The global pandemic not only shook the status quo in how businesses respond to infrastructure changes, but it completely altered the landscape of essential business processes. The massive shift to online operations has made flexible infrastructure an imperative.
Traditional methods of processes have been cast aside, and as we continue to analyse workplaces in a Covid-era, businesses are actively considering how operations can occur from anywhere.
The concept of “anywhere operations” also shouldn’t be confused with “work from home (WFM)” or even the traditional idea of an office. Gartner predicts that by the end of 2023, 40% of organizations will adopt a more fluid, hybrid-office model where workers won’t be required to do long commutes or standard 9-5 schedules.
It’s all going remote.
The idea that by 2023, 40% of businesses will be working remotely would have been enough for anyone to laugh at last year. Still, as we continue to move even further digital, companies simply cannot expect the traditional working environments to exist without introducing modern anywhere operations.
Businesses will need to deploy management solutions that can tie together a decentralized enterprise network footprint and grant teams visibility to virtually any location their workers log on from. Anywhere operations can enable more flexible and resilient organisations and provide broader talent choices because future employees are not limited to a particular location.
Anywhere Operations offer a unique value-add experience across five core areas: secure remote access, cloud and edge infrastructure, collaboration and productivity, automation to support remote operations and quantification of the digital experience.
This type of remote operational power is designed to support customers, empower employees and manage the deployment of services. Gartner predicts in the next three years, businesses will continue to apply anywhere operations to deliver and optimize blended virtual and physical customer and employee experience.