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Navigating work practices, spaces and culture the right way will help respond to crises, and reinvent the future of work says Plantronics , (Poly–formerly Plantronics and Polycom), a global communications company that powers meaningful human connection and collaboration. Poly issued a new report that highlights a granular shift in focus from “place” to “purpose” of work as businesses respond to the COVID-19 crisis. A slide from a Poly presentation to media, sharing what to expect in the next normal. As organisations respond, redesign and reinvent their business models, technology will play a fundamental role in enabling the shift to hybrid working. Out-of-city co-working spaces, ergonomic at-home work setups and virtual water cooler moments, all effects of the current pandemic, will epitomise a new age of hybrid working said the company. Drawing on experts in the future of work, workspace design and psychology, Hybrid Working: Creating the “next normal” in work practices, s...

More businesses in Singapore, especially small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs), are turning to cloud-based technologies as a result of COVID-19 lockdown measures, said Alibaba Cloud. A more than 50% surge in demand that the cloud service provider experienced earlier this year reflects the need for businesses to embrace technology for continued operation, Alibaba Cloud said. Since January 2020, Alibaba Cloud, the digital technology and intelligence backbone of Alibaba Group, has partnered with a range of companies including SMEs to expedite their digitalisation capabilities and migrate their offline businesses rapidly to an online platform. The fast and simple deployment solutions meant companies can start running their operations on cloud in under 48 hours, increasing business resilience during the pandemic. “Alibaba decided to go all-in with technology during the 2003 SARS epidemic, back when we were still a SME and on the verge of launching our Taobao e-commerce platform. Whe...