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<\/figure>\n\n\n\nThe world has been fighting the COVID-19 pandemic for months with no end in sight. Thankfully, some of us are lucky to have the means to adjust to the new normal of staying home, practicing social distancing, and working remotely. It\u2019s a tough battle and organizations around the world have risen up to the challenge of ensuring that business goes on as usual – business that means bread and butter to most, business that ensures people have everything they need – food, medical supplies, everyday essentials, and more. From the organizational point of view, however, this hasn\u2019t been an easy feat at a time when the world seems to have come to a standstill. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
There\u2019s another side to this story, though<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\nAs the saying goes, \u201cEvery cloud has a silver lining<\/strong>.\u201d These are tough times, but not all that\u2019s happening is bad. Yes, there\u2019s good news on the business front. Let\u2019s see why.<\/p>\n\n\n\nWe are past the phase when postponing events and travel plans would have sufficed. It\u2019s now time for businesses to rethink their contingency plans<\/strong> to ensure business continuity. In the current scenario, no matter how sophisticated a company\u2019s infrastructure is, it won\u2019t help much if employees have to be physically present to make it work. No wonder, most organizations are taking or have already taken every possible measure to enable remote work. And the rest will soon follow suit. <\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\nWe are past the phase when postponing events and travel plans would have sufficed. It\u2019s now time for businesses to rethink their contingency plans to ensure business continuity.\n<\/i><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
That said, it won\u2019t take long for businesses to realize that most of the work<\/strong> (for certain industries specifically) can be done remotely – both timely and efficiently<\/strong>. And this will, sooner or later, lead to a major shift.<\/p>\n\n\n\nSo, what exactly is this silver lining?<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\nEven post COVID-19, some businesses may want a part of their workforce to continue to work remotely. Why? Because this would mean accommodating fewer people in office, enabling them to shift to smaller spaces<\/strong>, thus lowering overhead and administrative costs<\/strong> significantly. It will also be a welcome change for employees – being able to work as usual without the hassle of travelling to and from office every day. With some help and preparation, there\u2019s no denying that this will become a highly successful operating model. Companies, such as TCS<\/a> and Twitter<\/a>, have already started talking about it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\nAs companies allow more people to log in remotely, they may also consider giving employees the flexibility to use their personal devices for work, lowering device procurement and maintenance costs. \n<\/i><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
But that\u2019s not the only way companies will benefit. As companies allow more people to log in remotely, they may also consider giving employees the flexibility to use their personal devices for work<\/strong> (some companies do so even now and the trend will only gain more popularity), lowering device procurement and maintenance costs<\/strong>. <\/p>\n\n\n\nIn addition, allowing employees to work remotely means companies can hire the best without limiting themselves to any geographical location<\/strong>. This also means that they can hire employees without<\/strong> the need to create an official setup <\/strong>in places where they only have a small workforce. Allowing remote access may also help companies retain more employees and increase productivity<\/a>. Some studies have found that employees working remotely clocked in more time, took shorter breaks, used fewer sick leaves, and got more done than their office counterparts. <\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\nSome studies have found that employees working remotely clocked in more time, took shorter breaks, used fewer sick leaves, and got more done than their office counterparts.\n<\/i><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
So enabling remote access will be a win-win situation<\/strong>, no doubt – one that companies should already start preparing for.<\/p>\n\n\n\nNow, let\u2019s take a closer look<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\nEnabling employees to work remotely is the need of the hour. But that\u2019s just one aspect of it. Even if organizations are willing and able to allow remote access<\/strong>, are they capable of securing the tonnes of data that will be transmitted every day<\/strong> to and from servers, devices, and apps? Creating a perimeter-less organization is one thing, protecting it is another. There\u2019s no reason to believe that the threat landscape<\/a> is<\/strong> not evolving equally fast<\/strong> – or faster<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\nCreating a perimeter-less organization is one thing, protecting it is another. There\u2019s no reason to believe that the threat landscape is not evolving equally fast – or faster.\n<\/i><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
And where does this leave us? Well, IT infrastructures are stretched thin<\/strong>. Despite working round the clock, IT professionals are struggling to plug the loopholes they didn\u2019t even know existed before all their colleagues started logging in remotely. A remote workforce needs to be supported remotely<\/strong>, especially now when in-person visits aren\u2019t possible even if they are feasible. And for once, it is not just about the time and cost involved (although these, too, are major considerations for an organization).<\/p>\n\n\n\nGearing up<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\nAs is obvious, businesses can no longer treat allowing remote access as a temporary fix<\/strong>, which means ensuring that investments they are making on IT hold good in the long-run<\/strong>. For this, enterprises need to revisit their device management strategies<\/strong> and adopt tools that can help manage, monitor, and secure <\/strong>all kinds of business endpoints from a single pane of glass<\/strong>. They need to enable their IT teams to define access rights, configure device settings, push app updates, and troubleshoot issues from a distance. And implementing an MDM solution is the first step towards that.<\/p>\n\n\n\nHowever, any MDM solution<\/a> businesses opt for must be robust, reliable, and scalable. The solution should not only be capable of helping them manage the entire lifecycle<\/strong> (deployment through decommissioning) of company-owned devices<\/strong>, but also be able to augment and support their BYOD strategies and policies<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\nSigning off…<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\nToday, we are all happy about the pollution levels going down, the water becoming cleaner, the increase in animal sightings, the dip in fossil fuel consumption – in short, about the fact that our planet is apparently healing. But there\u2019s more to the COVID-19 silver lining than meets the eye<\/strong>. The remote working model the pandemic has suddenly mandated may be one of the best ways to save time, money, effort, and fuel (in addition to reducing the traffic woes we\u2019re all so fed up with).<\/p>\n\n\n\nWe have all resigned to the fact that the COVID-19 crisis cannot be overcome in a day – that the comeback will be painfully slow and tedious. Our healthcare heroes are at the forefront of this war, but all of us – governments, non-profit organizations, businesses, and individuals <\/strong>alike, also have to play our part<\/strong> if we are to overcome this global crisis<\/strong> and create a world that\u2019s ready to face even more daunting challenges in the future. And 42Gears, for one, has a strategy ready.
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We are past the phase when postponing events and travel plans would have sufficed. It\u2019s now time for businesses to rethink their contingency plans<\/strong> to ensure business continuity. In the current scenario, no matter how sophisticated a company\u2019s infrastructure is, it won\u2019t help much if employees have to be physically present to make it work. No wonder, most organizations are taking or have already taken every possible measure to enable remote work. And the rest will soon follow suit. <\/p>\n\n\n\n \nWe are past the phase when postponing events and travel plans would have sufficed. It\u2019s now time for businesses to rethink their contingency plans to ensure business continuity.\n<\/i><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n That said, it won\u2019t take long for businesses to realize that most of the work<\/strong> (for certain industries specifically) can be done remotely – both timely and efficiently<\/strong>. And this will, sooner or later, lead to a major shift.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Even post COVID-19, some businesses may want a part of their workforce to continue to work remotely. Why? Because this would mean accommodating fewer people in office, enabling them to shift to smaller spaces<\/strong>, thus lowering overhead and administrative costs<\/strong> significantly. It will also be a welcome change for employees – being able to work as usual without the hassle of travelling to and from office every day. With some help and preparation, there\u2019s no denying that this will become a highly successful operating model. Companies, such as TCS<\/a> and Twitter<\/a>, have already started talking about it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \nAs companies allow more people to log in remotely, they may also consider giving employees the flexibility to use their personal devices for work, lowering device procurement and maintenance costs. \n<\/i><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n But that\u2019s not the only way companies will benefit. As companies allow more people to log in remotely, they may also consider giving employees the flexibility to use their personal devices for work<\/strong> (some companies do so even now and the trend will only gain more popularity), lowering device procurement and maintenance costs<\/strong>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n In addition, allowing employees to work remotely means companies can hire the best without limiting themselves to any geographical location<\/strong>. This also means that they can hire employees without<\/strong> the need to create an official setup <\/strong>in places where they only have a small workforce. Allowing remote access may also help companies retain more employees and increase productivity<\/a>. Some studies have found that employees working remotely clocked in more time, took shorter breaks, used fewer sick leaves, and got more done than their office counterparts. <\/p>\n\n\n\n \nSome studies have found that employees working remotely clocked in more time, took shorter breaks, used fewer sick leaves, and got more done than their office counterparts.\n<\/i><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n So enabling remote access will be a win-win situation<\/strong>, no doubt – one that companies should already start preparing for.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Enabling employees to work remotely is the need of the hour. But that\u2019s just one aspect of it. Even if organizations are willing and able to allow remote access<\/strong>, are they capable of securing the tonnes of data that will be transmitted every day<\/strong> to and from servers, devices, and apps? Creating a perimeter-less organization is one thing, protecting it is another. There\u2019s no reason to believe that the threat landscape<\/a> is<\/strong> not evolving equally fast<\/strong> – or faster<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \nCreating a perimeter-less organization is one thing, protecting it is another. There\u2019s no reason to believe that the threat landscape is not evolving equally fast – or faster.\n<\/i><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n And where does this leave us? Well, IT infrastructures are stretched thin<\/strong>. Despite working round the clock, IT professionals are struggling to plug the loopholes they didn\u2019t even know existed before all their colleagues started logging in remotely. A remote workforce needs to be supported remotely<\/strong>, especially now when in-person visits aren\u2019t possible even if they are feasible. And for once, it is not just about the time and cost involved (although these, too, are major considerations for an organization).<\/p>\n\n\n\n As is obvious, businesses can no longer treat allowing remote access as a temporary fix<\/strong>, which means ensuring that investments they are making on IT hold good in the long-run<\/strong>. For this, enterprises need to revisit their device management strategies<\/strong> and adopt tools that can help manage, monitor, and secure <\/strong>all kinds of business endpoints from a single pane of glass<\/strong>. They need to enable their IT teams to define access rights, configure device settings, push app updates, and troubleshoot issues from a distance. And implementing an MDM solution is the first step towards that.<\/p>\n\n\n\n However, any MDM solution<\/a> businesses opt for must be robust, reliable, and scalable. The solution should not only be capable of helping them manage the entire lifecycle<\/strong> (deployment through decommissioning) of company-owned devices<\/strong>, but also be able to augment and support their BYOD strategies and policies<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Today, we are all happy about the pollution levels going down, the water becoming cleaner, the increase in animal sightings, the dip in fossil fuel consumption – in short, about the fact that our planet is apparently healing. But there\u2019s more to the COVID-19 silver lining than meets the eye<\/strong>. The remote working model the pandemic has suddenly mandated may be one of the best ways to save time, money, effort, and fuel (in addition to reducing the traffic woes we\u2019re all so fed up with).<\/p>\n\n\n\n We have all resigned to the fact that the COVID-19 crisis cannot be overcome in a day – that the comeback will be painfully slow and tedious. Our healthcare heroes are at the forefront of this war, but all of us – governments, non-profit organizations, businesses, and individuals <\/strong>alike, also have to play our part<\/strong> if we are to overcome this global crisis<\/strong> and create a world that\u2019s ready to face even more daunting challenges in the future. And 42Gears, for one, has a strategy ready. 42Gears collaborated with Marcom Hub and The Entrepreneurship Academy TRY SUREMDM FOR FREE<\/a>READ MORE<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The world has been fighting the COVID-19 pandemic for months with no end in sight. Thankfully, some of us are lucky to have the means to adjust to the new normal of staying home, practicing social distancing, and working remotely. It\u2019s a tough battle and organizations around the world have risen up to the challenge…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":52569,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[23],"tags":[541,28],"class_list":["post-52491","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-enterprise-mobility","tag-covid19","tag-enterprise-mobility"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nSo, what exactly is this silver lining?<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Now, let\u2019s take a closer look<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Gearing up<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Signing off…<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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\n\n\n\nEnabling In-Hospital Patient-Doctor Interaction\n<\/h2>\n
in Romania to combat the COVID-19 problem with a novel solution<\/p>\n