In the previous article, we explored the problems posed by traditional IT support, we concluded that in the modern world it isn’t enough, and it needs to be improved.

As we said in the previous article, traditional IT support is predominantly conducted by tech savvy but poor communicators that react to your problems rather than looking at your IT productively.

The world of technology is forever changing, and the last two decades in particular have seen huge changes, with new innovative tools being released that have the ability to revolutionise your workplace and, in turn, the way your team work. Due to the power that tech now has in our workplaces, business owners are making it a priority to be sure their tech is working for them in the best possible way, and most have tried to warp it in such a way as to make it catered for their own organisations.

In the previous article we explored how technology has taken the reins as the lifeblood for businesses all over the world. Advancements in technology have evolved to unbelievable proportions, and this growth will only increase our reliance going forward.

Digital Technology is the lifeblood of businesses all over the world – in fact, it is the lifeblood for most of our lives. This reliance on tech is only going to increase in coming years – especially bearing in mind that the technological advancements of recent times have been truly revolutionary, and some of them have enabled us to work remotely from anywhere in the world.

In our previous article we explored the price rises planned by Microsoft at the end of this year, concluding that they are only justified if you are using the tools at your disposal to the very best of your ability. We will now explore those tools – and the ones you may be using now.

In the modern world of work it is essential that you force every morsal of value you can out of the tools at your disposal, and your tech takes top spot in the list of those tools. Now, another reason has arisen why you must be sure that you achieve value wherever possible, because Microsoft have recently announced that they will be making changes to their commercial pricing for their 365 subscriptions.

As we explored in our previous article, due to the rapidly increasing levels of cyber criminality being experienced by businesses of all sizes all over the globe, it is essential that you take the cyber security of your organisation seriously. We explored in detail two of the world's most common forms of cyber attack, favoured by cyber criminals for their ease and average likelihood of success - this high success rate is due to the attack needing the user to ‘authorise’ the attack.

There is no longer any doubt - cyber security must be at the very heart of your business concerns – especially bearing in mind that the levels at which cyber threats are growing and evolving are alarming to say the least. Alongside the massive rise in frequency and severity of cyber attacks around the world comes a sort of obliviousness to them.

In the previous blog in the series we established that the ‘traditional’ methods of communication in the workplace simply aren’t good enough in the modern digital age. We discussed that communication is – and always has been - arguably the most important ingredient to running a successful business.

The workplace has changed in modern times, with our reliance on technology – and the devastating Covid-19 pandemic - changing the way many of us go about our workday. These adaptations will continue long into the future as we continue to discover new ways of utilising our time with more efficient and productive software.