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Before the hybrid workspace era, managing IT was pretty straightforward. Today it requires pros who can navigate the complexities of employees working in many locations, using possibly unsecure networks and figuring out a print strategy that works for all. If this describes your organization, take a look at this informative solution brief that can help grow your business.

Gartner expects the 2023 trends to impact enterprise strategies in the coming three years by enabling organizations to address four key priorities: Optimizing resilience, operations or trust; scale productivity and customer value by advancing solutions, product delivery and connectivity; pioneering customer engagement, accelerated responses or opportunity; pursuing sustainable technology solutions.

Covid has sparked a burgeoning cybercrime economy and rise in cybercrime services with continues to grow in complexity and fervency. The trend encompasses new levels of supply chain and ransomware attacks that serve as a powerful reminder of the need to protect cybersecurity. The Microsoft Digital Defense Report draws on insights, signals and data from the cloud, endpoints and the intelligent edge. In sharing these insights, Microsoft aims to empower the world to defend the online ecosystem more effectively. Download the report to build your understanding of threat and attack trends and get recommendations for proactive actions you can take for cybersecurity.

Do you have a data-driven enterprise? Not sure? Then take advantage of this invitation to a free consultation with a data strategy expert.

This Forbes editorial highlights some of the findings of a McKinsey study on the data-driven enterprise. Read the article for an expert's analysis of the findings.

Every organization needs a data strategy for data management processes, rules and technology. In this article, we look at the major trends that will affect your data strategy. Read it for ideas on how to create an effective data strategy for your organization.

From driving operational efficiency to improving product quality, IoT remote monitoring solutions help manufacturing companies achieve real-time visibility into production and save time and money. In the face of challenges like COVID-19 and shifting IT boundaries, Microsoft customers use highly secure Azure IoT solutions to drive speedy and cost-effective results. Watch this video to discover the benefits of IoT in manufacturing.

Many of the ways we work today have changed, but perhaps the biggest changes have been to the way we print. Hybrid and remote employees present a challenge for IT when they need to print secure documents or large numbers of pages. Download this helpful solution brief that shows how an effective print strategy can help you manage printing for employees wherever they work.

Organizations constantly collect data—on their customers, products, suppliers, sales and internal operations. Data flows in from tiny sensors, web sites, smart devices, partners and internal corporate systems But all that data is only as good as the decisions that are made based on it. Otherwise, it is just taking up storage space. This article talks about the use of data collection and analysis in the auto industry. Read it for ideas on how to put data to better use at your organization.

Open source developers often work as volunteers, but a new project is underway to compensate them. An open-source platform called tea hopes to create an opportunity for developers to be fairly compensated based on contributions. Read about it here.