Rob Quickenden

Jul 15, 2024 | comparethecloud.net | Rob Quickenden

Regardless of how many days you believe hybrid workers should spend in or out of the office and its positive or negative impact on productivity, hybrid work is now the new normal for organisations across the globe. While increased flexibility has brought many positives for employees, it’s essential that employees and customers can collaborate effectively to ensure improved productivity.

Oct 19, 2023 | itchanneloxygen.com | Rob Quickenden

Yesterday, I had the pleasure of attending Microsoft Envision at London’s Excel. This was the first in-person-only event Microsoft had run in some four years, and it was absolutely packed with a real buzz and energy I haven’t seen at an event in years. Whilst there was nothing new* announced, they did a good job of bringing together all the announcements over the past six months and putting some real-life context and examples around them.

Oct 11, 2023 | itbrief.com.au | Rob Quickenden

It's estimated that a third of a worker's day is typically wasted on outdated processes and unnecessary tasks. Organisations are going to want Microsoft 365 Copilot to improve efficiency and productivity. Copilot is an AI-powered digital assistant designed to help users with various tasks and activities on their devices. It can create drafts, suggest different wording, suggest and insert images, create PowerPoint presentations from your Word documents and many other helpful things.

Sep 27, 2023 | itchanneloxygen.com | Rob Quickenden

As a Cisco partner, every time we meet with Cisco they tell us ‘we’re going to be recognised as one of the biggest security partners in the next three years’ – they’ve been saying that for the last 12 months. By , Cisco are putting their money where their mouth is. If you’d asked me who they’d acquire, I wouldn’t have picked Splunk. But the more I look at it, the more I think it’s a really smart acquisition. If I look at where Cisco has been making noise, it’s all been about security.

Aug 8, 2023 | sdc-channel.news | Rob Quickenden

Over the past three years, online collaboration tools have become the norm. Working life is largely underpinned by wireless connected laptops in place of connected docking stations and wired connections to the corporate network. The hybrid worker is here to stay. But how is the office environment adapting to meet these needs, and are collaboration tools being used effectively?