At the height of lockdown measures in the UK, 69% of the 33 million British workers were working remotely according to a study commissioned by Ciena. With millions of people working from home, children studying remotely while they wait to see if they can go back to school in the coming weeks, and social lives still mostly focused indoors, home broadband has become more important than ever before. By Jamie Jefferies, GM and VP of EMEA at Ciena.
Read MoreThe UK recently entered into a recession and financial markets have now officially taken their worst hit in over a decade, with many businesses having indefinitely, and in some cases irreversibly, shut their doors. Others have had to completely rethink the way they do business. The world saw gin distilleries pivot to make hand sanitiser, supermarkets introduce drive-through options and gyms move their workouts online. In the early days of lockdown, Dyson – known for its vacuum cleaners –...
Read MoreRecently, Slack CEO Stewart Butterfield suggested that tech leaders need to make peace with permanent remote work. He predicted that Slack’s future workforce will remain 20-30% remote: the majority coming into the office 1-2 days per week for face time with their teams, home working the rest of the time. By Ed Butler, CEO & Founder, Amito.
Read MoreThe manufacturing industry is producing more data than ever before as sensors become readily available and manufacturers look to squeeze ROI out of existing machinery while modernising their operations for the digital future. By Daniel Valle, Chief Technologist - Service Providers EMEA at World Wide Technology.
Read MoreThe UK has again moved up to level-four on the colour-coded alert system to manage COVID-19 risk and any need for future lockdowns. By Simon Kirkup, Solutions Lead at SoftwareONE.
Read MoreRecent data has shown that business and consumer digital adoption has jumped five years forward due to COVID-19. By Pieter Brinkman, Senior Director Technical Marketing, Sitecore.
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