Simple ways to keep up with the ‘next gen’ demand for fast technology

We live in a fast-paced world, and that’s especially apparent when it comes to technology. The COVID-19 pandemic alone has forced many of us to switch to various tech tools we had probably never seen a strong need to use back in “normal” times. However, especially crucial to how we live and work is speed.

The faster the technology that we use, the more we can achieve with it in a given period of time. How are you supposed to hit the ground running, so to say, when new tech arrives on the scene?

Read the latest news about the tech sector

How can you identify new corporate technologies as they emerge? In an article for Medium, creative technologist Kim T recommends that you look for digital resources reporting on current, emerging and almost-mainstream technologies.

Obvious examples of such digital resources would be tech news sites – and Kim T does reel off the names of a few as well as provide links to them.

Check out what’s happening in the open-source community

Peeking into the open-source community is like getting a glimpse into tech’s future, as this community tends to experiment with new technologies long before they go mainstream.

As for how you can keep yourself updated with what the open-source community is doing, you could do that by joining GitHub and exploring the trending or top-starred projects featured there. Even if your business isn’t quite ready to take up the new technologies you see, they could still inspire your firm’s future journey.

Register for ‘new feature’ alerts from major tech platforms

If you are already using leading technology platforms like Microsoft Azure, Google Cloud and Amazon Web Services, you could find – with a bit of searching – that many of them let users subscribe to ‘new feature’ alerts, where the subscriber would be notified when updates are rolling out for the software.

Through signing up for such alerts, you could keep yourself in the loop about exciting new developments – and ones especially relevant to you at that – without having to put a huge amount of legwork into getting that information.

Consider what would work best for your workforce

Ultimately, any piece of tech can only work fast if whoever uses it knows how to make that happen. That’s why, if you run a business and want to modernize its IT, you must “align your new systems with the company’s culture”, as the strategy+business website phrases it.

You should start with “a clear recognition of the new habits that people will need to adopt”, as the site continues.

Treat your corporate tech as services rather than assets

In other words, you should see this tech as something your company uses and integrates as and when required rather than necessarily owns.

For example, if you are eager for your workplace to transition to 5G connectivity, investing in voice, data and mobile services by Gamma could set you on that path – as the provider is currently preparing to roll out 5G connectivity for its customers.