Over the last 10 years, we’ve seen radical changes in the way we work. The catchphrase, ‘work isn’t a place I go to, it’s something I do,’ has become a familiar refrain. In fact, images of people with laptops working from the top of a mountain or next to the ocean have become somewhat overused. It’s not only about where anymore – it’s now about what and why. Workspaces for tomorrow is about evolving your employee and customer experience to accelerate your digital enterprise. It should seamlessly blend mobility, communication, collaboration, and multiple customer contact channels into a connected enterprise. The 2016 trends we’ve identified here will demonstrate how the market is moving towards that imperative. Fore more go to http://blog.dimensiondata.com/2015/12/top-it-trends-to-watch-in-2016-workspaces-for-tomorrow/

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Top IT trends to watch in 2016
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The user is the disruptive force in
• By 2018, 80% of B2C and
60% of B2B enterprises will
overhaul their ‘digital front
door’ to support 1,000–
10,000 times more
customers and customer
touch points. (IDC)
• 68% of US online Gen Zers
(ages 18 to 24) with
smartphones have
researched a product on
their phone at least
monthly (Forrester)
• By 2017, over 50% of
organisations' IT
spending will be for
third-platform (social,
mobile, analytics, cloud)
technologies, solutions,
and services, rising to
over 60% by 2020. (IDC)

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2016 IT trends
Over the last 10 years, we’ve seen radical
changes in the way we work. The
catchphrase, ‘work isn’t a place I go to, it’s
something I do,’ has become a familiar
refrain. In fact, images of people with
laptops working from the top of a
mountain or next to the ocean have
become somewhat overused. It’s not only
about where anymore – it’s now about
what and why.
Workspaces for tomorrow is about evolving
your employee and customer experience
to accelerate your digital enterprise. It should
seamlessly blend mobility, communication,
collaboration, and multiple customer contact
channels into a connected enterprise. The
2016 trends we’ve identified here will
demonstrate how the market is moving
towards that imperative.
workspaces for tomorrow

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2016 IT trends
Much of social collaboration is enabled by
consumer-focused tools. Technologies such
as Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, Foursquare,
and many others have given rise to robust and
business-oriented counterparts that offer
audio, video, file-sharing, and workflow
integration. These include applications such as
Cisco’s ‘team-rooming’ solution Spark,
Microsoft’s Yammer and Skype for Business,
Viber, WhatsApp, Slack, and many others.
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Work behaviours to be shaped more
radically by social media
Trend 1: workspaces for tomorrow

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Enterprise mobility is more than allowing
your people to use their mobile devices for
work. It’s now about enabling end-users to
be more productive by moving enterprise-
class applications from the desktop to
handheld devices of all kinds, and all areas
of the business. In fact, we see mobility
moving further beyond the ‘carpeted
space’ in 2016.
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Enterprise mobility moving
beyond ‘bring your own device’
Trend 2:
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It’s important to remember that end-user
environments also extend into the retail space.
This is where we’ll see a greater adoption of
connected devices and sensors that can track
people and their behaviour, generating a
constant flow of data. Again, networks will be
critical in these environments. In order for retail
and other organisations to derive the most value
from their data, they would have to ensure that
the data they analyse comes from the right
sources and is delivered securely, accurately,
and at the right time.
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Increase in the business use of connected
devices, data, and analytics
Trend 3:
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Virtually every collaboration platform today has
a cloud-based deployment option. This means
that the barrier to entry is almost zero. Business
units no longer need to wait for corporate approval
or the blessing of IT to make investments in these
areas, which leads to what the market calls
‘bimodal IT’.
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Growing challenge to balance agility and
standardisation, thanks to cloud
Trend 4:
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By 2020, millennials are projected to be half
of the entire US workforce. And the rest of
the world is taking notice. These people
grew up with the many devices,
applications, and platforms we use today.
They’re used to being connected,
collaborative, and mobile. They’re also
used to sharing ideas, communicating
through social media, working from
anywhere, having a voice, and learning
about what interests them.
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Readying the workspace for
millennials
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