As we head into these final months of 2022, it’s time for us to take a holistic look at the year ahead. We’re more than two years out from the beginning of the pandemic, and it’s clear that remote and hybrid work models are here to stay. A recent Pew Research Center Survey noted that nearly 60% of workers in the U.S. who can work remotely would continue to do so by choice. This new work model can come with many benefits – not the least of which is an improved work/life balance for your employees. This shift also necessitates new collaboration tools and technologies that make your company’s day-to-day operations smoother and more effective. Ultimately, these new technologies should make your business life easier.
Top 5 Tips to Make Tech Work For You
When it comes to new technologies, it can often feel like the possibilities are endless! Luckily you don’t need a computer science degree to work through all these choices. We’ve created the following list of the top 5 ways to make technology work for you. This list aims to help improve your business workflow, and our team is here to ensure you won’t have any IT headaches as you head into 2023!
1. Remote CyberSecurity
Cybersecurity has always been an integral part of your company’s security efforts, but as remote work trends increase in popularity, it’s essential to invest in cybersecurity for your employees’ home networks. This can often seem challenging since it requires setting up Virtual Private Networks (VPNs) or similar security measures to ensure security for employees working from home. Since this trend is here to stay, discussing ways to increase your company’s remote cybersecurity is important.
2. Software-as-a-Service (SaaS)
This next trend continues our first tip. As the workplace moves to more flexible and hybrid work models, SaaS and cloud-based platforms are on track to eclipse on-premise IT approaches. A recent Gartner report predicts that cloud offerings will grow to $655 billion in revenue by 2023, up $111 billion from 2022. While these SaaS and cloud infrastructures are necessary to meet the demands of current work trends, there is also the added benefit of significant savings. According to a recent Microsoft IT Pros report, companies are seeing an average annual savings of around 30%. Moving to the cloud provides convenient scalability with seemingly endless data storage that can easily surface on-premise capacity limits.
3. Device Flexibility
A flexible work model means more companies and employees seek flexibility in their work devices. Many are opting for the ability to work on lighter-weight handheld mobile devices. Since your company has already followed tip #2 and invested in SaaS and cloud-based infrastructure, you’ll have no problem keeping up with this demand! This software can make it easy for employees to work from anywhere, on any device.
4. Adaptive AI
AI is quickly becoming an integral part of our daily work and personal lives. Predictive coding, data analytics, and smarter algorithms are becoming more effective and efficient than ever. Adaptive AI systems can dynamically use real-time feedback and shift learning while adjusting goals. Traditional AI functions on static learning capabilities with slower development times. Essentially it’s unable to learn from interacting with its data. This new adaptive AI can learn from new data and experiences and adjust accordingly.
5. Superapps
You’ve heard of apps, but have you heard of a superapp? Simply put, a superapp combines the features of an app platform into one ecosystem. According to Gartner, half of the world’s population is expected to be a daily user of multiple superapps by 2027. This trend will affect workflow, collaboration, and messaging platforms, due to the ability of superapps to consolidate and replace multiple apps.
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