Spiceworks and Ziff Davis B2B joined forces to offer customers unparalleled access to the world's most active and influential technology buyers. Robin Peto, Managing Director at Spiceworks Ziff Davis, joins me on today's Tech Talks Daily episode. Robin is responsible for directing the organization's research strategy, as well as leading a team of subject matter experts and talented researchers to help inform clients' mission-critical priorities. She offers insights grounded in her 20+ year career in the B2B tech sector. IT departments everywhere have rapidly deployed technologies to maintain business continuity during the rapid rush to remote work in the global health crisis. The massive move to work-from-home policies spurred shifts in hardware, software and services spend and will continue to make waves as many companies stick to flexible working arrangements permanently. To gain perspective on how this great shift will influence IT in the coming years, SWZD surveyed more than 1,000 technology buyers in companies across North America and Europe. To provide context into the magnitude of the shifts expected in 2021, the report tracks tech trends over three years. Robin reveals insights from their 2021 State of IT report. We discuss changes in IT and tech spending during the pandemic. We also talk about shifts in business communication tools, the future of business chat apps, remote working security concerns, and workers returning to physical offices/workforce of the future.