How can a Hosted Desktop help your business cope with COVID-19?
28th September 2020
There is no doubt that the COVID-19 pandemic has had a massive impact on all our lives. If you had predicted global lockdowns and a worldwide pandemic 8 months ago, no one would have believed you! So extraordinary is the situation we find ourselves in now, you would have thought it the stuff of sci-fi films or horror movies from Netflix.
The truth is that we do all find ourselves in the surreal situation of living with COVID-19 and its effects on society. With no vaccine in sight to date, it is not just our personal lives which are being affected as it continues.
The business world is having to adapt
The ongoing pandemic has also made huge waves in the business world. This has seen companies needing to adapt and change how they work to survive. Perhaps the major trend to come out of this is the demand for remote working. But why has this become so key for companies during COVID-19?
In simple terms, it allows business owners to reduce the costs of renting office space and taking on the costs which providing desk space for employees brings. It also enables them to be sensitive to the work/life balance of staff, thus meaning people can work from home if required.
Of course, remote working has also meant that staff can fulfil their roles if going into work is not allowed or they do not feel comfortable with it. This means businesses can retain staff and also carry on providing a high-level service to customers. To get the most from remote working though, organisations need the right tools.
How can business owners ensure remote working succeeds?
There is one big question to consider before putting remote working into place:
How do you give staff easy access to company IT systems, telephony and applications from home?
Some businesses may think you can patch in ad hoc workarounds to achieve this or rely on home VPNs. These may work for a few days but are not a feasible long-term solution. With no clear idea on when lockdown will truly end, that is a disaster for your business. It leaves you making do with compromised workflows and facing drop-offs in employee productivity.
Hosted Desktop is the answer
So, if workarounds and VPNs are not the answer, what is?
By far the best solution is Hosted Desktop. This is a managed IT service which is fully Cloud-based. It has actually been used within the corporate world for some time now and is a fully tested, mature service. Hosted Desktop is basically like a whole IT platform in one easy to use package. Not only does it give your staff easy, central access to the files, networks and systems they need but it is very secure as well.
But how does Hosted Desktop work? It normally sees a service provider (like Host My Office) create a set of servers for your company which are then housed in four ultra-secure UK data centres. Once ready, all your applications and data are migrated to the servers and your staff can access it all from home.
Hosted Desktop is the perfect remote working solution
If your business is struggling to accommodate remote working during this pandemic, Hosted Desktop is worth thinking about. Here at Host My Office, we're ready to help.
Our secure data centres are based in the South of England and we take care of all security tasks such as backups or disaster recovery. Our service also comes with complete IT support, so you can always get help when needed.
Get in touch at hello@hostmyoffice.co.uk or call on 01892 267200 today.
