Hybrid working could help improve employee wellbeing
Hybrid working could help boost employee wellbeing by improving mental health and work-life balance, a new report from the workplace platform Envoy suggests. The UK Return to the Workplace Report, based on a poll of 1,000 adults, claims that the benefits of hybrid working are so obvious that most workers would quit their jobs if they didn’t have the opportunity …
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‘Digital born’ employees are taking over the workplace
People born after technology engulfed all aspects of our lives now make up the majority of the workforce and are driving change that the older generation doesn’t seem to understand. This is according to a new report by software firm Citrix, which claims that Millennials’ and Gen Z’s better understanding of technology could bring in an additional $1.9 trillion in …
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Businesses are overlooking the importance of SEO
Businesses are overlooking search engines as a major customer communication channel and, as a result, are putting their post-pandemic recovery at risk, a new report from Yext argues. Yext, an AI search company, recently surveyed 200 UK marketers and decision-makers to discover how they engage with customers. While almost all (85 percent) chose their website as one of the two …
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Hybrid working will highlight generational gap in the workforce
Older, wealthier and married people would generally rather adopt a hybrid working model, a new report from Totem suggests, while younger staff and those that don’t earn as much prefer working from the office. The employee engagement company recently polled 1,000 UK-based employees who started new jobs between March 2020 and Feb 2021 about their onboarding and remote working experiences. …
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Most companies aren’t ready for the next big tech disruption
Despite 2020 acting as a major reality check for the entire business world, many Chief Information Officers (CIO) in the UK still believe they’re not completely prepared to help their organizations survive another similar disruption. These are the conclusions of a new study from digital transformation service provider Genpact. Polling 500 CIOs and technology leaders all over the world, the …
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Healthcare technology: making health equity possible
ccess to healthcare is vital. This may sound obvious, but when we look at statistics the impact this can have is shocking. Life expectancy in the UK varies disproportionally from region to region – according to the Office for National Statistics (ONS). Across the country there is an 11-year difference between the highest and lowest life expectancy at birth for …
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Many companies still don’t have a digital transformation plan
Digital transformation isn’t something businesses should approach without a strategy in place, yet many companies do just that. According to a new report from hybrid cloud firm Pulsant, less than half of businesses (42 percent) have a digital transformation plan, while one in ten (11 percent) are trying to transform their operations completely without a plan. Polling 200 IT decision-makers …
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Nearly half of firms aren’t reporting data breaches
New figures from cybersecurity firm CrowdStrike suggest many British firms aren’t reporting data breaches in a timely manner, as is required per General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). The company recently polled 500 decision-makers from the UK and found that less than half (42 percent) of those that had fallen victim to a data breach reported it to the relevant authority, …
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Sustainable IT an afterthought for many organizations
Despite the many benefits of sustainable IT, organizations are paying little attention to the carbon footprint of their IT operations, a new report from the Capgemini Research Institute claims. According to the report, sustainable IT initiatives aren’t getting the attention that other green initiatives enjoy, and with less of a spotlight comes less funding. More than half (57 percent) are …
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Only a minority of companies are getting the most out of cloud
If businesses want to realize all the different benefits that cloud technology brings, they need to go all-in, a new report from digital services and consultancy firm Infosys suggests. The report asserts that cloud offers faster development of new solutions, the ability to more easily add functions to existing software, as well as the expansion of processing capacity. Furthermore, cloud …
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