Special Features

Picking the right tech vendors for your small or medium-sized business can be hard, especially with the cloud and everything-as-a-service providers giving you access to enterprise-level IT. ZDNet helps SMBs build a technology stack that promotes innovation and enables growth.

From Fortune 500 enterprises to very small businesses, every organization has been thrust into the future faster than prognosticators dared dream. What factors will determine failure or success in this brave new world of work?

Analytics, automation, AI, digital transformation and other tech trends are changing business needs rapidly, leaving companies and workers grappling with a growing skills gap. In this special feature, ZDNet examines technology's role in helping business leaders build tomorrow's workforce, and employees keep their skills up to date and grow their careers.

The new normal for business is a work in progress as the economy attempts to re-open following the COVID-19 pandemic. What now? From Fortune 500 enterprises to mom-and-pop stores, every business faces an unknown future.

From VPNs and VDI to video conferencing and collaboration platforms, IT is the foundation of today's remote, digital workforce. In this special feature, ZDNet helps business leaders understand the trends that will define the workplace over the next five years, and the technology that will help businesses adapt.

For many, their workplace has gone from open floor plan offices and conference rooms to kitchen tables and video calls. In this special feature, ZDNet helps enterprises and SMBs alike navigate the technical and management challenges of a remote workforce.

COVID-19 has accelerated business trends like remote work and digital transformation, and forced IT leaders to adapt their budgets accordingly. In our Tech Budgets 2021 special feature, we examine how business leaders are spending their tech dollars. We've also got valuable advice for how to best optimize your budget plans in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic.

COVID-19 has accelerated business trends like remote work and digital transformation, and forced IT leaders to adapt their budgets accordingly. ZDNet looks at how business leaders are spending their tech dollars, and offers valuable advice on optimizing your budget plans in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic.

The AI and ML deployments are well underway, but for CXOs the biggest issue will be managing these initiatives, and figuring out where the data science team fits in and what algorithms to buy versus build.

No-code and low-code software is changing how enterprise applications are created and who is creating them. In this special feature, ZDNet helps IT leaders understand the consequences of non-developers becoming app builders and how to successfully take advantage of this trend.