When it comes to cyber security, one thing is clear: there’s never enough to go around. A few months back, I discussed the importance of creating a solid cybersecurity framework in helping combat cyber attacks and hacks within your company. Today I want to go a level deeper: creating an IoT security framework. Do I Really Need an IoT Security …
3 Technology Trends Driving Adoption of Collaboration Tools
Today’s workforce has changed significantly in the past decade. More and more businesses are hiring remote employees, freelance employees, part-time employees in addition to full-time in-office employees to help with an ever-expanding workload. It is imperative that as the workplace changes, we learn to collaborate on a higher level. These three trends are driving the adoption of collaboration tools. It …
Digital Workplace: Improving Workplace Agility to Improve Productivity and Efficiency
It’s impossible to talk about digital transformation without also discussing agility. At Converge, we’ve spent a lot of time studying the importance of agility in ensuring survival in the new digital landscape. In fact, I’d say it’s one of the best indicators of success in today’s business world. But for many companies, the concept of improving workplace agility is still …
3 Digital Signage Trends to Pay Attention to This Year
The digital signage industry has a way of wooing us with its magic. As digital signage continues to make strides in its popularity, innovation is making it a force to be reckoned with. This year, the big show for digital signage, the 2018 Digital Signage Expo in Las Vegas, didn’t disappoint in displaying what is up and coming for the …
Preparing for the Future by Embracing Radical Innovation
What does it take as a business to stay relevant? Does it take sticking to the corporate process and never budging? Or, does it take disrupting your market with something completely and totally new as often as you can handle? What if staying relevant meant that neither one of these extremes must be the answer? Instead, it is time businesses …
Why Business Agility Matters in the Digital Transformation
I’ve said it before, and I’ll say it again: the digital transformation is all about agility. Business agility, leadership agility, employee agility—in a world where technology is changing at breakneck speed, we need to be agile enough to change along with it. Those that aren’t will undoubtedly fall by the wayside. I was lucky enough to participate in #AgileChat with …
Secure Mobility — Staying Safe While on the Go
Working remotely is increasing in popularity for businesses around the world. In fact, a survey completed by Gallup states that out of 15,000 adults surveyed, 43 percent of them are working remotely in some capacity. With mobile applications being one of the top ways to communicate, it is safe to say that many employees access business related information somewhere other …
Is Your Company Ready for Blockchain?
Okay, maybe you haven’t quite grasped the concept of blockchain on a technical level. But before you accept or nix the idea that your company is ready for blockchain, let’s take a few minutes to consider the technology’s benefits—specifically in relation to your company’s business goals. If you’re like most people, blockchain still feels like an amorphous magical creature that …
Small Business Cybercrime Risk: Four Ways to Stay Protected
Did you know that 40% of all cyber attacks are focused on companies with less than 500 employees? What about this fact: only 14% of small businesses have a plan for keeping their company secure. Unfortunately, small business cybercrime is on the rise. We are aware of big enterprises that fall victim to cybercrimes, but attacks on small businesses are …
6 Reasons to Develop Smarter Workplaces
Technology is everywhere we look and although it seems to have infiltrated every part of our world, it is still gaining speed. Companies—quickly learning that traditional is no longer required—have been behind schedule in their movement to develop smarter workplaces. Millennials are demanding change. Many believe that technology advancements such as augmented reality and virtual reality would increase their productivity. …