All of these changes are giving people new and better ways to work, but they also bring a new set of challenges: a deluge of information, constant demands on their attention, new skills to master and pressure to be ever more productive.
For example, 'information overload' is becoming a serious drag on productivity. It's also not easy enough just to find the information people need to do their jobs. All the time people spend tracking down information, managing and organizing documents, and making sure their teams have the data they need, could be much better spent on analysis, collaboration, insight and other work that adds value.
Microsoft believe that the key to helping businesses become more agile and productive in the global economy is to empower individual workers - giving them tools that improve efficiency and enable them to focus on the highest-value work. And a new generation of software is an important ingredient in making this happen.