MANAGED.IT 3 www.managedITmag.co.uk Read Managed.IT online... www.managedITmag.co.uk ISSN 2055-3099 (Print) ISSN 2055-3102 (Online) 04 What’s New The month’s best new products and services 08 Procurement New platform for connecting buyers and suppliers 11 Compliance GDPR gets serious for BA and Marriott International 14 Cover Story The benefits of the Konica Minolta Workplace Hub 16 End User Computing How application container technology can help with Windows 10 migration 18 Mobile Computing Dynabook brand launched in Europe 21 Q&A With Andrew Filev, CEO of collaborative work management leader Wrike 24 Collaboration New features for Teams and Dropbox 26 Data Management How Veritas Technologies is taking the complexity out of data management 27 Unified Comms LogMeIn collaboration family extended with cloud telephony 28 CSR How to incorporate social values into your business 29 Opinion Why digital transformation is not as scary as you might think 30 I couldn’t do my job without... Chris Griffiths on the five work tools he couldn’t do without ISSUE 54 www.managedITmag.co.uk Comment Editor: James Goulding 07803 087228 •
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