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• UnitedHealth to buy home healthcare provider LHC for $5.4B

  29-03-2022 23:15
  
  UnitedHealth Group, which runs the nation’s largest health insurer, today announced it will buy LCH Group, a provider of home healthcare services, for $5.4 billion. UnitedHealth will combine LHC Group with its Optum Health division, which provides primary and urgent care services and surgical care 100 million consumers.The deal is expected to close in the second half of 2022, subject to LHC Group shareholder approvals, regulatory approvals, and other customary closing conditions.The
  
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• UnitedHealth to buy home health care provider LHC for $5.4B

  29-03-2022 23:15
  
  UnitedHealth Group, which runs the nation’s largest health insurer, today announced it will buy LCH Group, a provider of home healthcare services, for $5.4 billion. UnitedHealth will combine LHC Group with its Optum Health division, which provides primary and urgent care services and surgical care 100 million consumers.The deal is expected to close in the second half of 2022, subject to LHC Group shareholder approvals, regulatory approvals, and other customary closing conditions.The
  
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• At Enterprise Connect, IT pros set out their hybrid work strategies

  29-03-2022 18:44
  
  As businesses move to the next stage in their COVID-19 pandemic response — by reopening offices — many are adopting a hybrid approach — with some staffers working remotely at least part of the week.But there’s no one-size-fits-all answer, which was apparaent at last week’s Enterprise Connect industry conference, where a panel of IT leaders discussed their priorities as they support multiple modes of working.“We're going to be very flexible and adaptive,&rdquo
  
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• How not to upgrade your enterprise technology

  29-03-2022 15:02
  
  Apple, Zebra, Android? It really doesn’t matter how you choose to equip your front-line teams, if you’ve failed to spend time figuring out what problems your technology investment solves for them.To read this article in full, please click here
  
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• Otter.ai overhauls its popular transcription platform

  29-03-2022 14:00
  
  AI-powered transcription service Otter.ai is today announcing a complete overhaul of its platform, offering workers new intelligently generated in-meeting action items, alongside a centralized environment for all meeting transcriptions and notes.Building on the launch of its Otter Assistant in August 2021, the new update aims to streamline communication further by continuing to use conversational AI to improve both the in-meeting and post-meeting experience.The update consists of a new-look hom
  
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• HP to acquire Poly for £3.3B

  29-03-2022 12:38
  
  HP has announced it is acquiring Poly, a company that specializes in video and audio equipment, for a purchase price of $1.7 billion, with a total transaction value of $3.3 billion, including debt. The deal is expected to close by the end of 2022.The acquisition is set to accelerate HP’s foray into the world of hybrid work, coming eight months after the company purchased remote desktop software provider Teradici.Founded in 1990 and originally named Polycom, the company was acquired by hea
  
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• USB-C explained: How to get the most from it (and why it still keeps getting better)

  29-03-2022 12:00
  
  Now that you’re used to seeing co-workers, family, and strangers on planes use the oblong USB-C connector, it’s time to see just what this promising standard is capable of. As we approach its eighth birthday, the USB-C plug is now part and parcel of most current laptops, phones, and tablets. Even MacBooks, iPads, and Chromebooks are moving to USB-C.In other words, we are well into the USB-C era, and the older rectangular USB Type-A plug we are so used to is slowly going the way of t
  
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• USB-C explained: How to get the most from it (and why it still keeps getting better)

  29-03-2022 12:00
  
  Now that you’re used to seeing co-workers, family, and strangers on planes use the oblong USB-C connector, it’s time to see just what this promising standard is capable of. As we approach its eighth birthday, the USB-C plug is now part and parcel of most current laptops, phones, and tablets. Even MacBooks, iPads, and Chromebooks are moving to USB-C.In other words, we are well into the USB-C era, and the older rectangular USB Type-A plug we are so used to is slowly going the way of t
  
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• As Omicron wanes, where does that leave working from home?

  29-03-2022 12:00
  
  I was chatting recently with a friend of mine who runs a small business when he asked if "it’s time to get people back into the office?"My reply: "Are they still working well for you from home?""Yes, but Covid's not that big a deal now.""First, it's still a big deal. Besides, ever hear of the BA.2 variant? You will."I explained in further detail: "If it's not broke, why fix it? Your people are good, their work's good, what's not to like? Let them keep working from home."To read this artic
  
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