PWC business leaders survey on remote working
Ways of working have changed drastically over the last year. Below we highlight significant facts on how 200 UK businesses* have adapted to remote and home working. We also give our recommendations for how your IT and infrastructure can support these changes, securely and effectively.
*Data Source: EY-Parthenon & PWC
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are feeling overwhelmingly positive about the prospects for their businesses moving forwards |
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say adaptations were needed for home and remote working |
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| have now deployed Teams | have now deployed Zoom | have now deployed Slack |
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are reporting problems with staff working at home, caused by poor connectivity |
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are considering investing in connections for remote and home workers, to enable them to better connect to their systems and corporate networks |
Our recommendations:
- Deploy cloud infrastructure for reliability and availability, such as Microsoft 365 or Google Workspace.
- Deploy security to protect infrastructure, accounts and devices; both proactive and reactive measures.
- Deploy an effective internal communications platform, such as Teams, Zoom or Slack.
- Secure all accounts for all services, for example with Multi Factor Authentication (MFA, also known as Two Factor Authentication) and Single Sign-on (SSO).
- Recognise the importance of good and stable internet connections for remote and home workers in order for them to be able to work effectively.
- Cater for voice and telephony for remote and home workers; cloud-hosted solutions are ideal for this to reduce complexity, and they do not require physical desk phones.
- Educate and train users on security and compliance practices when working remotely and from home.
Further things to be aware of: