James Akrigg presented on trends impacting the modern office, including the rise of smartphones and social networking, more employees working remotely, and an increased reliance on cloud services. New technologies are enabling device innovation, dynamic workplaces with flexible spaces and virtual meetings, digital content creation and sharing, and hybrid cloud models. These trends are transforming the way people work today and in the future.

1. presented by
James Akrigg
Introducing Your Modern Office

2. Trends impacting the way we work
Private Hybrid Public
1 billion
smartphones by 2016,
82%
of the world's online
50%
of enterprise customers
350M of those being population engages in are “on the road” to
used at work social networking cloud

4. The New Era of Work Future Vision
Device Dynamic Digital Born Cloud
Innovation Workplace Content

5. Device Innovation
• Natural user interfaces
• Cloud connected
• Low costs
• Span business & personal
• Today and Future

6. Dynamic Workplace
• Open & flexible workspaces
• Meetings redefined by voice & video
• Enterprise social networking
• Collaborative Working from Anywhere
• Out of the Office but not Out of Touch

7. Digital Born Content
• Digital ink & voice/video recording
• Real-time conversion & translation
• Big data & next-gen analytics
• Composite real-time documents
• Focus on Content not Technology

8. Cloud
• Hybrid and Control
• Transparency & Privacy
• Apps as a Service
• Enabling Anywhere Working
• Ready Today, Ready for the Future

9. JAMES AKRIGG
jakrigg@microsoft.com