Teams | Collaboration | Customer Service | Project Management

At FOSDEM 2026, the world’s largest open source conference, Neil Johnson (Element’s Chief Engineering Officer) explored the critical role of sustainability in open source software - with a focus on decentralised networks like Matrix. Before we begin, most people can see why the sustainability of an open source software project is important. Open source software underpins almost all pieces of critical infrastructure, and we need to find ways to safeguard these projects.

24 hours feel so few when you’re not productive. And the exact opposite when you are! According to the American Productivity Audit, U.S. companies lose over $225 billion annually. Why? Due to Lost Productive Time (LPT) caused by health issues, distractions, and mismanaged schedules (US Department of Labor). That’s nearly $1,685 per employee per year in reduced performance. The numbers highlight the problem with productivity, not people.

Clouds surround us, both in actual reality and virtual reality. Just like real life, we need cloud-based monitoring for our apps, data, and websites. With the massive tech boom, teams can hardly monitor what’s going on in their cloud environment. Delays, downtime, and security risks slip through the cracks. That’s exactly when you think of monitoring, especially for your cloud infrastructure.

Most delivery delays don’t happen because developers are slow. They happen because of messy handoffs, last-minute testing, and stressful releases that depend on pure heroics. A strong CI/CD pipeline fixes this by making delivery repeatable, automated, and predictable, so software moves smoothly from code commit to production with faster feedback and fewer surprises.

Knowing how to handle multiple customers at the same time is a core skill in today’s customer-facing roles. In retail, hospitality, customer support, sales, and online services, managing overlapping requests is no longer occasional but routine. Customers still expect timely responses, clear communication, and consistent service, even during busy periods. When handled poorly, multitasking leads to frustration and mistakes. When handled well, it improves efficiency and builds trust.

Tracking the time of remote teams is a complex task. Manual time tracking fails here for a lot of reasons, including different time zones, human errors, and flexible work hours, which leads to inconsistent data. Businesses need a smarter and automated solution. Written by: Sagar Modi.

Real-time operational visibility means seeing how work performs as it happens, not after reports arrive. When workforce analytics connects time, workflows, and productivity data into one live system, decision-making becomes faster and bottlenecks surface earlier. How many bottlenecks are shaping your decisions before you even realize they exist? You track utilization, cycle time, and delivery targets with discipline, yet workflows begin to slow without a clear explanation.

Most companies mismatch employee monitoring with performance management. As a result, it leads them to wrong strategy developments and a conflicted employee management system. In this blog, we are going to discuss the aspects of these two confusing terms through monitoring vs performance management. So let’s begin–

Recent reporting confirmed that Microsoft provided BitLocker recovery keys to law enforcement in response to a valid court order. The case itself follows established legal procedures, yet it highlights a structural reality that many organizations are still evaluating: when encryption keys are stored with a provider, access is technically and legally possible under that provider’s jurisdiction. This is not a question of intent. It is a question of architecture, authority and control.