Late on Friday, the IRS issued much-anticipated guidance on the payroll tax deferral that was ordered by President Donald Trump in a presidential memorandum on Aug. 8 (Notice 2020-65). The notice allows employers to defer withholding on affected employees’ compensation during the last four months of 2020 and then withhold those deferred amounts during the […]
Archives for August 2020
5 Critical IT Roles for Rapid Digital Transformation
As some organizations look to transform faster than anticipated, putting critical tech roles in place will be the key to a smooth, successful journey. We’re still seeing the ripple effects of the first wave of the coronavirus outbreak earlier this year. It’s still disrupting the way we work, learn, communicate, make purchases and more. We’re […]
5 Critical IT Roles for Rapid Digital Transformation
As some organizations look to transform faster than anticipated, putting critical tech roles in place will be the key to a smooth, successful journey. We’re still seeing the ripple effects of the first wave of the coronavirus outbreak earlier this year. It’s still disrupting the way we work, learn, communicate, make purchases and more. We’re […]
Site-to-site VPN security benefits and potential risks
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86% of US states increased internet speeds during COVID-19 lockdown
WhistleOut: How Americans’ pandemic-reliance on the internet for work and e-learning put a heavy strain on bandwidth, yet internet speeds increased. Image: shironosov, Getty Images/iStockPhoto Logic may have you believe that with the dramatic increase of use and reliance on the internet during the coronavirus crisis that internet speeds slowed. However, the average internet speed […]
Tools to help nonfilers receive economic impact payments
News PRACTICE & PROCEDURES By Alistair M. Nevius, J.D. The IRS has provided tools for tax practitioners to use to reach out to taxpayers who do not normally file tax returns and are eligible to receive economic impact payments. The Service also announced that it will soon send economic impact payments to individuals whose payments […]
How fibre networks can make ‘smart’ motorways safer
Congestion on core road networks is a major problem for many countries around the world. Indeed, according to the largest ever study of global traffic, conducted by INRIX in 2017, congestion in the US alone costs $305 billion (€257 billion). In the UK, Highways England estimates the cost of congestion on the motorway and major […]
Cisco Patches ‘High-Severity’ Bugs Impacting Switches, Fibre Storage
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How to Write a Cybersecurity Playbook During a Pandemic
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Analytics Salaries Steady Amid COVID Crisis
The COVID-19 crisis has changed attitudes toward working from home for many professionals. Will that continue for analytics pros in 2021? Even as layoffs have piled up across a wide swath of industries due to the economic impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic, enterprise IT and other technology workers have largely been spared. That job strength […]