Winston Churchill once said, “We shape our buildings, and afterwards our buildings shape us.”

I always keep this quote in mind when working with school districts on modern learning environments that bring together devices, audiovisual tools and flexible furniture to foster collaboration and student-centered learning. Through our Blueprint to Design™ program, CDW helps schools with each step of a modern technology implementation, and I’m on many consultation calls with educators. They bring great passion and ideas to these conversations, but it occurred to me that the process would be even more effective if educators asked themselves a few key questions first.

Healthcare organizations are preparing for a unique situation. From my position as chief technology officer for CDW Healthcare, and a long tenure working in the healthcare industry, I’d like to share some insights.

Continuity of hospital operations is important during this time. IT leaders need to focus on how operations will change. The following are three of the main areas of change for operations and how they should be addressed.

Cisco Webex has been in the videoconferencing space for quite a while. In fact, it has been leading the market for more than two decades. If you haven’t tried Cisco Webex yet, there is no better time than now. Spinning up a Webex trial is simple, and we’ve created a set of videos to help you quickly set up Webex and the Webex Teams client.

As the supporting technology has improved and the delivery has grown more simple, remote work is becoming a mainstay for many organizations. If you are an organization looking to provide state-of-the-art collaboration capabilities without breaking the budget, you might be asking yourself: What’s the quickest way to get started?

Zoom’s videoconferencing platform is simple and intuitive to use. Zoom Meetings allow small or large groups of people to meet seamlessly across all platforms, helping to bridge the distance, but also saving time and money — all while significantly reducing travel costs. This blog post will help you set up your Zoom trial.

Today’s faster broadband speeds have enabled more and more employers to offer work from home as an option for a variety of reasons. If your organization is on a full contact center cloud solution, you’re likely already WFH-enabled. For everyone else, having a WFH strategy in place is a must, but many companies don’t know where to begin — especially in the realm of the contact center.

With a few simple steps, CDW can help deploy a solid WFH strategy to make sure your agents can still service customers and keep your business on track.