At a meeting I attended recently, someone asked two new members of the sales team (both in their mid-20s) how they felt about email. They both said that they would use it if they had to, but that they preferred to communicate via text message. Now, to paraphrase Mark Twain, the rumors of email’s death…
Work is changing. In fact, nearly everything about work is evolving rapidly. Workers are becoming more mobile and connected. Workplaces are becoming more flexible and collaborative. The results of these changes are greater efficiency, higher productivity and improved satisfaction among workers. As the workplace evolves, we’re seeing some interesting trends. The U.S. Workplace Survey 2019,…
Today’s smartphones have security features that were practically science fiction just a few years ago. A user with a new device likely has a phone that encrypts data, continuously updates its operating system to ward off threats and allows users to authenticate their identity with biometric factors such as fingerprint and facial recognition. This is…
Conversations about managing mobile devices can quickly turn into alphabet soup. First there was MDM, or mobile device management, which gave organizations better visibility into and control over smartphones and tablets. Then came EMM, or enterprise mobility management, which added content and application management capabilities alongside device management. The latest evolution is UEM, or unified…
Until recently, organizations had compelling technology-related reasons for limiting remote work. Video solutions that would enable face-to-face communication were wonky; it was difficult to secure and update off-network employee devices; and workers needed to use often-clunky virtual private network (VPN) connections to access critical work applications. Today, all that has changed — or, at least,…
Over the last few years, much of the IT industry has been affected by the “as a service” model, and this trend doesn’t appear to be slowing. An IDC report from last year discussed a relative newcomer to this arena: Device as a Service (DaaS). IDC believes that DaaS has the potential to be extremely…
