The rush to distributed working – Is your current IT organisation fit for purpose?

As tens of millions of workers relocate to their domestic environments, and demands on organisations such as logistics companies, food retailers, utilities, financial and medical services reach unprecedented levels, IT becomes mission-critical both in terms of supporting anywhere working and coping with abnormal transaction volumes.

Such dramatic changes are focusing management attention both on the short term: can we sustain our businesses, and in the longer term: how might we improve our structures and business models. With the advent of emerging digital technologies, IT has a central role to play in all these discussions. The question for IT leadership is whether their existing structures and vendor partnerships offer enough flexibility to cope with such changes?

How to cope with remote working in turbulent times

The last few weeks have changed everything for legal firms in the UK. Home working is now the norm. The challenges associated with such a swift transition are monumental, but every law firm is learning to cope – and fast. Issues around secure working, employee morale, productivity, infrastructure support are being tackled in various ways. BlackBerry supports half the top 50 law firms and has a bird’s eye view of what works and where gaps remain.