The Balmori Software Newsletter The SME resource for practical computerization concerns.     No. 2004-1 |
COVID-19 crisis
Professional commentators - and personal acquaintances - have remarked on how radically our world has changed since the emergence of the COVID-19 virus in late 2019. The ensuing lockdowns caused entire industries to shut down. Economies slowed to a crawl. Social life shifted almost entirely online. Unemployment approached levels last seen during the Great Depression. But despite the unprecedented and alarming circumstances - or even because of them - enterprises strove to find a way forward. To keep the wheels of society moving. To continue giving people employment and livelihood. To get necessary things done in spite of the physical constraints and the fear.A no-brainer response was to enable as many people as possible to work from home. No surprise, since the lockdowns started, organizations that already had cloud resources immediately started WFH. And, again no surprise, inquiries poured in from enterprises that wanted to keep doing business, and keep their employees employed, through becoming cloud-based. Now the COVID-19 crisis has receded. As many pundits and social observers had predicted in the depths of the crisis, WFH has persisted. Society had been jolted awake to new modes of being - by the realization that WFH has increased productivity by eliminating the two-hour commute, not to mention eliminating the air and noise pollution caused by said commute. Not to mention the health benefits of avoiding the multiple stresses of said commute. Not to mention the enhancement to family life from (some) workers being able to spend more time at home. Today, with COVID-19 becoming endemic rather than pandemic, WFH has become a viable option in the work landscape. Below are some of the most common questions put to us by our customers who are now contemplating "going on the cloud."Click here to continue reading this article online.
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