves. Numerous reports say cyber criminals are poised … Continue reading "10 tips to stay secure when shopping on Black Friday (and the rest of the year!)" Read More

Mozilla: “Like Us on Facebook” buttons aid tracking

August 22, 2020 Ever wondered exactly how Facebook tracks you around the Web? The Mozilla Foundation has at least one answer: the buttons on websites that encourage users to find, like, or follow the organization on Facebook. Mozilla, the Firefox web browser maker, says those buttons contain tracking code that tracks you on the Web – whether you … Continue reading "Mozilla: “Like Us on Facebook” buttons aid tracking" Read More

Twitter Bitcoin hack highlights criminal social engineering

July 16, 2020 It’s all over the news: Hackers gained access to high profile Twitter accounts belonging to celebrities such as Jeff Bezos, Bill Clinton, Barack Obama – even the Apple corporate account. The hacked accounts urged people to send bitcoin to support a fake good cause. Twitter responded by locking the affected accounts. While some news reports … Continue reading "Twitter Bitcoin hack highlights criminal social engineering" Read More

ImageQuest discusses VPN vs. DaaS in KY Banker Magazine

June 10, 2020 In the latest edition of Kentucky Banker Magazine (Spring 2020), we discussed the problems a VPN (Virtual Private Network) can present when an entire office works from home. There are drawbacks related to ensuring and documenting compliance, bandwidth bottlenecks, and security issues. Our article also explains how other solutions can resolve those security and compliance … Continue reading "ImageQuest discusses VPN vs. DaaS in KY Banker Magazine" Read More

The Big Pivot: Reviewing our space needs post pandemic

May 21, 2020 Is your organization going through The Big Pivot? That’s what we’ve been calling this new era of employees working from home due to COVID-19. Now restrictions are lifting. We’re wondering: Who else is reassessing their 2020 plans in terms of staffing and square footage? ImageQuest certainly is experiencing The Big Pivot. While we already knew … Continue reading "The Big Pivot: Reviewing our space needs post pandemic" Read More

ImageQuest offering free webinar on technology for remote work

May 17, 2020 As May advances, our country wraps up the largest-ever work-from-home experiment. The next phase is about whether organizations rethink their office space. The Wall Street Journal (paywall) offered a mix of possibilities Saturday – everything from companies letting teams continue to work-from-home and returning to suburban office parks, where they can afford to spread out. … Continue reading "ImageQuest offering free webinar on technology for remote work" Read More

Daily calls keep ImageQuest team focused – and connected

May 13, 2020 ImageQuest’s CEO Milton Bartley instituted a daily 9 a.m. CDT company-wide check-in call when COVID-19 restrictions took effect in March. During the calls we learn how everyone’s doing (no COVID-19 illnesses so far, thank goodness!!!) Sometimes, Milton provides company updates. Sometimes we hear about co-workers’ above and beyond efforts. Sometimes we chat about what all … Continue reading "Daily calls keep ImageQuest team focused – and connected" Read More

Aluminum Resources keeps on shipping through COVID-19

May 5, 2020 Aluminum Resources brokers aluminum ingots for the casting industry and aluminum scrap for the recycling industry. They have been a client of ours almost since ImageQuest began. In normal times Aluminum Resources is busy receiving aluminum ingots, scrap aluminum wheels, and other products at its Smyrna, Tenn., location, and shipping them back out to its … Continue reading "Aluminum Resources keeps on shipping through COVID-19" Read More

#WFH “isn’t all that different” for Studio Bank

April 22, 2020 Studio Bank is fully operational and serving clients during the current pandemic. The recent weeks of Work From Home have not slowed Studio’s bankers from handling loan queries, client requests and meetings – even onboarding new clients and employees. When Nashville Mayor John Cooper issued his Safer at Home order, the bank transitioned to appointment … Continue reading "#WFH “isn’t all that different” for Studio Bank" Read More

ImageQuest’s Kim LaGrone is used to remote working

April 22, 2020 Lately we’ve featured organizations and ImageQuest workers who suddenly had to adjust to working from home due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Here, we’re featuring ImageQuest Technology Account Manager Kim LaGrone, who works remotely whether there’s a pandemic or not. She will continue to be a remote employee once the pandemic restrictions end. We’re sharing her … Continue reading "ImageQuest’s Kim LaGrone is used to remote working" Read More

Poll on working from home reveals embarrassing moments

April 20, 2020 While we’ve highlighted our clients’ success stories in our Remote Work Tales, here we believe we are writing about somebody else. Citrix did a poll of 2,000 US office workers currently working from home due to the coronavirus. Workers responded April 2-14 to questions about their work-from-home setups, and also how it was going. According … Continue reading "Poll on working from home reveals embarrassing moments" Read More

Did you get your toilet paper? Thank the “100 percent remote” Chariot Logistics employees

April 4, 2020 Chariot Logistics is a third-party logistics and transportation company headquartered in Nashville, Tenn. The company offers dry van, flatbed, refrigerated, drayage, and LTL (less than truckload) freight shipping. Chariot ships a lot of consumer retail products, and food and beverages, President and Founder Joe DiLeo said. So when COVID-19 struck the U.S., Chariot faced increased … Continue reading "Did you get your toilet paper? Thank the “100 percent remote” Chariot Logistics employees" Read More