February - 2020CONSTRUCTIONTECHREVIEW.COM 19DriversThe design, construction, occupation, and management of commercial real estate continue to attract the interest of a wide range of start-up and established technology businesses that provide solutions forarchitects, developers, owners, occupiers, and facility managers to maximize flexibility, sustainability, economic performance, and efficiency.Gen Ys and millennials feel they can be productive from any location using any device and any technology; they don't want to be constrained by location or legacy infrastructure, and they embrace "agile working."Within the next five years, 35 percent of workers globally will access office networks remotely from their homes, while traveling or located at distant offices. The consequent blurring of the division between private time and working time in local and remote locations, combined with users preferring to bring their own devices to work, has raised challenges for IT support teams in terms of data security, remote support, and inter-operability between traditional applications and mobile apps. Wireless applications to support this mobile workforce have grown exponentially over the past five years, and this trend will continue as 5G networks are deployed and competing mobile device technologies converge. To support this mobile workforce, software developers are building systems that combine artificial intelligence, cloud computing, analytics, mobility and video conferencing technologies to reshape workplace collaboration. Within the workplace, employers are willing to pay a premium for efficient tenancies that enable their mobile workers to collaborate effectively and respond to changing technology. They see no need for fixed desk phones, and fewer desktop locations are being provisioned with copper data cabling. Indeed, many companies no longer see the need for dedicated premises, leading to the growth of shared workspace TECHNOLOGY TRENDS IN COMMERCIAL REAL ESTATEKevin BurmanCXO INSIGHTSBy Kevin Burman, National Director - Technology Solutions, Colliers International
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