International Scientific Journals
of Scientific Technical Union of Mechanical Engineering "Industry 4.0"

Today’s world is full of rapid changes, accompanied by an unsustainable pace of technological development. Thanks to the advent of virtualization, the way of working is changing as the dependence on time and space ceases to influence work opportunities. Globalization, information, and communication technologies mean that we are encountering more and more concepts such as virtual teams, virtual leadership, or remote working in companies. At the same time, virtualization, accelerated by the COVID-19 pandemic, opens up a range of new issues that require greater interest from researchers – such as the specifics of women working from home, the gender gap, ways of coping with stress, and others. Our paper is therefore dedicated to a systematic review of the literature on virtualization. Based on a qualitative analysis of the 30 most cited works from the Web of Science database that relate to the topic of the virtual workplace and were published in 2018-2022, we provide an overview of the current issues and challenges facing the corporate sector today. The VOSviewer and Voyant Tools software were used for the systematic literature review. Our research provides an overview of the most important topics related to virtualization while presenting problems and existing research gaps.

This year we have open a new laboratory of automation and robotics in the Department of Technical Studies at the College of Polytechnics in Jihlava. Our laboratory is equipped with a FESTO CP Factory production line in the biggest configuration in the middle Europe. This system which includes physical components and many virtual tools can be used in education, research and cooperation with industrial companies.

Information society is considered as a new stage in the human development, which is characterized by the dominance of information, information products, information technology and communications. The existence of interconnection of processes of globalization and informatization of social life are proved. The trends of information technology development and the main segments of the potential market of information technologies are determined. It is proposed to consider the use of information technologies as a complex of interrelated scientific, technological and engineering disciplines, that study the methods of efficient organization of labor engaged in the processing and preservation of information; computer techniques and methods for organization of their interaction with people and production equipment, and related social, economic and cultural issues. Virtualization has become the main trend that changes the IT infrastructure. The basic idea is to concentrate all resources of different physical systems in one large pool. As a result, there are various problems of information security, that should be taken into account. A number of business requirements that will increase demand and minimize costs to maintain the required level of service are proposed. The groups of factors that lead to an increase in economic benefits through the using of CALS-technologies are examined. The market of information infrastructure, dynamics of Ukraine’s ranking on the level of development of information and communication technologies in the world are analyzed. It is determined that today in the informationtelecommunication aspect Ukraine has no competitive advantages in international markets in comparison with developed countries. It is concluded about the main tendencies of the development of information and computer technologies and information and consulting services. The necessity of creating favorable conditions for the development of information and communication technologies in Ukraine is substantiated. This requires new approaches to the development of financial institutions that provide the accumulation and redistribution of financial resources for the implementation of effective structural changes. It is proposed to consider the fundamental economic strategy for the development of information and communication technologies in Ukraine not as a matter of public policy. Information and communication technologies should be transform into the subject of direct consumers’, producers’ and investors’ interests. The state should create certain principles and conditions, diversify organizational forms and attract non-traditional sources for innovation in the field of information and communication technologies. The advantages that Ukraine can get through accelerated innovative development of information and computer technologies are determined.