Modern businesses handle extraordinary amounts of information in a typical workday. Invoices, budgets, accounting policies, security policies, contracts, human resources documents, and more all must be processed on a regular basis. While manual entry is still one of the most common ways to process this data, it is a technique that is labor intensive, slow, and fraught with errors.

Data is an indispensable resource for retailers. Today, most retail businesses understand that they must capitalize on digital data, but fewer know how to make the most of it. If your retail company hopes to reach its full potential, you must improve your data management.

So much time in business can be lost by searching for documents and files that are misplaced or not easily accessible. If you are managing a team, whether large or small, you probably don’t want your workers wasting time fussing with file mismanagement.

In 2022 and beyond, hybrid work is becoming more and more the norm. During the beginnings of the COVID-19 pandemic, many businesses struggled to transition from in-office employees to remote staff. While there are drawbacks to a remote team, employees found it nice to be able to work at least partially from home, avoiding the stress of long commutes. Still, working in person has its benefits, including the ability to connect better with other team members and collaborate more effectively.

The ongoing pandemic has hit many businesses hard over last two years. But smart businesses have found the silver lining in the dark cloud of forecasted economic gloom by focusing in on operating leverage. Operating leverage refers to the magic of increased revenue propelled by decreased costs and increased revenue.

Like other industries, the legal industry is being forced to pivot in response to changing consumer demands, shifting economies, and a major departure from the traditional in-house office work to remote or hybrid work situations. With these shifts comes an emphasis on building out in-house technologies and technical abilities — something that law offices have been traditionally resistant to in the past.

Staff and student retention is still a problem for higher education organizations and the ongoing pandemic has made it all the more difficult to manage the day-to-day tasks of running a college or university. In fact, over half of faculty members have thought about changing jobs — or retiring altogether — in the wake of the pandemic. Large numbers of faculty chocked their new restlessness up to feeling tired and stressed, and some of that undoubtably has to do with digital fatigue.

Like many industries, the lawyers and legal professionals are turning to digital technology to streamline their workflows and simplify the litigation process. One of the primary tools in this process remains e-Discovery, which is short for electronic discovery. Electronic discovery comprises two disputing parties that are providing one another with information relevant to the case through electronically stored information (ESI). Types of ESI can include:

As the ongoing pandemic continues to cause widespread disruption, hackers are taking advantage of companies’ distraction to evolve new, harder hitting cyberattack strategies. New research shows that more than 50% of organizations are dealing with insider threats and the loss of privileged credentials, and 21% of individuals targeted by hackers consisted of engineers and developers.

As more companies get back to business as usual, business as usual is changing. Now, a remote work environment and flexible working hours are standard offerings in the job market — and ones that make your company more desirable in the eyes of today’s talent.