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As Fat Larry’s Band (ask your parents) once sang, “Zoom! Just one look and then my heart went boom!” And video conferencing solution Zoom has had a similar effect on users in the last couple of years, rapidly becoming the go-to program for online meetings and video calls. It’s quick to set up, easy to use, free of charge for light users, and provides a much smoother and less glitchy experience than most of its competitors. No wonder it’s become so popular so quickly!

In our previous article, we have mentioned work from home communication apps experienced a tremendous surge in growth during the COVID-19 pandemic. Zoom is suddenly ubiquitous, but also receives loads of backlash due to various security breaches.

In today's article, we will continue with the remaining 5 alternatives to Zoom.

Read more: How Is TRG Adapting to the New Normal of Virtual Office Post COVID-19?

As more and more professionals are asked to work from home due to the COVID-19 pandemic, businesses could face an increase in attacks that could result in data breaches. Remote workers are susceptible to both physical and cyber thefts. The stakes are even higher when you are handling sensitive data, proprietary information, and client contracts at home.

It is not surprising that work from home communication apps experienced a tremendous increase in growth during COVID-19 as a major portion of the global population is now home-bound. 

The highest number of downloads recorded was during the week of March 14-21, which surpassed 62 million downloads on both iOS and Google Play, according to a report by App Annie.

Studies show that productivity spikes when employers allow their workforces to work from home more. Many of us certainly enjoy its benefits, but working from home is not as simple as it sounds; it can be distracting.

As the coronavirus pandemic continues to sweep the globe like wildfires, showing no sign of slowing down, businesses are increasingly grappling with the question of how to stay operational during this crisis without compromising the well-being of their employees, customers, and the public. Many are sending staff to work from home, yours should be as well.

It was confirmed last month that Koch Industries has acquired the remaining equity in Infor in a deal that will make the New York-based enterprise software company a $13 billion subsidiary of Koch Industries. What does this acquisition mean for Infor and its 68,000 customers worldwide? 

In his keynote at Inforum 2019, Infor CEO Kevin Samuelson reconfirmed the company’s commitment to delivering on-time and on-budget projects. Go-lives should not be the destination but the starting line where business problems get solved and values get created. How are Infor and its partners going to achieve that?

In a recent survey jointly conducted by JDA Software and KPMG¹, in which key innovation investments across retail, manufacturing, and logistics are laid out, supply chain visibility and traceability dominated with 77% and have been crowned for 2 consecutive years, followed by others. And to a marked extent, those are all driven by the latest technological breakthroughs such as inter alia, Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, cognitive analytics, and blockchain.  

Digital and the reliance on data have continuously disrupt the hospitality industry in various ways. Those who know how to leverage the power of emerging technologies to extract actionable insights will stand a higher chance of earning customer loyalty in today’s age of personalisation.