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Are the Costs of Downtime Increasing?

Posted by MHO Networks on Jun 20, 2023 9:22:00 AM

Every business owner is concerned about downtime. Just a few prominent examples show you why:

In March 2015, a 12-hour Apple store outage cost the company $25 million.
In August 2016, a five-hour power outage in an operation center caused 2,000 canceled flights and an estimated loss of $150 million for Delta Airlines.
In March 2019, a 14-hour outage cost Facebook an estimated $90 million.
A one-hour outage cost Amazon an estimated $34 million in sales in 2021.
A 20-minute crash during 2021's Singles' Day sales cost Alibaba billions.
Facebook's 2021 outage cost Meta nearly $100 million in revenue.

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Topics: Downtime, Customer Experience, Productivity, Network Efficiency, Reliability, IT Planning, Network Outages

Does TikTok and Social Media Kill Your Company's Network and Productivity?

Posted by MHO Networks on Nov 10, 2022 10:56:02 AM

Social media has been a popular phenomenon since its inception, but the proliferation of video-based platforms has made TikTok and Instagram major players. Using social media at work is not a new issue, but it could take on new significance with increases in bandwidth usage by workers on video-based platforms.

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Topics: Bandwidth, Productivity, Mobile, Internet Connection, 5g internet, Remote, Working From Home, Workspace, Hybrid Office, Data Usage, Time Management

6 Ways to Make the Most of Your Work Day

Posted by MHO Networks on Oct 18, 2022 10:15:00 AM

A typical day for many us at work is to be pulled in multiple directions. "Do you mind taking a looking at this?" asked by one colleague, *PING*, goes a direct message notification from another. So how can you manage your day to finish up your tasks that is due by end of day? Here are 6 ways that you can implement into your schedule to help manage your time.

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Topics: Productivity, Infographic, Remote, Working From Home, Workspace, Time Management

Time Management Tips for Your Work Day

Posted by MHO Networks on Aug 23, 2022 9:30:00 AM

Time management is constantly talked about as a vital part of being productive and improving your work day. IT, technology professionals, and many other professions are now working in the new hybrid or remote work environments. This brings with it difficulties and advantages.

Combining some of the old standby ways to be productive with new methods and ideas will lead you to the greatest success and give you time back in your day to enjoy life away from work.

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Topics: Productivity, Time Management

6 Tips to Remain Grateful in Your Workspace

Posted by Robin Hosemann on Nov 9, 2020 10:00:00 AM

As we near the end of the year and reflecting back at 2020, it is safe to say that it has not been easy for any of us to monitor our stress levels. Aside from the ongoing pandemic, there has been one natural disaster after another. From blazing fires across our natural landscapes, snow storms and hurricanes, it all can make us feel overwhelmed. And now that our workspace blended into our living space, it has made it more difficult to separate the two. Cue the anxiety.

However, there are ways to manage our stress-levels in order to remain productive and not focus on what we cannot control. It's a simple practice, but not always easy to execute-gratitude. In the simplest terms gratefulness is an adjective used to describe our emotional state towards an act of kindness. Being thankful, expressing positivity towards those who are in our lives.

So how do we remain grateful, especially while we are working from home?

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Topics: Productivity, Communications, Business Tools, Working From Home, Workspace, Hybrid Office, Remote Work

[Infographic]: Staying Productive at Home

Posted by MHO Networks on Jun 1, 2020 9:30:00 AM

Having a hard time staying productive? We found some effective ways to help you through these times.

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Topics: Productivity, Remote, Working From Home

Tips and Best Practices to Ensure Your Remote Workforce Stays Connected

Posted by MHO Networks on Apr 15, 2020 9:45:00 AM

Many people throughout the global workforce are adjusting to working from home, especially since it seems to be the new normal for the foreseeable future. As we all adapt and utilize tools, manage usage with others, and do our best to maintain security, many have encountered some issues.

These can include:

Home Internet services are not typically built for the type of workload that may be needed.
They also don’t have the security protocols that office work environments enjoy.
Video streaming and conferencing is way up, and these are big taxes on bandwidth.
Additionally, there may be many people doin
g these types of streams at the same time in one household now (both spouses working from home, plus kids at home doing educational or recreational activities online).

What are some best practices to ensure your remote workforce stays connected to the Internet and your business network? As the new normal continues to become our reality, here are some practical steps you can take to enhance your work-from-home arrangement.

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Topics: Bandwidth, Productivity, High Speed Internet, Internet Access, Remote

[Infographic]: What Downtime Really Costs You

Posted by MHO Networks on Aug 23, 2017 10:38:58 AM

An outage of any kind that causes downtime doesn't appear to cost much on the surface. It is the less obvious losses -- from productivity to reputation and beyond -- that form the true cost of a downtime incident.

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Topics: Network, Customer Service, Downtime, Uptime, Data, Productivity, Disaster Recovery

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Are the Costs of Downtime Increasing?

Does TikTok and Social Media Kill Your Company's Network and Productivity?

6 Ways to Make the Most of Your Work Day

Time Management Tips for Your Work Day

6 Tips to Remain Grateful in Your Workspace

[Infographic]: Staying Productive at Home

Tips and Best Practices to Ensure Your Remote Workforce Stays Connected

[Infographic]: What Downtime Really Costs You

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