We all know that feeling – a new cloud tool, modern and shiny, that will help solve at least one of your problems. "Will this be adopted by the organization or is this just another grave-yard project from IT?" is another worry we are all too familiar with. In my daily work with customers I collect regular insights and decided to share some of my most vital learnings with you.

Following Wire’s recent success with government institutions in both US and Europe, Wire is now available via the UK's Crown Commercial Services G-cloud 11. This means that public sector customers in the UK will benefit from: Wire is the most secure collaboration platform. Government institutions will benefit from the most advanced security features - securing messages, communications, calls and files in all environments.

We live in a world where 76% of excutives believe a cyber breach is inevitable. While the risk is clear, 44% cannot find the budget to do something about it, while other 41% cite lack of resources as being the biggest hurdle. So is this just how it's going to be? Are we surrending to cyber criminals?

Wire has been carefully selected by over 550 Enterprises up to date – for its security, usability and advanced feature set. Yet, we are often competing with "shadow IT" – from politicians using Telegram or Signal to global organizations like Continental banning WhatsApp. Even in this competitive landscape, Wire comes out on top.

Executives drive the most sensitive and confidential discussions within your business. So, it’s sobering to think that many of the work processes today are still organized and built around email, paper documents and insecure messaging and file sharing services in many Fortune 1000 companies. These conversations are often extended to board members - external parties to the organization and outside the corporate firewall.

Whether it’s the ever-present threat of a cyber-attack, or the need to meet your data privacy obligations under GDPR, organizations are under growing pressure to protect their IT infrastructure and ensure that the tools they use are fit for purpose. One of the most robust ways of achieving this is to run regular audits.

Wire, the world’s most secure workplace collaboration platform, announces that EY France, a key territory for the global leader in assurance, tax, transaction and advisory services, are using its platform to enhance the security of its communications both internally and with third parties.

In an important client meeting? Going on vacation? Or simply deeply concentrated on a project that needs finalizing? We all have reasons to turn to the trusty mute settings from time to time. But instead of scrolling through each conversation to see which one is “mute-worthy” why not just have a global mute setting when you need some peace and quiet. Why not set a status to let your colleagues know you are unavailable and at the same time set everything on full or partial mute.

As the executive team reviews productivity, profiabilty and collaboration in the organization, email is at the center point of most interactions. But is it the right choice for the future? Email has already been dubbed a productivity-killer and dead by many. Add to that an excess of vulnerabilites but maybe there is another angle - vulnerability that should make organizations consider if email shall be the primary communications tool.

There is no doubt that the business world is moving to a collaborative way of working pioneered by Slack who is getting rewarded today with a gigantic DPO. They changed the way organizations use email and adapted the way we work to the way the coming generation communicates. Backed by startups and developers the platform became the backbone of product organizations and growing tech companies.