It only took Los Angeles 11 days to get 12,000 city workers telecommuting during the pandemic

As the coronavirus pandemic spreads, LA's IT department quickly developed a system to enable many city employees to work from home. Before Feb. 15, most of the 48,000 government employees…

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COBOL programmers are in demand to fight the coronavirus pandemic

A number of states continue to run the decades-old programming language on mainframe systems--including critical unemployment claims systems. Must-read developer content Wanted: COBOL programmers. You wouldn't expect to see them…

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AWS Outposts are now supported in GovCloud (US) Regions: What this means for IT pros

Amazon GovCloud (US) Regions can now utilize AWS Outposts in their infrastructure. Find out what this means and what the benefits entail. Image: Smith Collection/Gado / Getty Images Amazon recently…

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35% of Zoom users fear data leaks amid the platform’s security issues

12% of users have reportedly stopped using Zoom altogether, the social platform Blind found. More about cybersecurity A Blind report, most recently updated Friday morning, found that 35% of professionals…

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