More SMBs are shifting IT infrastructure as part of hybrid working plans

With most workers nowadays operating in a hybrid model, small and medium-sized businesses (SMB) are being forced to rethink their IT infrastructure. This is according to a report from data center specialists ServerChoice, which claims that SBMs are turning to cloud to support their employees. Polling more than 900 SME business leaders, ServerChoice found that most of them (72 percent) …

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IT holds the key to attracting and retaining talent in the hybrid working era

Having recovered from the initial shock of implementing remote working almost overnight during the pandemic, many big UK employers – from banks to travel companies – are announcing remote and hybrid working policies are here to stay. There’s even been talk of future government legislation to make working from home a default option. However, while businesses contemplate the benefits of …

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Hybrid working creating ‘more intense’ work days

Hybrid working is all the rage nowadays, and the majority of businesses in the UK (63 percent) have already adopted the practice. However, many employees are starting to realize that the new model was adopted in haste, with little forethought, resulting in “more intense working days”. This is according to a new report from recruiter Robert Walters, based on a …

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Hybrid working honeymoon period is already over for IT teams

The transition to hybrid working, whereby employees split their time between the home and office, is already taking its toll on IT teams. According to a survey of 400 IT leaders conducted by Snow Software, the vast majority (92%) of companies are shifting towards a hybrid approach. However, just 34% of IT leaders said facilitating this major change is their …

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Hybrid working has made way for a new dawn of data strategies. Here’s how…

Throughout the course of the pandemic, the concept of a ‘pivot’ has been all too familiar to businesses across all sectors. In the face of remote working practices, lockdowns, and social distancing restrictions, many organizations were forced to rethink every aspect of the way they do business – from in-house issues such as training and the minutiae of internal processes, …

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Hybrid work: disruptive or dynamic?

In the sudden migration to remote working at the onset of the pandemic, companies were put to test. How quickly and successfully could organizations shift to an all-remote way of working that most had dabbled with but few had ever scaled before? Some passed with flying colors, while others endured challenging times due to culture, digital infrastructure, security, and operations. …

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Ethernet over FTTx: The hybrid connectivity solution for organizations outgrowing broadband

As businesses grow and evolve, so do their connectivity requirements. Ensuring a modern business has reliable connectivity that meets their needs as they undergo a growth curve, is essential.  As such, connectivity solutions must not only support the required capacity needs of the present, but also be able to scale to suit the demands of tomorrow whilst remaining robust, secure …

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UK SMBs don’t think they’ll be able to embrace hybrid working

Employees at small and medium-sized organizations in the UK don’t believe they’ll be able to fully embrace hybrid working and expect to be back in the office as soon as Covid-19 permits. This is according to a new report from digital services and printing solutions provider Ricoh Europe, which found that these workers don’t believe they can be as productive …

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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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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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