From Pause to Accelerate: Technology businesses need to confront COVID-19 with Paul Ballinger of STL
Technology during Covid-19, being used to cushion the impact whilst helping businesses recover and plan for the future.
Businesses everywhere have embraced digital tools to support this new way of working. But with this spotlight focus on technology enabling your people, processes and productivity, for the SME it can feel like a complex minefield with pressure to get it right – and that’s not considering life post lockdown where a different way of doing things will certainly be required.
One thing is certain – now is the time for organisations to plan and deploy the right combination of technologies to help drive momentum and ensure readiness today for the world we face tomorrow.
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