emerging trends in business technology

Emerging Trends in Business TechnologyPresented By: Aciron Consulting, LLC

The Future of Workplace Technology

• The future of technology in the workplace is constantly evolving• By educating your employees and preparing your company for

technological trends, you can ensure that your company remains up-to-date on the latest tools that will improve employees’:– Productivity– Efficiency– Collaboration

3 Emerging Trends

• It is up to your company’s technology leaders to implement the right tools, technologies , and business processes to improve performance by leveraging emerging business trends

• 3 trends that are shaping the future of workplace technology are:– Mobile adoption– Experiment-driven decision-making– Business process automation

Going Mobile

• The 40-hour work week is also a thing of the past²:– Average time full-time employees in the US work in a week is 47

hours – 50% of employees working more than the standard 40 hours– 18% working 60 hours or more

• Much of this can be attributed to the rise in mobile connectivity

2. Statistics from: http://www.gallup.com/poll/175286/hour-workweek-actually-longer-seven-hours.aspx

Going Mobile

• Telecommuting tools like Skype and other video conferencing software facilitate an employee’s ability to work from outside of the office

• This rise in remote employees means that your IT network and technology plan must allow for employees to work from anywhere

Going Mobile

• Now, this does not mean you have to compromise security

• There are many tools available on the marketplace that safely allow employee access from mobile devices and remote locations– such as Cisco’s AnyConnect VPN Client

Experiment-Driven Decisions

• Experiment-driven decisions are made based on data collected by testing and retesting different variables to determine the optimal way to position yourself in order to generate the best results

• Variables may include:– Word choice – Design– Layout– Timing– Colors


• Experiment-driven decisions are enabled by software that allows for real-time change and adaptation– Example: Optimizely

• This allows marketers to implement campaigns where they will see improvements now, not in a year from now like with traditional methods


• Innovation does not happen by sticking with your initial idea and playing it safe

• By taking chances with your experiments and trying new things, you will foster innovation within your organization and see real results

• These experiments will not only help overall company growth and performance, but it will also help your employees grow in their positions as they learn best practices for their work

Business Process Automation

• Business process automation:– Involves leveraging technology to transform

and streamline a manual process so that it becomes more cost and time-efficient

• Example: Filing documents– Moves all physical documents and related

workflows from filing cabinets to one centralized, web-based system


• Business process automation is possible now more than ever due to the technical knowhow of the incoming workforce:– Nearly 87% of American adults now use

the Internet • Up from 14% in 1995

– 74% of Millennials feel that new technology makes their lives easier


• Employees are not only increasingly comfortable using technology, but they are also starting to expect to use technology to make their lives easier

• Adopting business process automation will help

you attract, and keep, millennial employees, and will increase their productivity and efficiency

Conclusion

Mobile adoption, experiment-driven decision-making, and business process automation are three trends are becoming essential tools and strategies for companies to adopt to thrive in

the future.

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