Top trends for 2022
Remote working has become a part of our new normal. With many people relocating to at-home working over the pandemic, almost every industry has seen a rise in more flexible ways of working. With employees electing to work in the office, at home, or in a mixture of both, it’s more important now than ever for businesses to have the tools they need to facilitate working from anywhere.
The future of remote working
The Covid-19 pandemic isn’t the sole reason for a sudden uptake in remote working. Even before the pandemic, many industries were beginning to lean towards more flexible working situations. However, the events of the past year have vastly accelerated this, and did so seemingly overnight. Companies had to respond quickly to come up with policies and protocols to maintain efficiency for remote working. As a result, many businesses have the ability to continue to offer workers a more flexible approach to working, assured in the knowledge that they can still complete tasks and collaborate effectively, even when not physically at work.
Upcoming trends
The past 24 months have caused not only a great shift in where we work, but it’s also redefined how we work, too. Industry insights suspect we are currently in the middle of a power shift, where workers are beginning to question where they stand within their organisations, and how much they’re worth. Employees who were shifted swiftly into remote work have realised that accommodations can be made for flexible working. And many aren’t prepared to return to the comparatively stringent routine of only-onsite work. Because of these changes, it’s predicted that several trends will arise over the next year or so. Not only will workplaces begin to see a reinvention of classic routines and operations, but with a predicted upcoming scarcity of talent, employers will have to invest more into the wellbeing of employees on a more personal level. This includes a focus on promoting inclusivity and individuality, as well as sustainability and overall accountability. With these new trends arising, businesses may feel some pressure to give their employees more flexibility within their work situations. This, in many cases, will include giving them options to work full- or part-time from home. And while companies were able to put in protocols for immediate switches for remote working, it’s important to ensure that there are plans in place for sustaining this over a long (or indefinite) period. Especially where connectivity and security are concerned.
Stay prepared with VMware
For businesses looking to have the best of both productivity and flexibility, VMware has the solution. VMware’s SD-WAN decouples network software services from underlying hardware. This creates a virtualised network overlay that enables the connection of users anywhere to applications. And with easy deployment, central management and control, organisations can benefit from flexibility, simplicity, performance, and cloud scale. With VMware’s SD-WAN, workers can access cloud migration, end-to-end virtual services platform, simplified WAN operations and choices in edge security, no matter where they’re working from.
The VMware SASE platform gives users the very best of VMware SD-WAN and VMware ONE in a single, cloud-hosted platform that provides consistently secure, reliable, and optimised access to traditional and new applications. This helps to solve issues raised by employees working from multiple locations, and ensures that everyone has the same level of security coverage and connectivity to important applications. And, in turn, grants businesses new levels of flexibility and agility, and workers the opportunity to work from anywhere.
VMware’s solutions are the answer to questions raised by the new flexible ways of working. By ensuring all employees are connected and secure, businesses can rest assured that their teams remain productive and collaborative, even when working remotely. For more information on VMware’s Work from Anywhere solutions, contact us at info.exertis.co.uk/vmware-sdwan