No, not a Spice Girls track from the 90s, but an intuitive employee engagement platform from Microsoft. In the new hybrid world we find ourselves, it’s so important that our people and teams feel connected, motivated and engaged.
A few weeks ago I had to work from my Brother-in-Law’s house in Southport, Merseyside. It was a real test of the ‘work from anywhere’ ideal that we hear about these days.
One app to rule them all, One app to find them, One app to bring them all and in the darkness bind them. The only slight difference is just how benevolent Microsoft Teams is!
Microsoft announced the introduction of Windows 365 on the 14th July 2021, "a full, personalized PC experience from the cloud" and part of the next generation of Windows!
Data backup is not exactly top of most people's agenda, however I am going to attempt to pique your interest. So, here we go…
If you think this article is about double or triple glazing then I am sorry to let you down. It is in fact a story all about how my life got flipped-turned upside down with the introduction of Windows 11!
We are proud to announce that Select Technology has won not one but TWO awards recently!! Firstly, at the CRN Sales and Marketing Awards and secondly being named as one of the top Managed Service Providers in the world in Channel Futures 2021 MSP 501!! What a week!
As the CORONApocalypse continues to fade and we all get back to whatever normal is, it's a good opportunity to look back at the changes we have made in the workplace over the last 12-16 months to keep our businesses going and ask ourselves, "is this good?".
Since March 2020, technology has become more entwined in our lives than ever before. Connecting with friends and loved ones on video calls, home-schooling children on laptops, and being entertained via Netflix and Disney Plus – who didn’t watch Tiger King or The Mandalorian last year?! Unsurprisingly online retail sales grew by 36% in 2020, the highest annual growth since 2007, according to the IMRG Capgemini Online Retail Index, and social media usage increased exponentially. In a time where we were apart, technology enabled us to come together.
So when should you use it? Whenever you need information to be available in your business over the web, either for collaboration or for one-way communication to your teams. The form of the information is very flexible, but what matters more is the audience - anyone either inside your business or externally who you trust to give access to your systems.
With things starting to open up again, and workers beginning to transition back to the office, we chat to our Compliance and CSI Manager, Julie, as she gives us her top tips of what businesses should consider when making the move back to the office, as well as discussing what Select Technology will be considering and implementing as we start to return.
2021 marks the beginning of the end for Skype for Business, with the Online version being unsupported from July 31st 2021, followed by the server versions (2015+) becoming unsupported in 2025.
