The prevalence of teleconferencing demonstrates the need for a set of concrete guidelines as to how teleconferencing should be conducted. This includes the expectations for employees, organizations and the conference meetings themselves. The purpose of this Teleconferencing Policy from TechRepublic Premium is to provide requirements for conducting successful and professional teleconferences, whether at home or ...

Many industries rely on machine automation to save money and reduce risk. However, along with the benefits comes the critical need to implement policies for its proper use. This set of guidelines from TechRepublic Premium will help your organization keep its machine automation safe, reliable and in compliance. From the guidelines: Contractual liabilities and insurance ...

IT professionals, such as system and network administrators, help desk staff, management personnel and sometimes external vendor representatives, are routinely provided full access to company servers, network devices and data so that they can effectively perform their jobs. This policy from TechRepublic Premium provides guidelines for the company and its IT staff to ensure the ...

Phone interviews can save time and speed up the hiring process. This cheat sheet from TechRepublic Premium will make it easy to ask both general and job-specific questions, allowing you to compare candidates systematically. Questions from the cheat sheet: Can you describe a work experience where you were part of a project or initiative and ...

Amidst the growing landscape of data storage methods and functions, keeping up with the terminology used to describe the technology has become challenging as well. This quick glossary from TechRepublic Premium is intended to serve as a guide to defining common storage terms and noteworthy storage service providers. From the glossary: ASYNCHRONOUS REPLICATION Asynchronous replication ...

Remote work has become a staple in the business world, especially in light of some companies permanently closing their office locations and transitioning their employees into a full remote work environment. The purpose of this policy from TechRepublic Premium is to establish appropriate guidelines for the remote workforce, including what sort of environments they should ...

The IT department must regularly perform maintenance, upgrades and other service on organizational servers, systems and networks either for upkeep or restorative purposes. This work often results in either intentional or unintentional downtime. This policy from TechRepublic Premium describes how the organization should plan for and announce scheduled server, system and network downtime to specify ...

For many industries and enterprises, efficient manufacturing requires at least some form of robotic automation. In fact, in some instances, companies could not compete or survive without it. Along with this growing reliance on robotics in modern manufacturing comes the need to have a working knowledge of robotics terminology. TechRepublic Premium presents this quick glossary ...

Phone interviews can save time and speed up the hiring process. This cheat sheet will make it easy to ask both general and job-specific questions, allowing you to compare candidates for the field/systems engineer job systematically. Questions from the cheat sheet: In what type of corporate culture do you thrive best and why? Have you ...

Voice engineers are responsible for installing, operating and managing voice communication systems — a critically important role for any business. This cheat sheet from TechRepublic Premium provides a section of general questions, followed by job-specific questions aimed at determining candidates’ experience, skills and suitability for the voice engineer position. Questions from the cheat sheet: Describe ...