Teams | Collaboration | Customer Service | Project Management

Europe’s reliance on proprietary tech giants like Microsoft, Google, and Amazon for critical software and data services presents a growing concern to European enterprise leaders. Decision-makers are increasingly asking a practical question: Can we still rely on U.S. technology for Europe’s most sensitive data and collaboration?

European enterprises have built much of their digital infrastructure on U.S. platforms such as Microsoft 365 or AWS. These tools power everyday collaboration and productivity, but they also expose organizations to legal, operational, and reputational risks that are often underestimated. As Europe tightens its regulatory frameworks around digital sovereignty, GDPR, NIS2, and DORA, this dependency on foreign infrastructure is no longer just a compliance issue.

When did you last go through many messages to find one important piece of information? Or tried recalling which app your team likes for chatting? This is quite common, and the fact is, that not all communication tools are created equal. While the goals of Slack and Glue is similar with regard to team communications, they go about doing things in very different ways. Slack is a full-on, feature-rich experience suited to larger teams juggling several different workflows at once.

As an AWS Ambassador candidate and Solutions Architect at Miro, I spend a lot of time thinking about how AI should fit into architecture workflows. In this guide, I’ll share what I’ve learned about using AI to enhance, not replace, the human expertise that makes or breaks cloud infrastructure decisions.

From the classroom to the boardroom, a new approach focused on relationships and resolution is gaining traction.

Stop configuring. Start collaborating. What if you could deploy Rocket.Chat with the confidence that comes from built-in best practices, automated setup, and expert guidance—all in just minutes? That's exactly what Launchpad delivers. Meet Launchpad, Rocket.Chat's opinionated deployment path that gets your Secure CommsOS instance up and running quickly and reliably.

For the past five years, organizations have been locked in a tug-of-war over where work happens. Employees want flexibility. Executives want in-person collaboration. Meanwhile, a quieter crisis has been building: the erosion of workplace connection. The question is no longer whether remote work works but how to preserve its benefits without sacrificing the human connections that make work meaningful.

Your day starts with a ping – than another, and another. Before your coffee even cools, your calendar looks like a Tetris board packed with all kinds of invites. Brainstorming session, team sync, catch up, alignment call … and suddenly you’re wondering when you actually get to work. According to recent meetings statistics by Fellow, the average employee now spends around 11.3 hours per week in meetings. That’s nearly a day and a half of talking about the work instead of doing it.