As a digital marketing agency, you rely a lot on your IT - collaborating with each other, catching up with clients, creating documents and materials and storing important files and information.

During the pandemic, we’ve seen a rise in teams working from home, using their own devices and adapting to remote office life.

The Microsoft 365 package offers a variety of different applications that work alongside Microsoft Teams, which can make running your personal and professional life a lot easier. Using apps in line with Microsoft Teams ensures all of your information is one place, which can make working easier, less time consuming and help prevent you from missing out on any information.

Shadow IT is essentially any tech (hardware or software) used in a company/organisation that hasn’t been approved by your IT department/support team. This could be anything from an application or software to a device or system. 

Employees using Shadow IT is quite common in the workplace; especially since working from home, and from a range of different devices has become the new normal.

Over 500,000 organisations are using Microsoft Teams as their default messaging platform, but are they making the most out of the software to enhance productivity, collaboration and security?

Teams has become a virtual office space for many businesses over the last year.

Singularitee is introducing CyberLari into its arsenal of cybersecurity products and practices to help protect our clients’ data in the new working world.  

With more people working from home, and an increase in people using both their work and personal devices to access company data, it’s difficult for businesses to keep track of where their data is being shared and how secure it is.

We can all agree that working from home has brought a lot of differences to our lives, forcing us to make changes that will fit into our new working lifestyle. While we are excited to head back to the office at some point, we need to adapt to working from home and think about the impact it can have on your business.

We use apps in our everyday life for almost everything - they can make living a lot easier, so why not use them in your business? 

I think we can all agree productivity is key and like everything else, there are apps out there to help keep you motivated and ensure you are using your time efficiently.

Smash remote working in 2021 with a round up of our top tips for SMEs and startups.
Streamline your communication
With so many tools, apps and platforms out there to contact your colleagues, it can be tricky to keep track of conversations, files and notifications.

With so many technology solutions out there, it can be easy for small and medium businesses to quickly rack up their IT bill. Many spend £100s and £1000s per year on platforms, apps, software and hardware and still feel like they have to spend more and sign up to the latest new and fandangled app on the market to keep up with the Joneses.

As the festive season and new year approach us, it’s a great time to tie up any loose ends in your business and set plans in motion for 2021. 

Here are some ideas we’ve come up with to give you a head start before January. 
Communicate with clients.