Wow! Yesterday the EU published the Digital Markets Act, a legislative proposal seeking to protect the fundamental rights of users in the digital world. This proposal has the potential to be a major catalyst for the emergence of a unifying communications layer for the open web. Indeed the Digital Markets Act is pushing interoperability between messaging apps, which is a major win for consumers.

Considering leaving Slack’s silo for a more open and secure world? We hear you! Element Matrix Services (EMS), the high-performance Matrix hosting solution from Element, is releasing a new service to help organisations migrate from Slack to Element; the Slack Migration Wizard.

At a conference in 1997, Steve Jobs famously said this in response to a provocative question from one of the audience members about the company’s strategy at the time: “You’ve got to start with the customer experience and work back toward the technology – not the other way around. “ Today, many companies have forgotten that the essence of running a business starts with the customer.

One of the most important things to understand about a digital transformation is that ultimately, you’re talking about exactly that: a transformation from where you are today to where you hope to be tomorrow. In order to get to that point, companies have to be willing to change. Not just for the sake of it, but because it makes the most sense at this particular moment given everything that you’ve set yourself up to accomplish.

In a global marketplace, competition is stiff. It's hard enough to get the attention of your prospective customer, but once you have it, you don't want to lose it. This kind of drain can mean the end of your business. Any small business owner knows that the life's blood of their business is loyal customers. It is well worth the trouble to keep your customers happy and have them continue to give you their business. When they are satisfied, they naturally tell others about you. This is business growth.

The relationships with IT has historically been driven by top-down decisions about which technology teams can (or must) use. However, in this age of remote work, it’s crucial that employees have the technology they need to collaborate and execute from anywhere in the world. To discover what works in this new world of collaborative IT, we spoke to three experts at Distributed 2020: Chet Mandair, CIO of Guidewire; Gopi Parampalli, VP of IT at EA; and Keith Pemberton, Sr.

Alan Duric is the co-founder and CTO/COO of Wire, a secure collaboration platform. He is an experienced entrepreneur with a strong background in real-time communications. He’s the co-founder and CTO of Telio Holding ASA that is listed on the Oslo stock exchange, and Camino Networks, which was acquired by Skype/eBay.

We’ve all been there. You’ve prepared for an amazing meeting with Miro. The ice-breaker was selectively chosen to get everyone engaged from the start. Each frame was created with painstaking attention. The breakouts organized for maximum collaboration. The board is a work of art fit for a Miroverse template. As you kick things off, you get a chat message asking for the link to the board. Another asking for access because they can view but not edit.

It is essential to track project time because it helps business owners to reflect on how they utilize their time in business and even personally. Time tracking is a crucial ingredient for a healthy workflow, insight, and productivity. Furthermore, time-consuming projects may not necessarily require the best effort to complete. On the contrary, it may need just a little effort to bring the best value.

TL;DR – Get started with Mattermost on Azure using the Mattermost on AKS quickstart from the Azure CNAB Quickstart Library. The quickstart provides a fast and simple way to get running with Mattermost, without the need to learn or install any new tooling. By using Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS), the infrastructure is fully managed for you, and the quickstart handles configuring networking and SSL certificates so you can instantly access the Mattermost application after installation.