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From technology leaders to business leaders: how to evolve your IT team

With business demands ever-changing, IT teams must adapt the way they work.

The role of the IT team has significantly shifted. Whilst once it was more about ‘keeping the lights on’, IT teams now find themselves at the forefront of driving innovation. It is clear that IT has become firmly established at the heart of business operations.

Hybrid working: is it the right strategy for you?

As companies plan for the future post-Covid, some are considering a model that combines remote work and office time.

A year on from what was touted as ‘the world’s biggest remote working experiment’, we’ve all seen the business successes and challenges that came with the pandemic. Despite the initial scepticism, for many employees, productivity remained high and a better work-life balance was achieved. And businesses began to save costs on unused office space, highlighting the commercial benefits of longer-term remote working.

3 ways an IT assessment can help optimise your business

As the saying goes, “you can’t manage what you don’t measure”. So, when it comes to truly understanding the strengths and vulnerabilities of your current IT setup, its timely, detailed, and accurate analysis is essential.

IT environments develop continuously. Yet changes in IT resource, technologies and business direction can leave your organisation exposed to new and emerging security threats.

Secure remote working: how to future-proof your architecture practice

Secure, flexible and cost-effective remote working is fundamental for Architecture, Engineering and Construction (AEC) practices to thrive and survive.

AEC is a highly collaborative and tactile industry. Traditionally heavily reliant on office presence, many firms have recently been under increasing pressure to offer greater flexibility to facilitate a better work-life balance. And over time, this became not only a crucial way of retaining existing talent but also attracting the new. Then, with the arrival of Covid, flexible remote working rapidly evolved from a nice-to-have to a business necessity.

A Cyber Pandemic is here: how to protect your business

Security remains a key focus for IT teams as bad actors continue to rapidly evolve their cyberattacks.

A new global crisis emerges

Undoubtedly, last year will be remembered as the year of the Covid pandemic. Bringing disruption to our daily lives, the race to work from home dramatically changed the online space at an exponential rate.