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The Future of Work and Digital Transformation More than one year after the global remote work revolution, the shift to work from home (WFH) and work from anywhere (WFA) is already resulting in profound effects on businesses’ digital transformation as well as data security concerns, according to Lenovo, which released the results of its Future of Work and Digital Transformation study in the spring. According to the study, a vast majority of businesses (83%) expect to work remote at least half the time, whereas 60% of employees not only agree but are happy to do so. These new findings are part of a global survey of more than 8,000 employees and IT decisionmakers (ITDMs) across 14 markets from companies of all sizes on the impact of remote work, including job 66
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satisfaction, technology challenges and solutions conducted in early 2021. Among the key insights is that workers have hit their stride navigating their new WFH lives. Most employees (83%) want a hybrid work model post-COVID, which businesses say are more than happy to accommodate because they know it’s a way to drive employee engagement and attract new talent. Enabling remote work has meant a change in digital adoption, with an increased usage of personal devices for work; wider adoption of collaboration cloud and software; and a heightened focus on data security among IT functions across businesses of all sizes. The study also shows that trusted technology providers will need to play a key role in developing future digital strategies, while Device-as-a-Service
