Without the right IT solutions in place, many businesses are having to choose their employees’ health over their business’.
In order to limit the spread of coronavirus, our nation must work together during these times and practice social distancing. Canceling large gatherings, and limiting your staff’s exposure at the office will be more and more important as time goes on.
However, while this practice may be effective for slowing the spread of coronavirus, it will undoubtedly be detrimental to businesses across the country. A majority of these organizations are not configured to support staff members as they work from home.
With little to no time to get prepared, many businesses are scrambling to set up the right technologies and keep their staff working. Have you figured out your coronavirus continuity plan?
How Can IT Support Your Business Continuity During The Pandemic?
Both you and your staff need the right tools in order to stay productive. There are a number of consumer and business-class solutions available to you, depending on the size of your organization:
- Business Communications (Skype, VoIP, etc.): You may need to monitor your employees’ phone traffic, allowing them to take calls from clients, and make calls on their business telephones. You may also require software that allows you to record calls in order to track the customers’ experience.
- Productivity Management: Don’t forget to consider adding the capability to track remote access and logins, allowing you to see when users are actively working.
- Staff Collaboration (Microsoft SharePoint, OneDrive & Teams): Make sure you have the right solutions in place to allow your team members to collaborate. You should be able to send and receive files, and share desktops in real-time.
Your Top 3 Priorities When Deploying Remote Work Capabilities
The more optimized your remote work technologies and processes, the fewer obstacles and interruptions there will be to your staff’s productivity. Make sure to prioritize:
- User Experience: The point of all this is that your staff can do their work, and do it easily. If they’re fighting against unintuitive software, a bad connection, or anything else tech-related, their standard workday won’t be all that productive. It won’t be long before your business’ productivity grinds to a halt.
- Strong Connectivity: You need to find out who has a reliable Internet connection at home. If your staff lives in remote areas with poor connectivity, you may have to consider investing in cellular-data, or have a plan in place to deal with delays on their end.
- Reliable Security: This crisis presents a big opportunity for cybercriminals. When businesses start prioritizing remote access to data over the security of that data, they make an easy target for hackers. That’s why you need to take additional steps to secure remote access.
The bottom line is that you need to keep your business operating no matter what crisis the nation faces. With the right remote work capabilities, you can keep your staff productive and healthy. If you need help, get in touch with the Colorado Computer Support team.
We will help you map out a remote working plan and devise strategies to protect your backups and business continuity planning. Your plan will take the following into account:
- Encourage productivity among staff members that are working from home.
- Protect your IT system from significant disruptions.
- Keep your business running and your IT optimized.
