Looking into the crystal ball again - this time for 2020 - Wire highlights some of the trends we see will dominate the headlines for the first year of the new decade. There are some common underpinnings - most notably that data has now become the most valuable commodity and companies are increasingly running on data, becoming massively vulnerable to any interruption or loss. The second is mobile.

This pattern of data breaches is very concerning for dental practices, which are charged with protecting people’s most sensitive information. What can practices do to protect themselves against this growing problem? There has been a surge in data breaches at companies from virtually every sector during the past few years. Practically every week, the news media reports new breaches that seem to be increasing in scope and severity.

Messaging Layer Security (MLS) has the potential to be the industry standard when it comes to enterprise collaboration. My colleague, Alan Duric, wrote about the birth of MLS in his blog post, where he outlined how its founding members came together with a vision of transforming enterprise communication.

When it comes to personal messaging, people have the option to choose from a range of consumer products that offer various levels of security, including end-to-end encryption. So, for the average person, using secure communication is an option in their everyday life, whether they want it or not. Yet, for business users, there are only a few enterprise options with end-to-end encryption than one would hope for or really expect.

The past several years have been marked by numerous high-profile data breaches that seem to be happening with increasing frequency and scope. Given the unprecedented participation in digital platforms and the unparalleled amount of personal data that today’s tech companies store, government regulation and oversight felt inevitable.

Gartner Workstream Collaboration Market Guide Wire is once again prominently featured alongside Slack, Teams, Mattermost, Zoom and Webex in Gartner's Enterprise Workstream Collaboration report for 2020. The report covers all aspects of collaboration products, from features to compliance to integrations and delivery – providing one of the most complete buyer guides available in the market today.

In just about two weeks, on December 11 and 12, leading European startups and technologists alike will be coming together at TechCrunch Disrupt in Berlin. This will mark our second participation to the event after a successful first time in San Francisco back in October when we unveiled winning Capterra's 'Best Ease of Use' award.