The @SamsungSA #SmartMonitor Makes Work, Play And Learning An All-In-One Experience

Hi Friends, 

The way we work, learn and play changed dramatically in 2020. In fact, this year just feels like an extension of last year. Now, remote working, blended learning and even time for extra gaming time is now the norm, as people entertain themselves at home. Samsung’s new Smart Monitor has therefore arrived just in time with a single display packed with all-in-one features for work, learning and entertainment. This is a powerful technology that helps you work more efficiently, learn in a more flexible way and play like the outside world does not exist.

Do it all and make it work for you

With Samsung’s new Smart Monitor, you can now work like a boss with the single display, packed with all-in-one features including powerful mobile and PC connectivity with a display that operates Microsoft Office 365 applications. It’s a complete desktop experience, even without a PC, where you can connect the monitor with Samsung DeX, so those work emails and documents on your smartphone can be seamlessly displayed and worked on – turning work into child’s play. And when you do want to play, it does that well too.

The 32-inch M5 model, which supports FHD resolution and the 43-inch M7 model, which supports UHD resolution

Life can be a beautiful game

The Smart Monitor is super productive for work or learning but is transformed into a fun station in an instant. This do-it-all screen has the ability to easily access TV and movie streaming services like YouTube, Netflix, and Apple TV, while it seamlessly supports AirPlay. It operates as a complete entertainment hub powered by an incredible display and amazing built-in speakers. For gamers, it’s a secret weapon. You can now keep your eye on the win with an ultra-widescreen and mega- processing power that takes winning to the next level!

Work or learn from a safe distance

Welcome to the world of the Smart Monitor. This is where the office or class comes to you. You can boost your productivity with Remote Access features. Using the Office 365 suite, you can view and edit documents, and conveniently save them all on the cloud. This super-Smart Monitor also has the acclaimed TUV certification, which means it features technology designed to make viewing more comfortable. Even while at home, you can work remotely on your school desktop. With incredible video chat features, the ability to mirror your smartphone and other awesome connectivity tools, everything you need to do is always just an easy click away. And when you need a break, the Smart Monitor switches to give you that escape you need.

Work, play or learn – with the Samsung Smart Monitor, all the boxes are incredibly well ticked! Find out more here. I am looking forward to trying out the features in these Samsung Smart Monitors as the current one I am using is from Acer KA220HQ which I bought in a sale for only R800 or so some 4 years back when their website was launched in South Africa. 

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Top 8 Tips On For Working from Home #WesternDigital

Hi Friends, 

Technology is critical to helping people stay connected in a time when we are asked to keep social isolation. The better IT teams can make this transition successful, the more they can help employees feel empowered. Here are 8 tips from the IT team at Western Digital to yours.

As a precaution to the recent novel coronavirus, more and more companies and governments are either encouraging or have made work-from-home mandatory. IT teams are tasked with leading this transition across data systems, mobile computing devices, applications and new security challenges so employees can feel both connected and productive at home (both are not straightforward tasks).

We’ve gathered a few tips from our IT team here at Western Digital to help your workforce’s transition be more successful. Here are the top eight:

1) Don’t Wait – Start Today (Literally, Right Now)

Most companies today already have part of their workforce working from home, but it’s an entirely different scenario when hundreds, or thousands, of people are connecting remotely to virtual systems at the same time. If your company is still not encouraging working from home, or only partially, use the time now to prepare for the potential – a situation where most employees will need to access applications and data securely from remote locations. Being a step ahead with your data infrastructure, policies and documentation, will help ensure a smooth transition for your business at a critical time.

2) Test It Till You Break It

Test your systems to ensure performance, reliability and scalability. Test application and hardware infrastructure at maximum load; understand how many concurrent connections your VPN can support; send your entire IT team to work from home. Find out where the remote operations gaps are. It’s far better to see what breaks in a test scenario than when your company’s employees depend on it. So, learn in advance where the weak points are and fix them now.

3) Streamline the Muddle of Communication and Security Tools

There is a plethora of virtual meetings, chat, documentation, project and other management tools out there, and likely people are using more than one in your company today (whether authorized or not). This is the time to streamline the official tools employees should be using, ensuring these services can scale (you may need to review your SaaS contracts) and put documentation in place (accessible in a shared repository) on how to install and use them.

4) Get Ready to Monitor With 24/7 Support

With any new situation you’ll need to closely monitor infrastructure to be able to respond to any shortfalls in real time. With employees using an all new technology setup, and many potentially veering from regular daytime working hours (think of those with children at home who will catch up on work late at night), expect to need to provide more IT support than usual, and at different hours of the day.

5) Establish Policies for Laptops, Services, and Peripherals

You’ll need to establish policies for how your company can support employees at home with everything from internet services, to computing devices, or peripherals. Some questions you should explore:

• How many employees will require a laptop to work from home? How many can you provision?
• Will the company pay for internet or phone services?
• What if someone does not have internet services or needs to upgrade speed?
• What’s the policy on ordering peripherals such as keyboards, monitors, headphone sets, etc.?

6) Create Practical Documentation (and Accessibility)

The more you can support and enable the remote workforce to use the proper tools, the more you can impact the productivity and morale of the business. Prepare with the right documentation to enable everyone to work better – both end users at home and your IT team. Make sure to have a clear place where employees can find how-to guides on installing all the applications and accessibility tools they need. Take a moment to also ensure you have documentation and account accessibility for all IT systems should a core team member be unavailable.

7) Automate. Repeat.

Now is the time to explore what else can be automated in your IT workflows, particularly when it comes to IT tickets and support questions. You’ll be seeing a lot of similar support questions, and tools like AI-enabled chatbots have come a long way to ease the pressure off your team members for commonly asked questions. With working from home possibly an ongoing situation, IT may need to support the business in new channels and undertakings. Anything that can be automated will allow your team to focus on more complex tasks.

8) Set Up a Better Home Office, Together

Whether it’s tips on how to set up a dedicated workspace, to desk ergonomics, working from family-shared spaces, or how to set structured breaks to unplug– you’ll need to help your workforce feel productive and connected from home. Using multiple ways of communication – guides, chats, shared meetings – can not only help people find ways to be more efficient, but also set an example of how to stay better connected in a virtual environment. You can offer a virtual help desk to make communication feel personal, create online ‘rooms’ for water cooler chats, and simply get creative.

Technology is critical to helping people stay connected in a time where we are asked to keep social isolation. These abrupt changes are challenging for both IT infrastructure and employee morale. The better IT teams can make this transition successful the more they can help the workforce feel empowered, find new ways to bond and keep spirits up.

Namaste!!!

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