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Productivity is usually not about working more, but working smarter. Here are four effective and simple rituals to boost your efficiency in the workplace.

When Microsoft released Office for iOS in 2014, it constituted a fundamental shift in corporate strategy. Before, Office apps for iPhone, iPad and even Office 365 were rather restricted compared to the full-feature, standalone versions of Word, PowerPoint, Excel for Windows and Mac OS.

It might be your worst nightmare. A server overheats and starts a fire that wipes out your computer room before the sprinkler system kicks in, leaving a trail of destruction and chaos. Overnight, you’ve lost facilities, hardware, network and data.

Presentations are an ubiquitous part of corporate life, and too often a common source of corporate misery as well – we’ve definitely all sat through a boring presentation, which we’ve forgotten the content of almost immediately, and a lot of us would be guilty of giving some pretty average presentations as well. It needn’t be this way though. With just a little bit of extra time and effort – and our seven tips below – you could be giving presentations that delight, not dull.

So long Patch Tuesday. Microsoft has shifted course in Windows 10, introducing a whole new update model. Unlike in previous versions of Windows, all security fixes and optional upgrades will be installed automatically. In Windows 10, you will find patches foisted on all of your devices – PC, mobile phone, tablet – once Microsoft releases them.

Does template management sound like overkill to you? Why bother defining a process for something that basically is merely a matter of uploading new versions of an existing Word or PowerPoint template? The answer is simple: Your employees won’t use the new version just because you copy it to a file share. You have to reach a bit deeper into your box of tricks.

A lot goes on behind the scenes here at Templafy. Our tech team tinker away daily to develop new features, fix bugs, and make sure we’re delivering the best possible solution. While we believe all our updates are important, some are undeniably ‘sexier’ than others.

Between us, have you ever wished you could leave your bulky laptop at home while on the run to your next business meeting, and just use the smartphone in your pocket as a full-blown PC instead?

Enterprises have benefited from a lot of exciting tech innovation in recent years, but the way custom templates for MS Office are deployed in global organizations has hardly changed in the past decade. Conversations I’ve had with IT-Pros at conferences and roadshows lately have made me realize how archaic and frustrated the thinking is around this area. There is a better way to deploy custom templates.

In the workplace, most people are inherently resistant to change. From writing an email to putting together a new business pitch, employees often get into their own unique daily office habits. Therefore, while new enterprise software has the potential to revolutionize your business’ productivity, it also runs the risk of disrupting trusted and ingrained ways of working.