CIO OPINION
The rapid transition to working from home throughout the pandemic brought with it significant complexities for network security .
Guido Kragten , Category Lead , Cloud Platforms , Aruba , a Hewlett
Packard company
Integrating the longerterm home office into your hybrid workplace
Guido Kragten , Category Lead for Cloud Platforms at Aruba , a Hewlett Packard company , suggests three factors organisations should consider to enable their employees to successfully work from home in the long-term .
Finally , there is a light at the end of the pandemic tunnel . As we get closer to the easing of lockdowns and social restrictions , many organisations are starting to look forward to welcoming employees and clients back to the office .
But if you think that this is the end of working from home , think again . While working from home was initially a reactionary solution to COVID-19 , now that it has demonstrated its value , it is here to stay . In fact , I believe we will see a renewed focus on the home office as it becomes an integral part of organisations ’ long-term hybrid workplace strategies , and not just a stopgap solution .
This new approach will require a further change in mindset and network infrastructure . If organisations wish to enable their employees to successfully work from home in the long-term without impact or risk , their remote foundations need to be as strong as possible – before they even start thinking about the physical office . Here are three things they must consider .
Connectivity and access at the Edge is critical
With the home office set to become a permanent place of work , organisations can no longer afford to ignore the limitations of home network solutions and
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