While it makes perfect sense for IT employees to work from remote locations via video conferencing and collaboration tools seamlessly - especially in the case of tech giants like Google or Microsoft -- workers from the non-IT companies and small and medium enterprises (SMBs) are the worst-hit in India as most of them have little or no clue about how these messaging and collaboration tools work amid the coronavirus pandemic.
Small companies -- from corporate to education verticals -- are scrambling to get their act together as new coronavirus threat has reached their premises, prompting them to send employees home who have age-old laptops, poor network and connectivity with no UPS backups and little knowledge about how to handle group chat and collaboration software like Zoom, Google Hangouts Meet, Microsoft Teams and Flock etc.
Instead of halting operations, however, businesses can choose to shift towards remote working methods with teaching non-IT staff on how to use the latest digital software to connect and work, say industry experts.
The training will take some time and may hamper productivity in the short run but is a win-win situation for the non-tech companies in the long run, in case any such global emergency arises in the future.
According to a latest report by Gartner, 54 per cent of HR leaders have cited that poor technology and/or infrastructure for remote working is the biggest barrier to effective remote working.
Sandy Shen, Senior Director Analyst, Gartner, says that with COVID-19 disrupting the business landscape, CIOs should relook at the digital fulfillment of market demand.
"The value of digital channels, products and operations is immediately obvious to companies everywhere right now. This is a wake-up call for organisations that have placed too much focus on daily operational needs at the expense of investing in digital business and long-term resilience," warned Shen.
Businesses that can shift technology capacity and investments to digital platforms will mitigate the impact of the outbreak and keep their companies running smoothly now, and over the long term.
"Videoconferencing, messaging, collaboration tools and document sharing are just a few examples of technologies that facilitate remote work. Additional bandwidth and network capacity may also be needed, given the increasing number of users and volume of communications," informed Shen.
The IT industry's apex body Nasscom has asked the government to relax norms for a month to allow work-from-home for technology and back-office employees as a measure to deal with the spread of Covid-19 in India.
Networking giant Cisco said that it has seen "significant growth" in the usage of its web conferencing and video-conferencing service Webex in India.
According to Muneer Ahmad, Business Head, ViewSonic India, due to COVID-19 pandemic, the corporate and educational sector is severely getting affected in the country.
"ViewSonic IFP has a cloud-based software which help teachers and corporates to connect through video conferencing to multiple people at the same time and can split the screen into six screens. It can also connect with various tools like Skype, Cisco WebEx, Zoom, Google Hangouts and GoToMeeting," Ahmad told IANS.
Co-working sector has also taken a hit and the industry is looking at several measures to tackle it -- from ensuring supply of juices rich in Vitamin C to supply of disinfectants and giving work from home facilities.
"The scheduled visits of the clients at our co-working offices have been postponed. Few of our clients have cancelled their outstation meetings and have now started audio/video conferencing for virtual meetings," said Nakul Mathur, MD, Avanta India.
According to reports, India has approximately 1,000 co-working locations (as of September 2019) and is the second-largest market for the co-working industry after China.
As India's first licensed B2B Virtual Network Operator, CloudConnect Communications offers a collaborative platform that allows companies to overcome the COVID-19 threat while maintaining seamless business continuity and optimum employee productivity.
"We offer a secure, robust, reliable, scalable and trackable mobile-first unified communication infrastructure that aids remote teleworking so that businesses can continue operating even under any unforeseen circumstances," said Gokul Tandon, Executive Chairman, CloudConnect Communications.
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If you study Hinduism in deep you will get mad. Like
1.Brahma got married to his daughter
2.Draupadi had affair with Karna.
3.Shiva chopped one head of Brahma
4.Shiva used to take ladies avatar for fun.
5.Ayyappa is the son of shiva & Vishnu.
6.Hanuman got married to crocodile.
7.Shiva failure to recognise his son ganapathy.
In reality following hinduism is like worshipping everything. Creator and his creations.
If you go for study, you will come to know that its an imaginary story not real like cartoons.
Ram is based on kaalpanic story of Valmiki(Thief)
In Sri Lanka there is no evidence of Rama. Its only available in Nagpur.
Good comedy serial the new tele serial mungere lal key haseen sapnee India never sleeps with all such comic episodes.
Dis guy is begging to change the religion hahaha....i dont understand y all saffron groups are so worried abt Muslim.
o barking dogs go to china and pak boarders area save our country...
ONLY Hindus converting to Islam. They know that Islam
IS TRUE religion.
No educated Muslim will Convert to Hinduism. Its impossible.
So stop dreaming. Look vhp's family members might converted to Islam.
Look at ur own house first.
Ondu Manga ninthu yeno bagulatthe adanna kelalu saviraru Mangagalu Kulithive.Yentha Vipariyaasa kanri.
What a Joke sir ji.
We dont want to be with you people in Jahannam.You people carry on.We are happy as a Muslim.
Such a huge majority of population....don't know why they are afraid of minorities....
So now on everyone go and live in jungle....
Where to find ravana....
Should ignore wife and kids in jungle....and can't recognize own kids?..
Really difficult task ....
And what about other gods..... forget them....come on
Rama couldnt save his own wife sita. How can he save u
Barking dog first you try to secure by yourself & your leaders those who are depend under government security.... Muslims dont need protection from you, Alhamdulillah we have one god Allah to protect us...
People like you are 2% in this country barking to spoil the peace & harmony between society.
Do not try to check patience of your own community peace lovers of society... Soon time will come where your bajarangis will start searching to enter space like rats... ha ha ha...
those hindu community k liye kalank hai.... True Hindu tho o hai jo peace lover hai....
@ Senior Vishwa Hindu Parishad Leader... who are you to protect others? You Cannot protect Yourself unless Allah wills... You are the black sheep of Hindu Dharma Coz your thoughts itself indicates that you are an atheist. You don't belong to any religion,
I wonder who will protect you fromAllah if you did not repent and accept Muhammad (peace be upon him) as your prophet
A 'Jain' asking 'Muslims' to convert to 'Hinduism'. Excellent example for communal harmony in feku (i dont mind if you read 'e' as 'a') age.
when Mr Jain converted to Hinduism ? just ignore his lose talk
To know how God created all that exists....
The Non Muslims should read THE QURAN... U will come to understand who is following what.. (U can try thequranproject online)
And to follow Prophets of God ... It needs God's blessing...
Some hate mongers are missing and they even cannot identify whats good and whats bad to the society.
To honest people on EARTH... Just ask once \oh the one who put Soul in me ... GUIDE me...\"
U will surely SEE the real colors of LIFE of who is with whom, if your INTENTION is right... TRY IT.."
Prophet Adam (peace be upon him). Was the first human being came to the earth. So by all means all are in this world should be Muslims. So now if all Hindus revert to Islam we will give you security to eat beef.
Mr. Beans & Mr. Badane of our Mangalore. Please be aware that most of good hindus are not following these goons. Jobless chaddis..oh sorry panties. They could able to gather only this much crowd. Beary nakulna madmed ned dhla jaasti jana barpundu maarre.
mental manja, now the statement clearly says if muslims dont shun islam then they are under threat ?
i cant stop laughing hahahahaha, we dont need the protection of chaddis.
OUR PM has joined with paksitan, will you boycott our PM .
Bloody hypocrites.
This Bullshit has nothing to do... Spreading venom in the society.. and useless govt continuing their silence towards these Sangah Parivaar, Why the Govt can't ban the anti social elements..
Islam is such a golden religion, don't you ever think that in your dreams....
India Ninna Ammena astiya?? Dirty people with dirty culture.
Shia Sunni ok! Dalit, Jain, Brahmins yaake? Y this Kolaveri D thaatha?
Quote\ Jain went on to claim........if they want to remain in India\"
unquote
May be Jain needs treatment in Mental Hospital as he says the above sentence to Hindu brothers & sisters which is impossible and he is fully aware of it.
then why barking ...... ?"
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