From now on, we'll be guiding you through the wonderful world of Microsoft Power Platform every month. Each time, we'll treat you to a different way of using the platform and discuss a current topic in detail. Let's begin at the beginning: what's the best way to get started? And is this something anyone can do, or should only tech whizzes make the attempt? Discover a lot of interesting insights and handy resources to help you get started with Power Platform.

Ask any resident of a random city or municipality about everyday annoyances and they are likely to bring up mobility issues, from congestion woes to a lack of good parking. A Smart Mobility policy can help tackle such challenges with the help of a well-thought-out approach and technological assistance such as sensors and cameras. With extensive collaboration efforts and the implementation of an intelligent mobility network, the most pervasive mobility pain points can be addressed.

Traditional 9-to-5 work days? Those days are quietly slipping into the oblivion of the history books. As soon as this is once again possible, employees will want to be able to work efficiently from any workplace (at the office, in the home office, on the road, etc.). In other words, we are evolving towards a hybrid working environment.

If you're investing in updating or upgrading your data center, when you choose Aruba AOS-CX you are choosing a future-oriented solution. The benefits of the operating system are located right at two junctions: between network and security, and between data center and multicloud. What's more, the software also facilitates substantial cost savings.

Now more than ever, a solid backup and recovery strategy is becoming an indispensable part of a broader IT security strategy. This is particularly true at a time when ransomware attacks are making the news each and every day. Commvault offers a broad response to the issues that arise in this regard.

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Now that the wave that led us to all suddenly work from home as much as possible is slowly but surely receding, we are ready to embrace a new, hybrid work model in its wake. Some of us will be returning to the office more regularly, while others will continue to reap the benefits of working from home. This new model will change the way we interact with each other and with our work environment. This requires a new form of collaboration that goes beyond the online meetings we know today. We need tools that can bring people in diverse geographical locations together virtually, so they can collaborate more closely and efficiently. We organized an Innovation Thursday on this topic – see the highlights here.

Smart companies are proactively pursuing an effective partnership between HR and IT. After all, both departments play a crucial role in keeping the digital transformation in an organization on the right track. Based on existing theories and a new survey of Flemish companies, Kwinten Seghers and Simon Schelpe investigate the possibilities in their master's thesis 'Organization and Management'.

To further expand our software development offering, we added a web development team to our portfolio last year. Through custom development, we can help every type of customer, including start-ups with smaller initial budgets. We have a wide range of expertise for this purpose. People are always at the heart of our company, so we'd like to let two of our web developers have their say. They explain how they make a difference, what their energizers are, and take you behind the scenes of the team.

Video conferencing is the future. Now that we are working from home on a massive scale and are no longer able to attend physical meetings (or at least, a lot less), we are doing more video conferences than ever before. An ordinary phone call or a classic business trip? That's virtually a thing of the past. Video conferencing not only saves costs, it is also better for the environment. We would like to share some tips for efficient video conferencing.

To further stimulate the development of data awareness among the employees of the Port of Antwerp, we built a virtual cockpit that charts the use of Power BI within the organization. This allows the company to make recommendations on how the reports and resulting insights can be even better aligned with their objectives. In this way the Port Authority is vigorously building the culture that is necessary in a data-driven organization.

Your security – even when you travel – is important to Inetum-Realdolmen, which is why we offer different levels of security: end-users, company level, business level. To ensure that you can go on vacation with your laptop in complete safety, we would like to give you a few extra tips that you should think about before setting off.

Gone are the days when we used a printer only to print documents and had no idea about the cost. As a business, you need an all-in-one solution that is also part of a secure printing environment. Managed Print Services (MPS) from HP lets you create a secure printing environment where you have full oversight and control, all with the best hardware. What can MPS do for you and what benefits can it bring to the modern workplace? Find out more here.