Bringing zero downtime to anywhere work
Two years ago, the freedom to work at home was either a nice perk or a special-circumstances accommodation, these days, things are decidedly different.
Depending on region, role, policy, or preference, many employees now split their time between working from home and working in-office. In the summer of 2021, 92% of IT leaders said that their organizations either were moving to a hybrid model or already had done so.
Navigating this new reality can be nerve-wracking for IT, because technology essentially DEFINES today’s work experience. Among IT leaders, 88% consider it essential for employees to be able to work remotely effectively and efficiently.
The IT challenges are well known for both fully on-site and fully remote work. However, hybrid work is less predictable. That unpredictability can create multiple stressors for your IT teams.
IT’s top hybrid-work challenge
63%
of IT leaders said that technology management had become more difficult over the past couple of years
90%
Said that the new hybrid working style has caused “a great deal” of change to their operations.
How hybrid work has changed IT
While many employees have welcomed blended work with open arms, IT…not so much. “Anywhere work” brings its own new set of everywhere pressures—and 78% of CIOs predict that the shift to a hybrid working style will become a burden for IT.
Unpredictable people needs: People are working in a variety of locations and time zones, on divergent schedules. Also consider that across your workforce, employees are in different career stages, with different goals and different workplace needs. All these factors make supporting them with the right devices and responding to their real-time IT problems even more of a challenge.
Unpredictable risks: With so many devices, users, and locations, the opportunity for a careless click to turn into a network-wide problem increases exponentially. Because IT teams often lack the visibility to identify looming security threats—or the tools to defend against them—your organization’s vulnerability level is amplified with hybrid work.
Unpredictable processes: As hard as it was for IT to enable employees to go all-remote, going hybrid is proving even harder. There are more stakeholders than before, more necessarily rapid adoption of digital platforms, and an acceleration in leveraging tech to meet critical business needs.
No matter where employees are located, they’re living in a state of flux, and it’s IT’s mission to help them through the chaos. It’s good to know that there’s help for IT, too— a reputable, well-rounded services provider can provide a personalized road map for processes, priorities, and resources in this new world of everywhere work.
Combining HP’s fleet of the right devices with Datacom’s range of flexible cloud solutions and managed IT services is the ideal way to create the agility you need to support a hybrid workforce. Get in touch with us today to discuss the solutions your organisation needs for powering a hybrid workforce into the future.
