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SaaS (Software as a Service) is an exploding category, so with all the great marketing tools on the market, it can be difficult deciding on the right stack for your company. What tools do we actually use here at Templafy HQ?

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.

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.

One of the biggest communication problems I encounter when working with companies undergoing a visual identity update is between company brand managers and the designers they hire to help rebrand their assets. If one side doesn’t hear the other at this important time, the entire operation may be in jeopardy. Designers, understandably, are often focused on external outcomes. It’s up to brand managers to ensure that the updates work internally as well.