OpenText won't reopen half of its physical offices post COVID-19 pandemic
"OpenText will not reopen approximately 50% of our offices and will institute a hybrid model with those employees continuing to work from home."
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Will the open office die following COVID-19 pandemic?
The new normal of work exiting the COVID-19 pandemic may mean the much ballyhooed open office won't be up to snuff. Here are 4 reasons why COVID-19 may nix the open office.
13 takeaways on the future of work
Here's an abbreviated recap of a panel I moderated at Atlassian's Future of IT conference in New York with Atlassian CIO Archana Rao and Workforce Innovation Specialist Sophie Wade.
Logitech launches Zone Wireless headsets to make the open office less distracting
The gist of the Zone Wireless headsets from Logitech, which hasn't launched a headset for work in five years, was to create a headset that fits multiple roles, hop between devices, and help knowledge workers concentrate.
Logitech launches Tap, aims to solve the UI problem in conference rooms
Logitech Tap is a conference room control appliance that'll work with Google, Microsoft and Zoom systems.
Ricoh eyes subscription model, AI, intelligent workflow platforms to advance smart office cause
Ricoh put some meat on its smart office and growth plans with an effort it calls Dynamic Workplace Intelligence.
Meetings suck and bad ones will cost enterprises $399 billion in 2019, says Doodle
When someone gives you an hour of your life back by canceling a meeting give them a hug. It's a small way to claw back the 24 billion hours lost to meetings this year.
Logitech and Plantronics talks are all about scale as smart office market heats up
A pairing of Logitech and Plantronics would make sense since larger technology vendors enter the smart office and collaboration space.
Salesforce's Quip adds Slides, a collaborative spin on that deck no one is reading
Quip's Slides rounds out the Salesforce's productivity play. A familiar interface with multiple collaboration tools may make those internal decks a bit more functional.
Atlassian partners with Slack, exits real-time communication game
The intellectual property behind Stride and HipChat will go to Slack. Atlassian will double down on managing IT teams.