How to work anywhere and anytime in 2021
When running a business, you want to ensure that you make your employees’ experiences as streamlined as possible. This is where the future of work is continuing to change as business solutions such as cloud storage and virtual meetings are allowing for remote working to continue effectively. But if you’re still trying to adapt to moving away from a physical office space after many years, how do you effectively make these changes to your business for good? In this article, we will be providing you with insight into how you can make your business more agile.
Applications to improve team communication
2020 has bought about challenges for many of us, but with 46.6% of the UK workforce now forced to work remotely, many businesses have had to think on their feet. With communication being listed as one of the biggest issues that employees have faced, there are many applications such as Zoom, Microsoft Teams and Google Hangouts that have been utilised to improve communication throughout both smaller and larger corporations during this time of remote working.
Implement cloud storage solutions to manage workloads
In addition to using applications to improve remote working, businesses can also take steps to implement cloud storage to facilitate remote working from anywhere at any time with an internet connection. When looking into cloud adoption solutions however, it is important to be aware of the three different kinds of cloud storage that are available to you. These include:
Public cloud storage. This is a cloud service over the internet that is managed by the provider themselves and provided to you through the internet. The three main providers of these services are Google Cloud, Amazon Web Services and Microsoft Azure.
Private cloud storage. This is cloud storage that is used privately by only one organisation. It is commonly used by those that need a higher level of security for sensitive information. The server for this cloud storage may be located either on-premise or at a third-party vendor, who will also take responsibility for maintaining the server.
Hybrid cloud storage. This offers access to a mixture of public and private cloud storage types mentioned above with the ability for you to choose which you use dependent on what you’re storing.
Upgrade technology as much as possible
Another element that you should consider is the technology that your employees have. Ensuring that it is as reliable, modern and effective is important more important than ever, as this will allow your staff to work from home with ease. With many tablets and mobile phone devices, you may not even need a traditional laptop or desktop computer in order to work productively from anywhere in the world – meaning the number of talented experts you’re able to hire is increasing too.
Ensure security is at the forefront of everything you do
The final way that you can make sure you can work productively from anywhere in the world is to ensure that all your technology is updated as this will increase the amount of security. This is crucial when working from home as the files you are working on could become corrupted or open to cyber-attack. Therefore, it is important to make sure that two-step authentication works to keep your important business information as secure as possible.
With this in mind, there are several ways that you can set about working remotely with ease, by changing a few simple steps in your everyday routines. Which of these will you be implementing to your working routine as we head into the new year.
