IT is integral to the operations of for- and nonprofit organizations alike. Email is necessary for communications, customer relationship management systems for keeping tabs on people they’re serving, and project management platforms for distributing workloads and ensuring milestones are met.

Arguably, every job has a tedious task. Analysts have to aggregate data, HR officers have to onboard new employees, and marketers have to schedule social media posts. While all tasks presumably serve a purpose, these do not produce equal amounts of value — and spending too much time on one type of task takes time away from higher-value ones.

For many employees, returning to the office after more than a year of working from home can be a boon or a bane — or both. While many will appreciate a slight return to normalcy, others may prefer to work from home permanently. Some may want to be able to do both.

When we hear the word “automation,” we often picture robots replacing human workers in factory assembly lines. Because of this, automation gets a bad rap as a job killer. However, the concept of automation is not limited to massive preprogrammed machinery, but can also be applicable to business processes, such as marketing and eCommerce sales.

If vaccination programs are rolled out effectively and enough people are inoculated, then the United States may very well claim victory over COVID-19 (at least within her own borders). Consumers will soon flock to malls, movie theaters, and arenas, but office workers who were allowed to work remotely are likely to be given the choice to return to their stations or remain where they are.

IT enables many business processes ranging from digital marketing to inventory management to customer relationship management. Therefore, if one or more of your IT tools fail or go offline, it can mean catastrophe for your operations. Let’s take a look at how IT failures and downtime can negatively impact your business.

No business is an island. It always needs the support of its customers, the reliable service of third-party providers, and the mutually beneficial contributions of business partners. Therefore, if you want your business to succeed, you need to cultivate business relationships.

Most widely known as the technology that makes cryptocurrency transactions secure, verifiable, and irreversible, blockchain actually has many other use cases outside of finance. This is because blockchains, in essence, are distributed ledgers.

In accounting, ledgers are records of accounts.

Large-scale shifts in market behavior mean that businesses must adjust or suffer biting the dust of their competitors. Lately, adjusting to market shifts means adopting tech that brick-and-mortar shops never had to use before. Let’s look at some of the most recent tech trends to date.

With COVID-19 vaccinations being rolled out across the country, people are hoping for lockdowns to be lifted and for state economies to reopen completely. Brick-and-mortar retailers, in particular, are eager for foot traffic in their stores to return to pre-COVID levels.