Video conferencing is increasingly penetrating our daily workflow, moving beyond meeting rooms and invading workplaces and mobile devices. The shift has become possible thanks to ever-increasing transition from pure hardware room systems (e.g. Polycom, Cisco, LifeSize) to software and hardware-software solutions.

You're in a meeting room, getting ready for a conference call with co-workers on the other side of the globe. In no time flat you see them pop up on the projector and you start sharing your screen to show them your latest presentation. Or, you're in a cooking class and the teacher is cutting up ingredients.

As we've mentioned, hot desking is simply the use of non-allocated workstations, meaning no employee has a fixed workstation. Rather, work spaces can be used by any employee, from any department or level, on any given day.

Coworking may be on the rise, but it’s still a pretty new idea around Charlotte. Many independent professionals understand the gist of coworking (a shared office space) but voice confusion or concern over the details.

Walk into a coworking space and you’ll immediately notice that it feels different from a regular office. The smell of fresh coffee in the air is second only to the electric atmosphere that the energetic and excited occupants bring to the space. You’ll see a mix of those in deep focus at private desks and others striking up engaging conversations at large shared tables. This is the culture of the coworking space.

With high-speed WiFi and global connectivity, we can’t deny the fact that these days you can work from anywhere: your bedroom, living room, kitchen countertop, garden and all of the comfortable spaces you can think of around your home.