The past 18 months have taught business leaders that flexible work and collaboration environments can be the key to business continuity—whether the business is office-centric, hybrid, or distributed. The proof is in the numbers: In 2020, the collaboration software category exploded, growing five year’s worth of users in the first six months of the year alone.

We recently had the opportunity to speak to a student audience at Serverless Days and came up with some insights that we felt were worth sharing with a wider audience. Please take a look and let us know your thoughts @trycourier. Serverless architecture is relatively new, yet many startup developers prefer building their foundation on a Serverless framework. But what's with the hype?

Digital workplace solutions have played a huge role in streamlining the shift to remote work. It has improved the employee experience and organizational productivity and made work-from-home almost as smooth as in-office work. While it has certainly made work life easier for both employees and managers alike, from a cybersecurity standpoint, having a single integrated interface with all the data from the organization in one place leaves the company vulnerable.

As a consultant, I have had the privilege of working with a large number of organisations; from world-class software development powerhouses, to startups just getting their feet wet. No matter the size, the technology, or the market, they all have at least one common interest: to gain a competitive advantage. They might not always word it the same way from company to company, but it’s what they want.

Since its release nearly two decades ago, Jira has always been a firm favourite among software companies. Developed by Atlassian, the agile project management tool is currently used by over 70,000 teams worldwide. It has definitely made its mark and helped shape the entire development sector over the years. However, in recent times Jira has become increasingly unpopular with the teams who were once all too happy to sing its praises from the rooftops.

Over the past few months, thousands of people have been using the Spaces beta to better organise conversations. To recap, Spaces rethink grouping rooms and people, fundamentally improving Element & Matrix to better group conversations instead of viewing all rooms all of the time. They come in three main flavours: Today, we’re incredibly excited to announce that Spaces are officially out of beta!

This article originally appeared on Inc. The evidence is clear—the future of work is hybrid. According to research by Gartner, 82% of company leaders plan to allow their employees to work remotely after the pandemic at least some of the time. Yet implementing a hybrid work policy is far from straightforward. Perhaps most concerning is the potential for hybrid workplaces to breed two tiers of workers, with those who come into the office less frequently relegated to lower status.

The pandemic has overwhelmed us with changes, including the changes in workplace setup. Insurance companies have started adopting various types of hybrid workplace setups to accommodate the needs of both customers and employees. However, it has been challenging for such companies to find the perfect solution that provides efficiency, security, and governance all in one platform. This article outlines the internal needs of the insurance companies and how one digital solution can address it all.

As Miro is used for more and more use cases across a growing number of teams and organizations, IT and security leads need better visibility into what is happening within Miro. With these users in mind, we are constantly improving the ways we empower teams to monitor user activity, identify suspicious behavior, and make data-driven decisions in real-time. That’s why we’ve chosen to partner with Splunk, the Data-to-Everything platform that helps businesses manage and protect their data.

Our mission has always been to create the most secure communications and collaboration platform. We’ve focused on building an infrastructure that enterprises and governments can rely upon for all communications across teams, clients, and partners.

At Asana, we believe that humanity thrives when we can work together effortlessly. Easy collaboration helps teams do great things, including nonprofit organizations with big missions to improve our world. That’s why we launched our Asana for Nonprofits program, which offers eligible nonprofits a 50% discount on Asana Premium or Asana Business. Asana for Nonprofits aims to boost the impact of nonprofits and help them improve efficiency, connectivity, and visibility.

There is a Cambrian explosion currently underway in the collaboration tools space. The exponential rise in remote working as a result of naturally evolving workplaces and aided by the recent pandemic has created an opportunity for lots of different collaboration tools to take center stage. As our collaboration tools improve, work that would have been nearly impossible to do remotely is becoming more and more common.

When the requirement of screen sharing software arises you get to hear many opinions from the people, after consolidating all those views while finalizing on the tool you would hugely contemplate on TeamViewer vs AnyDesk. Looking at the views both may appear best and suitable to your requirements, so let us give a comparison that aids you to choose the best screen sharing app or software.

By using huddles, split view and Atlas, service teams can deliver faster, seamless customer support.

Did you think Confluence and Jira were just for web developers? Think again! Any kind of collaborative project can benefit from the powerful scheduling, issue tracking and documentation features in Confluence and Jira. If your organisation is already using the Atlassian stack, then it’s time to get even more out of it. Let’s show you how you can use Jira and Confluence to create the content for your website; better than you’ve ever been able to do it before.

Building a digital headquarters that enables more flexible, inclusive and productive ways of working.

The world’s leading software review and selection platform recognized Simpplr as the highest-rated and best-reviewed Internal Communications system for 2021.

We’re excited to announce the launch of Rocket.Chat’s new Facebook Messenger App, built to improve customer service efficiency on the go-to messaging app for over 1.3 billion worldwide users. The 2.0 version of the app is a more robust integration with new features that the 1.0 version didn’t offer, such as message automation and customization. This will enable Rocket.Chat users to streamline their customer service efforts while building an exceptional customer experience.

In today’s definition, a workplace is no longer a place. Most people realized they could work literally anywhere — office, coffee shop, home. Organizations and companies worldwide have turned to remote working for some time now. With the onset and offset of multiple lockdowns in many countries, there is a need to implement a hybrid workplace to adapt to the demanding conditions of today’s work setup.

We all spent a year getting used to remote work; now, the big question is how do we transition back to the in-person work pattern in a new world with Covid-19? Or should we transition back at all? In a study of workers by Buffer (both pre-pandemic remote workers and workers who became remote during the pandemic), 97.6% confirmed they would like to continue working remotely at least some of the time.

Simpplr is a winner in the 2021 SaaS Awards Program with Best UX/UI in a Saas Product! The SaaS Awards is a software awards program that celebrates innovation and excellence. Simpplr was chosen from over hundreds of organizations with entries from across the world, including the US, Canada, UK, Australasia and EMEA.

For years, businesses have been leveraging technology to automate a lot of those important yet time consuming administrative tasks that take too much of an employee's focus away from more important matters. AP management software, for example, can be used to automate everything from invoice receipt and management to electronic payments, reporting and analytics, supplier management and more.

Mattermost v5.39 is generally available today and includes multiple bug fixes for increased stability (see changelog for more details).

As we continuously make our way towards a post-pandemic world, adapting to the new normal is necessary. Speaking of new normal, one big trend we are seeing in the workplace is going hybrid. In fact, some organizations consider going hybrid as the future of work. Going hybrid means establishing a work setup that involves both working in the office and elsewhere, usually at home.

Steps for the upgrade to V5.6.2 from V5.x.x for Download License (On-Premises License) customers. Step 2) From Services >> My Services — You can download a new setup for Vision Helpdesk V5.6.2 (We support PHP7.1 and above PHP version for V5 version) Step 3) Take a backup of your existing files and database on your server. example if you had installed on support folder you can rename support to support_bk and create new support folder.

At Wire, we constantly strive to provide the most advanced security and superior user experience. We understand how important it is to be efficient and productive, and how an intuitive design contributes to that. We are happy to introduce significant improvements to the buttons you see in Wire calls — making it easier for you to toggle mute, video and screen sharing during calls. In this article, you’ll read all about what changed and why we made these decisions.

Team communication is one of the most fundamental aspects of collaboration. Communication in teams is more than just efficient work. It allows everyone on the team to be educated on any topic that may affect their work. Moreover, it develops trust, builds camaraderie among the team members, boosts morale, and helps employees stay engaged in the workplace.

A team only works well if everyone can collaborate and organise effectively. That’s why over 170,000 companies use Atlassian applications, like Confluence, to empower their teams with collaborative tools. In a hybrid and remote-first working world, businesses are seeing the true benefits of cloud computing and deploy-anywhere web applications like Confluence Cloud. Shouldn’t your business be using it, too?

The way individuals, teams, and organizations work has fundamentally changed since the pandemic began. This shift in how teams operate has given rise to the accelerated adoption of collaboration software, which saw a 32% increase in year-on-year revenue globally in 2020 according to an IDC white paper.

Ultimate data security is the goal of many companies today. One of the most important goals of IT departments is to keep data secure at all times. However, with advancements in technology, data security is becoming more complex. ⚿ Follow this article to find out why it’s crucial to ensure data security in your organization – and how you can do that. Before you start, get our list of most important features to look for in a secure business communication platform.

This article originally appeared on Inc. As plans to reopen offices shift and evolve, many executives are grappling with what their future remote or hybrid work policy will be. Some companies have laid down the law from the top, while others have adopted a more bottoms-up approach—giving significant authority to individual managers to decide their individual team’s policy.

At Asana we’re big on knowing who’s doing what by when—and that includes knowing when your own tasks are due. That’s why we created My Tasks—your one-stop-shop for viewing all of the work assigned to you in one central place. Whether you’re new to Asana or an Asana power user, My Tasks is the best way to make sure none of your work falls through the cracks. View your tasks in List, Board, or Week View, and create custom sections to make My Tasks work for you.

The global outbreak of Covid 19 and the resulting switch to online working and a new dependence on IT has seen cybercrime increase dramatically. According to research, UK businesses lost over £6.2 million to cyber scams this past year, with a 31 percent increase in the number of attacks during the height of the pandemic. Cybercrime will continue to damage businesses, institutions and governments unless a radical new approach to rebuilding security infrastructure is taken.

How to Set Up Multi-Channel Notifications in Your AWS Stack In this article, we’ll walk through an example architecture for building your own notification service with AWS, and show you how to implement it in Node.js. We’ll also discuss a few considerations related to using AWS services for notifications. Let’s dive in!

If you’re an organization adopting a tech suite to create a secure, reliable, and integrated experience for your teams, a natural choice might be Microsoft technologies. Microsoft Teams has been enabling over 250 million monthly active users to seamlessly bring work right into the chat and video experience and connect teams securely, whether they’re in the office or at home.

Companies and organizations are obliged to hold annual general meetings to discuss matters with board members and shareholders. Conducting these meetings must be prepared and facilitated properly, as there are legal consequences at stake. But what exactly are annual general meetings? How should companies administer these meetings?

WhatsApp usage within the workplace is bad for all sorts of reasons, yet we all know it’s endemic. The solution is to introduce an enterprise-grade alternative, like Element. But weaning people off their WhatsApp habit is hard; for many frontline workers and contractors it’s become the default, and it’s often an off-the-record comms shortcut for senior management.

It’s likely that you are already exploring the challenges and possibilities of the “new normal.” As the world begins to reopen, it’s clear that things have changed. And with every change comes a new opportunity (and even responsibility) to improve — as individuals and as companies. While our understanding of where things are headed is in constant flux, one trend is clearly emerging that’s top of mind for business leaders across the globe.

From nonprofits to corporations, the use of board book software is quickly becoming the norm. In the past, the preparation of board books was one of those activities that took up a ridiculous amount of time and effort disproportionate to the value it was adding.

Developments in technology have led board members and corporate secretaries to look into solutions that compensate for their tedious work schedules. Amidst initial apprehensions, leaders are now starting to warm themselves to the idea that digitizing board books present significant benefits to their respective companies. It has now become the norm for businesses – ranging from nonprofits to corporations – to adopt electronic board books for their meetings.

How does one of the most prestigious universities in the world move into the online education space? Very, very thoughtfully.

Many companies are basing their hybrid or remote work strategy on instinct. Yet it’s dangerous to let your intuitions or, worse, your biases drive your strategy. The companies that will thrive as they transition to new hybrid and remote work models will adopt a data-driven approach. As a leader, here’s how to use data, not your gut, to make important decisions about your remote or hybrid work strategy moving forward.

Remote work has been on the rise since the abrupt transition from physical to virtual workplace because of the COVID-19 pandemic. Organizations and companies have seen the need to adapt to the virtual setup to continue their operations. With an effective hybrid workplace, the quality of work and the team’s engagement could be maintained in the post-pandemic.

All teams – established or brand new – go through changes. At times, contractors need to be brought in to fulfil a specific need with their skills. This can be a real boon to your teams, if it’s handled well and there are plenty of benefits to bringing in contractors besides hitting company objectives.

Communication is important in any successful business, but it is highly important in defense when it comes to pursuing each day-to-day operation, duty, and obligation, every piece of data helps to keep the activities running smoothly. Any flaws or errors can obstruct the defense collaboration jeopardizing the entire situation, costing lives, and sabotaging national security.

If lockdowns and office closures over the course of the coronavirus proved anything, it was that working remotely is not only possible, it’s beneficial. Productivity, work-life balance and employee satisfaction are all improved. Overheads, commuting costs and carbon emissions are cut. Inclusivity is vastly improved, with a far wider talent pool to choose from as a result. Having the option of remote work keeps employees happy, and gives their employers better work. It’s a major win-win.

Today’s knowledge workers spend about 60% of their time on “work about work”—such as unnecessary meetings, status checks, and searching for information—according to the Anatomy of Work Index 2021. Even before remote work, the average large U.S. business lost $45 million in productivity each year because of inefficient knowledge sharing. But getting people to change how they work, even when the current process is painful and time consuming, is hard—really hard.

Rocket.Chat 3.18.0 is here with many new exciting features and improvements. In this post, we’ve listed the major updates about Team Collaboration, Omnichannel & Marketplace – check them out below!