Unlocking Value with Remote Work and Modern Management
Thursday 28th October 2021
The COVID-19 pandemic has forced many organisations to reconsider their long-term strategies for flexible work environments, which is now essential for business continuity and employee retention. That means significant exposure to new and existing risks. For instance, attackers are increasing their focus on remote employees through email phishing, software exploitation, and even direct fraud.
In November 2020, VMware and Bytes commissioned Forester Consulting to evaluate the state of remote work and modern management tools at organisations based in the UK. Through a survey of 154 IT decision-makers, they sought to uncover the state of remote work, the challenges firms face and the opportunities they have to enhance remote work.
Regardless of the technology investment, one thing is clear: Cloud is the future for EUC innovation and is applicable for any and all forms of EUC, whether it’s management of physical devices, hosting of compute, or embracing lighter-weight cloud-based operating systems.
Most enterprises were not ready for a world where workers have secure, remote access to networks and systems. In response, ITDMs view modern management to be important across different areas:
- Improved security - Modern management improves security through conditional access, device compliance, and protection of data.
- Value-add services - Specific employees require specific tools; out-of-the-box deployment and better hardware management boost EX and productivity.
- Policy configuration - This involves transitioning legacy Group Policy Objects (GPOs) to modern configuration service providers (CSPs) as well as utilizing cloud-based UEM policies to manage common policies like passcode — all of which saves time.
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