From workload shifts to deployment models, Spiceworks examines emerging public cloud trends in businesses across North America and Europe. In recent years, cloud computing technology has changed the way many companies handle IT. Using the public cloud computing model, IT departments have the option to pay-as-they-go while rapidly spinning up services, applications, or instances in a cloud provider’s data center, scaling them up and down as demand changes.

From legacy internet service to 5G possibilities, Spiceworks examines the evolution of telecommunications in the workplace. The internet has been a transformative force around the globe, both at home and in the workplace. Organizations rely on internet service providers (ISPs) to provide vital access to email, the World Wide Web, and cloud services that connect us. As communications and commerce increasingly take place online, there’s no question internet access is crucial to business success.

Spiceworks examines computer hardware leasing and the shift to the “as-a-service” model among organizations across North America and Europe.

In our constantly-connected digital world, server infrastructure is incredibly important to businesses and individuals everywhere. After all, behind the scenes, servers (whether hosted locally, or in a cloud or edge data center) power websites, business software, mobile apps, and the online services we all depend on.

You know the saying: "better safe than sorry." In information technology, that phrase usually refers to backups and disaster recovery — having redundant data and infrastructure in place to help mitigate risk when something inevitably goes wrong.

Even though email is ubiquitous in the workplace, and is undoubtedly a useful communication tool, using it can also pose some challenges. Email is prone to spam, it can be unnecessarily slow, and it’s easy for email recipients to be dropped from threads or excluded from conversations entirely — which can lead to missed connections and frustration.

With favorable economic conditions in many countries, unemployment rates in the U.S. and UK at historically low levels, and tech workers in high demand, indicators suggest it should be a good time for IT professionals to get ahead in their careers. But how many businesses are currently hiring, and what types of IT skills are in demand? And how optimistic are IT pros that they’ll be able to get a raise, or move on to a better job within next year?

Disaster recovery involves planning for the worst so organizations can quickly bounce back from a disruptive event. To prepare for hardware failure, power outages, human error, natural disasters — or whatever type of disaster life has in store — companies should put together a disaster recovery plan that identifies risks and outlines steps to mitigate them. For example, to minimize downtime, companies might regularly back up important data and set up redundant offsite infrastructure.