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Remote Work Only Works With True Mobility

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This post is sponsored by Samsung Business. All thoughts and opinions are my own. The world is an incredibly diverse office – for those who can take advantage of it. With the right tools, bandwidth, and transportation, people today can literally work anywhere. Look around the next time you run out for a coffee, stop by a café for lunch, or …

Five Important Ways Mobility Empowers the Workforce

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This post is sponsored by Samsung Business. All thoughts and opinions are my own. Say you’re in an unfamiliar town, and you’re craving sushi. You whip out your phone and type—or simply say—“sushi restaurants nearby.” Before you can blink an eye, you have a host of highly rated restaurants all within three miles of your current (unfamiliar) location. In this age …

The Snowball Effect of Implementing “Cheap IT”

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I’ll be honest. I don’t like the ring of it when people utter the words “cheap” and “IT” in the same breath. But wait, this post isn’t about my personal preferences, right? Actually, it is! I’m going to talk about why “cheap” and “IT” are not best buddies from a business standpoint, and why it is dangerous for any company …

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Can Embracing Mobility Bring an End To Shadow IT?

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“Shadow IT”, or the use of unapproved apps in the enterprise, is a huge problem for businesses. Today’s companies want more flexibility, faster than IT departments can provide. Tech-driven employees use a variety of tools and apps in their personal lives and expect the same level of ease and efficiency from their work tools.  In short, employees are seeking true …

Finding the Happy Medium Between BYOD and Shadow IT

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Portable electronic devices are everywhere. Growing in number and types over the past decade, smartphones, tablets, and everything in between make up the daily devices we use to stay in touch and up to date. With more and more companies adopting BYOD (bring your own device) policies, shadow IT isn’t really in the shadows anymore. Shadow IT  is now being perceived …

Is mobile driving cloud or is cloud driving mobile?

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At this year’s Mobile World Congress  (MWC), a mega event once dedicated solely to mobile and mobile tech, I found myself amazed at the many technological elements beyond mobile displayed there. Making an impact were the Internet of Things (IoT), augmented reality, big data, and, of course, the cloud’s fingerprints were everywhere. If you ask me, opening up the MWC to …