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A Modern Digital Workplace doesn’t just affect IT, but the entire company. But how should such a substantial project be tackled? Each company has highly individual requirements for the workplace of the future, making a structured approach absolutely critical. With Bechtle Consulting Services we support enterprises on their road to the Modern Digital Workplace in six steps.

Cambridge Dictionary defines collaboration as “the situation of two or more people working together to create or achieve the same thing”. This is exactly what Cisco aims to achieve with its software and hardware solutions. In addition to improving business processes, speeding up the decision-making process and boosting productivity, it wants to simplify communication, encourage innovation and empower people to work together anywhere, on any device. But what does this look like in real life? Read on to learn about Timo Potocnik’s experience with Sevenval.

The classic concept of business IT is based on the image of a company as a fortress. Everything within its walls is trustworthy, everything out-side potentially dangerous. The fortress walls (firewalls) and moats (proxies) protect the company. But not enough. Why? Because we are globally connected, because employees want to and need to work out-side the bounds of the company exactly as they would within the for-tress. The question is how to resolve this dilemma by introducing a Modern Digital Workplace...

Modern Workplace—How can you incorporate this into your company? Many are now facing the challenge of how to go from their existing tools to a comprehensive Digital Workplace concept as important part of a digital strategy. How can you integrate your existing tools as smoothly as possible? And what steps should you take now? We’ve summarised the key points and questions to help you on your way to the Modern Digital Workplace.

What does a modern workplace actually look like? Workplace of the future, modern workspace, modern workplace, digital workplace—do these all just describe the same thing? And how do you go about making your business a modern digital workplace? In this article, we dispel the five most common myths.

Microsoft has announced it will be pulling the plug on Skype for Business, its popular real-time online collaboration service, at the end of July 2021. This announcement marks the beginning of the end for the service as Skype for Business will no longer be available to new cloud subscribers starting in September 2019. But there’s no need to panic. Microsoft has plans to revolutionise in-house and external collaboration, having laid the foundation for this back in 2011 with the introduction of Microsoft Teams.

Collaboration and the modern workplace are two terms that today’s businesses can no longer ignore. Yet I still notice that people often don’t know exactly what they mean. One particular sticking point is that the modern workplace, sometimes described as the “future of work”, isn’t limited to just software solutions and contemporary office spaces. It also encompasses less tangible but tightly interwoven concepts such as corporate culture and philosophy, structure, ways of working, outlook and goals. For the modern workplace to truly flourish, all this must be connected.

Companies updating their workplace will not be able to avoid investing in digital workstations. However, decision-makers often find themselves walking a tightrope between the available IT budget and the technology they really want. Read on to learn how a modern workplace can benefit CFOs.

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Smartphones and tablets have become constant companions in our everyday lives, which is why it has become more critical than ever to ensure company data is securely accessible. Our Bechtle Blog outlines your options.

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By 2025, 75 per cent of the global workforce will consist of millennials. This cohort has grown up in a digitally connected world, communicating with friends and family on Facebook or WhatsApp, sharing snapshots of their lives on Snapchat and following trendsetting brands on Instagram. Their background shapes what they expect from an employer and workplace.

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