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Is Poor Collaboration Hurting Your Team's Productivity?
Regardless of how many days you believe hybrid workers should spend in or out of the office and its positive or negative impact on productivity, hybrid work is now the new normal for organisations across the globe. While increased flexibility has brought many positives for employees, it’s essential that employees and customers can collaborate effectively to ensure improved productivity.
The Buzz Was Back
Yesterday, I had the pleasure of attending Microsoft Envision at London’s Excel. This was the first in-person-only event Microsoft had run in some four years, and it was absolutely packed with a real buzz and energy I haven’t seen at an event in years. Whilst there was nothing new* announced, they did a good job of bringing together all the announcements over the past six months and putting some real-life context and examples around them.
Top tips for preventing Microsoft Copilot from being an IT plane crash Original
It's estimated that a third of a worker's day is typically wasted on outdated processes and unnecessary tasks. Organisations are going to want Microsoft 365 Copilot to improve efficiency and productivity. Copilot is an AI-powered digital assistant designed to help users with various tasks and activities on their devices. It can create drafts, suggest different wording, suggest and insert images, create PowerPoint presentations from your Word documents and many other helpful things.
People Laughed At Cisco’s Security Ambitions; They’re Not Laughing Now
As a Cisco partner, every time we meet with Cisco they tell us ‘we’re going to be recognised as one of the biggest security partners in the next three years’ – they’ve been saying that for the last 12 months. By , Cisco are putting their money where their mouth is. If you’d asked me who they’d acquire, I wouldn’t have picked Splunk. But the more I look at it, the more I think it’s a really smart acquisition. If I look at where Cisco has been making noise, it’s all been about security.
Is your office struggling to support today’s collaboration demands?
Over the past three years, online collaboration tools have become the norm. Working life is largely underpinned by wireless connected laptops in place of connected docking stations and wired connections to the corporate network. The hybrid worker is here to stay. But how is the office environment adapting to meet these needs, and are collaboration tools being used effectively?
Is your office struggling to support today’s collaboration demands?
Over the past three years, online collaboration tools have become the norm. Working life is largely underpinned by wireless connected laptops in place of connected docking stations and wired connections to the corporate network. The hybrid worker is here to stay. But how is the office environment adapting to meet these needs, and are collaboration tools being used effectively?
The 2023 Ultimate Guide to Network Infrastructure
Overview Networks are everywhere today, from Bluetooth personal area networks, to Local Area Networks in the home and office, to Wide Area Networks connecting remote offices, the cellular networks carrying mobile voice and data, and the big one which combines all networks, the internet. Network infrastructure describes the many components enabling networks.
Five key issues to address to make hybrid working a success Original
The Metaverse is coming whether you like it or not – with Meta, Cisco and Microsoft all set to release their first forms of the Metaverse for meetings this year. Watch out for a blend of avatars, virtual reality (VR) and augmented reality (AR) which will enhance the current video and collaboration tools we already have to create a more inclusive office experience. But there is still a way to go before it replicates the sense of togetherness people feel from coming into the office.
Cyber security expert calls on UK business to alert staff to likely rise in phishing attacks this week and ensure their multi-factor authentication is turned on - Global Security Mag Online
Cyber security expert calls on UK business to alert staff to likely rise in phishing attacks this week and ensure their multi-factor authentication is turned on Late last week, the UK Government issued a warning that they are expecting to see a huge increase in phishing attacks on UK businesses from Russia and Iran in the coming days.
Prepare offices for hybrid work with new experiences on Microsoft Teams Rooms and Teams devices
Sep 09 2021 08:00 AM Hybrid work is hard, and we are all still learning. However, as companies prepare for employees to return to the office, there is certainty many spaces will need to evolve to support hybrid work. Videoconferencing has been considered a “rising trend” for decades, yet only 7.8 percent of the nearly 90 million meeting rooms worldwide are enabled for video¹.
How to Demo like a Pro from Windows - with video tutorials
Jul 11 2021 09:00 AM If there is one thing the past year of technical events has taught us, it's that making our technical training sessions and presentations short, dynamic and seamless, has the biggest impact. A huge factor as to why this shift has happened is that lots of the presentations and demonstrations we've all seen over the past year have had demos pre-recorded, then edited in video post-production to cut out things like unnecessary load times or navigation between apps and visuals.
Compliance and Security in the Cloud
With Microsoft’s announcement on the 1st July about the general availability of ‘public switched telephone network’ (PSTN) Calling as part of Skype for Business Online, agile working just got made even easier. As more businesses embrace agile working this means that staff are increasingly working out of office, bringing their own devices into the workplace, or using their mobiles to make calls as well as sometimes even arranging deals.
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