Thorsten Krüger

Employees are increasingly demanding more flexibility in the workplace. As employees returned to their offices, they were forced to deal with the fact that they may have to retreat back to the safety of their homes at very short notice. There are still only limited possibilities to travel and meet others in person and gatherings are still largely taking place online, and the only way to meet these new challenges is by implementing new workplace paradigms such as going hybrid.

Imagine you work in the IT department at an SME. You wake up every morning knowing that you have a long to-do list to get through. You’re up to your elbows upgrading a NAS server when a colleague from sales comes by. He can’t turn his notebook on and has an important presentation in a couple of hours that he still needs to prepare for. You put the upgrade on the back burner and get down to trying solve his issue, losing valuable time as you go.

Business are facing a raft of challenges: Developing new business models, the complexity of the modern world of work, time-intensive admin and trying to position themselves as a more attractive employer to name but a few. Is it possible to simplify or even automate these processes? How can business areas be developed to be fit for the future without eating up a large amount of time and money? Bechtle and Microsoft’s modular system is the answer. I have asked our Modern Workplace expert Jens Bonnet what this looks like in practice.

The VR Business Club is Germany’s largest dialogue and matchmaking platform that’s all about virtual reality, augmented reality and mixed reality. It’s where solution makers and executives of large, and in particular medium-sized, companies meet to talk VR, AR, MR and related technologies such as IoT, AI, robotics and 5G. Now, the VR Business Club has a home in Southern Germany—at Bechtle Karlsruhe, right at the pulse of technology.

Decision makers, futurists and economists all agree—businesses need to face up to workplace digitalisation. Today. But how? Nobody has a definitive answer.

The future of work, as the name implies, is still some way away. Tomorrow’s success, however, has its roots in the here and now. That’s why managers urgently need to get a handle on transformative change before it’s too late …

Technology region, UNESCO City of Media Arts, SMART City—all terms that describe Karlsruhe. These, alongside the Karlsruhe Institute for Technology and the Centre for Art and Media, make Baden-Württemberg’s second-largest city a driving force in digitalisation—and we’re at its heart. The city’s a digital pioneer and you’ll find out what that means for us and our everyday business in this blog.

Modern Workplace, New Work, decentralised collaboration and new work landscapes—buzzwords that are influencing the modern world of work and are forcing companies to take action. Employees are demanding more and digitalisation is setting the pace. The working day is becoming increasingly complex and requires new working environments. The simple fact is that a perfect working environment is needed to work productively and increase employee satisfaction and motivation, but equipping staff with the latest technology is only one part of the story. Ergonomics and innovative office concepts also play an important role, but are sadly often overlooked.

Virtual and augmented reality can support us in virtual collaboration, training, and courses. Transform your office into a design studio or production hall. Design data for vehicles, machines, or buildings can be virtually edited, constructed, and modified together. On-site problems can be supported by experts on the computer with the aid of chats, documents, languages, and live videos—wherever you are. Employees can fully concentrate on the tasks they have to accomplish. Something that sounds complex and elaborate can also work for your company. Learn how in this blog.

There are times when decisions are made that you never would have thought possible. After 10 years of using Windows at Bechtle, my new work computer was going to be an Apple. The opportunity presented itself and as I already work with Apple at home, the switch wasn’t going to pose any problems. Thankfully, the IT department has a standardised configuration process which they can carry out remotely, and after that was done, I was all set.

Microsoft Teams, Cisco Webex and Google Meet are the three biggest manufacturers of collaboration tools offering their own suites to meet the requirements of modern collaboration that support the challenges of working in dispersed teams. But which solution is the best for your needs? Let us give you some insights.

Who would have thought that working from home would become so popular? As mobile solutions become increasingly acceptable, it is crucial that they work smoothly and efficiently and that communication doesn’t become too impersonal. In this blog, you’ll find out the benefits and opportunities you can enjoy when integrating GoToMeeting in MS Teams.

A lot of people are currently working within the confines of their own four walls which is posing huge challenges for employers and employees alike—particularly when it comes down to the tech. The question is always which technology is the best that won’t blow the budget. Carry on reading to find out which tools and devices employees can use to get the job done simply and efficiently outside of the office.

There’s a slew of very diverse requirements on how business documents must be signed to be legit, and just as many interpretations. The very terminology can raise eyebrows, and there’s certainly not sufficient room in a blog to clear it all up. Still, if you deal with signatures in the legal context of Germany, there are a few facts that you should have straight. So what is an electronic signature, and how does it differ from a digital one? Defining the two is where many people take a wrong turn.

We’ve been talking about a paperless office for decades. But let’s be honest, nobody really believed it would happen. The rapid pace at which the workplace has changed, driven by digital and societal developments means the vision is no longer pie in the sky. Digital document and information logistics already forms a part of today’s Modern Workplace and presents a need for change in output management.

We’ll help your employees stay productive, even in these challenging times. As a long-time Citrix Platinum partner, we at Bechtle have developed a concept that gives your employees working from home fast and secure access to their office PCs and the corporate network - even from their personal PCs, notebooks and tablets.

Video conferences from home and across departments are more important today than ever. In the past, a PC or Mac were needed to for videos - either permanently installed in the meeting rooms or the hardware used by the employees. This isn’t a perfect situation as it requires a lot of IT support and creates a lot of frustration when things go wrong. The result? Users avoid making video calls at all costs. The Poly Studio X family is the answer.

Lenovo and computing - A tried and tested combination. Lenovo and conference room solutions? An exciting unknown! In 2018, Lenovo announced and launched their promising ThinkSmart range with the long-term aim of building a new Lenovo brand around Unified Communication and collaboration, smart devices and Microsoft Teams. From All-in-One solutions and traditional conference rooms to personal devices, Lenovo has the right solution with the ThinkSmart Hub 500. Read on to find out which innovations Lenovo are bringing onto the market and why they are perfect for conferences.

Incoming snail mail often moves through a number of departments before it arrives with the intended recipient. In order to take the paper out of the process, organisations need to connect not only departments, but also different sites and, increasingly, mobile employees. The current surge in home office workers is a particular challenge for companies looking to keep their processes running as well as possible.

More and more people in companies and other organisations, in addition to students and pupils, are currently being forced to work or study within their own four walls. Together with our partner, Google, Bechtle let you communicate and be as productive as possible when working from home.

The current situation presents many companies with considerable challenges. The focus is on possibilities for mobile working in order to make the working day as normal as possible. In this blog you can read how the Agile Desktop can support you quickly and safely in this regard.

If your employees have to work from home due to the current situation, this often mean they face big challenges. In these times, many companies are increasingly falling back on web conference solutions, such as WebEx Teams and Meetings or GoToMeeting, to keep daily business ticking over as normally as possible.

With people being advised to “keep their distance”, employees are finding themselves forced to work from home. But what if they don’t have a laptop? Not a problem, as long as they have any computer at home that connects to the internet. How? Keep reading to find out.

The modern workplace isn’t a tech tool, it’s a people-centric way of doing things. Knowledge transfer and digital learning solutions are core topics of transformation strategies in the digital/modern workplace. Today I want to address an often neglected aspect of the modern workplace, namely the importance of getting your employees on board. I’ll explain what’s meant by “user acceptance” and draw on my own experience to share valuable insight into which concepts and tools are useful and how to get your staff excited about the modern workplace and its cutting-edge strategies.

The times of beamer, whiteboard and co. are coming to an end. Content should no longer have to be photographed with a smartphone in order to send it to the meeting participants via different channels. To what extent Dell can offer you the crucial advantages and increases in efficiency in this respect, you can find out in this blog ...

We all know it. Annoying ads on the TV and radio, and multi-coloured posters at stations, airports and on the street as far as the eye can see. The majority of us ignore the attempts of all these companies to attract our attention. So what can they do to catch the eye of their potential customers?

“Microsoft lets you communicate without restriction—in principle!” This statement is how I used to begin most of my workshops on the modern way to communicate and work using Microsoft 365. But what exactly does the qualifier “in principle” mean when countless solutions and providers have made it easier than ever to send messages and information? And why am I looking forward to soon omitting it from my introductory sentence altogether, thanks to a recently announced partnership between two communications heavyweights?

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...