Today’s workplace is in the midst of yet another sea change, this one driven by technology and innovation. The digital workspace is a concept that enables employees to access the systems and tools they need from any device—smartphone, tablet, laptop, or desktop—regardless of location. Emerging technologies now make it possible to deliver the infrastructure needed to enable employees to work securely and productively from home, the office, or on the road.

However, the digital workspace is about more than simply enabling employees to work remotely. It’s the culmination of a business mobility trend that has evolved from individual and team productivity to true business process transformation and that is reinventing businesses across all industries. The digital workspace empowers employees and is made possible through an enterprise’s transition from hardware-centric to software-defined infrastructure. New technologies are unlocking new possibilities.

Definition of a Digital Workspace

To gain more insight into what people think about this concept, Iris 365 asked its current client base, “What is your definition of a digital workspace?” Hundreds of participants shared their point of view.

Read some of the top responses below.

“A digital workspace is the virtual equivalent of a physical workplace that allows users to work from anywhere, potentially increasing productivity.” Business Director, Professional Services.

“The digital workspace is the convergence of mobile ad desktop computing into a single point. It a any device, anywhere, anytime concept, that benefits all business divisions.@ Finance Director, Project Services.

“My Definition of a digital workspace is all of the technological means required to enable me to work more collaboratively and efficiently with my colleagues and clients” Technical Director, IT services.

Whether employees are focused on mobility, productivity, business transformation, or apps and data, the digital workspace is a concept that’s the focus for many organisations. Despite the range of definitions from end users, it’s clear that the concepts of mobility, flexibility, and productivity are universally understood to be key attributes of the digital workspace.

The digital workspace broadens the idea of mobility to encompass the workplace. Mobile technologies have enabled individual employees for decades. Working from home, remotely, or from a Wi-Fi hotspot is commonplace today. The digital workspace, however, extends those concepts of mobility by leveraging advances in infrastructure technology to remove any remaining barriers for end users. It’s less about an individual employee who can access company systems from any remote location and more about delivering everything an individual employee needs to be productive—regardless of location, device, or app.

Iris 365 take digital transformation to the next level. When a client is engaged in a modern workplace project, we ensure that the implementation of cloud technologies don’t just focus on digital transformation. We are planting the seeds for business transformation. Iris 365 believe that digital transformation is about the organisation and how its people utilise technology to make work smarter and not harder.

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