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Going Paperless: How Digitizing Workflows is Improving Efficiency
Remember how pay day used to be? Someone would walk around the office handing out checks, and we’d spend our lunch hour standing in line at the bank to make sure they got deposited. Fast forward a decade or two, and we’re not only celebrating the wonders of direct deposit. We are marveling at the ability to deposit checks right …
Virtualized Desktop Environments: The Future of Work in the Enterprise
Virtualized desktop infrastructure (VDI) was developed over 10 years ago, but it never really took off—until now. With mobility becoming a true force in the global workspace, VDI is quickly becoming a necessary part of the evolving office environment. The IDC predicts nearly 75 percent of the workforce will be mobile by 2020, and businesses worldwide will need to find …
The Convergence of Mobility and IoT in the Workplace: 5 Potential Benefits for Your Bottom Line
We are living through a major transformation, as we get more mobile and get more connected. This convergence of mobility and the Internet of Things (IoT) is progressing so steadily that we as individuals might not be fully aware of its impact as we naturally adapt to the new technologies and abilities. But businesses don’t have the luxury of that …
The Silent Killers of Productivity: Social Media and Mobile
In a recent article written in partnership with Microsoft, I discussed a number of ways technology can help improve productivity for your business. But what happens when technology actually becomes a hindrance to keeping things moving? Enter the silent killers of productivity: social media and mobile. In the most recent Office Small Business Academy Webcast, “Work Smarter: Productivity Tools for …
Enterprise Mobility: Eliminating the Need for Traditional Offices
So long water cooler conversations! With new technologies supporting enterprise mobility, the traditional office space and all the rituals that went along with it are going the way of the dinosaur. Today’s businesses acknowledge the important role mobility can play in improving productivity, cutting costs, and offering even greater flexibility to a freedom-hungry workforce. I dare say the collapse of …
Moving to Virtualized Desktop Environments
I still remember the excitement of logging on to my first remote desktop more than a decade ago. The magic of sitting in my house and using the exact same files and software I had at the office—it felt like a holy miracle! No more lugging my external drive back and forth to my workplace, no more heavy computer bags …
Continued Evolution of Enterprise Mobility
A few months ago, I discussed how enterprise mobility is part of the modern business evolution. Revolution might be more like it. In 2016, we saw record numbers of companies changing how they function in the new mobile environment—increasingly working from mobile-only apps and providing only mobile devices to new employees. As the technology grows and expands, it has the …
In-Depth Huawei Mate 9 Smartphone Review (Written by a Heavy Phone User)
I’m a heavy phone user. So when I was asked to write a Huawei Mate 9 smartphone review — I hesitated. Did they really know who they were asking? If you’re a heavy phone user too, you know we judge smartphones by a different standard than most people. To us, our phones are our connections to the world. They are an extension of …
Enterprise Mobility: The Evolution of The Future of Business
If a struggling business owner were to ask me to identify what they could improve to stay ahead in this marketplace, I would say adaptability. Of course, each business is different, and I wouldn’t know what a given company’s struggles are without a thorough inventory. But most of us can take steps to improve our adaptability. Agility is one of …