IN THIS ISSUE 04 What’s New A round-up of new products for work and home 08 B ulletin Why sales people need offices 14 L aptops Circular Computing achieves BSI Kitemark for laptop remanufacturing process 15 G reen IT Tackling the UK’s e-waste problem 16 S oftware Why it’s time to start migration planning for Windows 11 17 P rocurement Opportuni takes war on corruption to next level with Bidstats acquisition 18 I couldn’t do my job without... David Levine outlines the five tools he most depends on at work 21 App Update Real-time speech-to-text transcription and translation 24 Unified Comms NEC integrates UCaaS and CCaaS applications on a single platform 26 Cover Story Be productive and efficient with Canon 28 Accessories Kensington celebrates 40 years of innovation 30 Predictions We ask workplace and technology experts what to expect in 2022 34 Month in Numbers The world of work in numbers Editor: James Goulding 0780 308 7228 · [email protected] Publishing Director, Social Media &Web Editor: Neil Trim 01732 759725 · [email protected] Advertising Director: EthanWhite 01732 759725 · [email protected] Group Sales: Martin Jenner-Hall 07824 552116 · [email protected] Art Director: Nick Pledge 07767 615983 · [email protected] Advertising Executive: James Trim 01732 759725 · [email protected] Business Info is a controlled circulation magazine. Applications for free copies will be considered upon receipt of a completed and signed reader info card or online form. Business Info is available on subscription @ £40 p.a. to UK companies or residents and @ £75 p.a. for non-UK subscribers. The opinions expressed by contributors are not necessarily those of the publishers who cannot accept responsibility for any errors or omissions. No part of Business Info magazine can be reproduced without the prior permission of the publisher. © Copyright 2021 Kingswood Media Ltd. ISSN 1464-8814 Design: Sandtiger Media – www.sandtiger.co.uk FOR THE LATEST INDUSTRY NEWS VISIT: WWW.BUSINESSINFOMAG.UK “ ” Comment Kingswood Media Ltd., 10 Amherst House, 22 London Road, Sevenoaks TN13 2BT Tel: 01732 759725 • Email: [email protected] BUSINESS INFO GET YOUR FREE COPY To make sure you get every issue FREE, as soon as it is published, just visit www.businessinfomag.uk, click the ‘FREE Registration’ button and add your details to our mailing list. @BinfoMag facebook.com/ BinfoMag If you no longer wish to receive Business Info magazine please email your details to [email protected] With guidance to work from home where possible and uncertainty about what other steps might need to be taken to keep new variants of coronavirus under control, it might feel as though we are ending 2021 much as we did 2020. While the sense of déjà vu is very strong is some respects, in others – and here I am speaking strictly with my business hat on – I believe we are in a better position than we were this time last year. In the last 12 months, organisations of all sizes have accelerated their digital transformation programmes and strengthened their business resilience to ensure they have the flexibility and infrastructure to cope with business disruption, whatever its source. Much of these initiatives have been facilitated by the knowledge and drive of technology providers. Earlier this month, at the PrintIT Reseller Awards, Kingswood Media celebrated the efforts of managed print service providers in helping customers make the transition to remote working, and next year we will be holding the inaugural Technology Reseller Awards for the IT channel. Organised by Technology Reseller magazine, these are an opportunity for everyone in the industry to honour IT industry professionals, resellers/MSPs, distributors and vendors that have delivered exceptional performance or service levels over the last year. Although this is very much an IT industry celebration, end user organisations, like the readers of Business Info, can play their part by encouraging IT suppliers and managed service providers that have exceeded their expectations on some major project or initiative to enter the awards and gain the recognition they deserve for their achievements. If there is one good thing to have come out of the last two years, it is the closer relationships that many businesses now enjoy with suppliers that helped them maintain operations during the first lockdown in March 2020 and are now guiding them through the digital transformation that all businesses will need to undertake in order to remain competitive in the years ahead. You can find out more about the awards at www.technologyresellerawards.co.uk. It just remains for me, and the entire team at Business Info, to wish all our readers a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. See you in 2022. James Goulding, Editor, [email protected] 03 magazine
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