You’d be forgiven for cursing when you hear the word ‘Brexit’. Once the UK made the decision to leave the EU in 2016, preparations and negotiations to exit began. In late 2019, the final date for completing the UK’s exit was set as 31st December 2020.
New technology is changing the way people work. However, more applications, connections and multiple devices make IT infrastructures increasingly complex, costly and time-consuming to secure. Coupled with a homeworking revolution as a result of Covid-19, the attack surface has never been so vulnerable. New cybersecurity issues are arising with a significant spike in phishing attacks, malware spam and ransomware attacks. Criminals use new angles with a recent Deloitte report stating that “attackers are using COVID-19 as bait to impersonate brands, thereby misleading employees and customers.”
The latest version of SAP Business One promises a range of exciting new tools and improvements, mostly based directly on customer feedback. Let’s take a closer look at what’s new, and how to get the most out of this latest version.
Has the COVID-19 pandemic found you making the sudden switch to working from home? Clearly, you’re not alone. But if home working wasn’t something you – or your employer – were thoughtfully set up for beforehand, then a sudden shift to this new way of working can introduce some serious security challenges. Keeping your devices and data protected from malicious cybercrime – or simple human error – is critical, but it might not have been top of your list of priorities when these new working practices first came into play.
In April 2020, the Office for National Statistics (ONS) announced its latest reporton the state of home working in the UK – given a somewhat unexpected new shape as a result of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. Between the 9thand the 20thof April 2020, 45% of adults in employment in the UK said they had worked from home at some point over the previous week.
Times are tough with uncertainty caused by the coronavirus pandemic and an impending global recession weighing heavily on the minds of executives.
But even dark clouds can have a silver lining. A downturn can present an excellent opportunity to invest in the future and carve out further differentiation from your competitors. It may seem like an audacious decision to invest in ERP during a recession, but there are, in fact, a number of compelling reasons to consider it.
Sneak Energy has retained Stockport based ERP consultancy, APH, to enhance its financial and operations capability across its distribution channels, head office and warehousing facilities with SAP Business One. The firm, which manufactures and distributes energy drinks to the gaming and creative industries, requires an ERP and e-commerce system that will support its significant growth, having recently expanded its product range into the canned drinks market following its initial launch in 2018.
The coronavirus has utterly transformed the way millions of us work, and while the pandemic health emergency will dissipate at some point, it is likely that aspects of the ‘Work from Home Revolution’ are here to stay.
People will have adapted to remote working, learned to leverage the advantages and mitigate the risks. If this is allied with businesses experiencing no changes in productivity, and even experiencing cost savings from reduced office space, commuting downtime, more flexible hours and working, then a return to exactly the same working practices that were in place prior to pandemic could start to look less like a cause for celebration and more like foolishness.
So – will we have a new working normal on the other side of the coronavirus pandemic? And if so – what will it look like?
ERP systems are some of the most comprehensive enterprise software packages of all. They cover myriad different business functions, from accounting and finance, to sales and marketing, to human resources and payroll, and they enable the seamless sharing of information between these different functions. As such, they streamline and automate manual processes, reduce error, enhance customer relations and ultimately support business growth.
Use Skype for Business in your organisation? You’re on a migration path. Microsoft is on a journey – a journey to build Skype for Business’s capabilities directly into Microsoft Teams, the collaboration tool it launched a couple of years ago. Here’s what you need to understand about that migration path, why it’s happening and what you need to do.
