This is one of the most recent reports put out by “Apartment List” which also indicated that employees traveling over 90 minutes to and from the office increased by 31%. Obviously there’s a trend going on here and it appears to support that people and the companies they work for have become capable of working from anywhere that has an internet connection, usually their home but sometimes all over the world as employees can enjoy travel year round while still working during the home office’s business hours.

This is pretty incredible when you think about it. This means that employers have already started their migration into the cloud using technologies like Virtual desktops, SD WANs, and numerous ‘as a Service’ implementations which now allows them to do many things far better than they use to.

Let’s take a closer look at what’s actually happening here, because it’s good news for business organizations:

Less Cost (Rent, desks, expensive hardware, coffee, water coolers, vending, couches, etc)
Better Quality of Life for Employees (No commute in the morning, more time with family, flex time, etc)
Much Larger Employee Pool (Instead of finding the best local person, companies can now just find the best person anywhere)

Of course here at Gilded Pendulum we realize that with all the good, there’s certainly plenty of bad. Working in this manner can cause substantial security risks for the company and it’s sensitive information. These can include things like insecure end-points, that same sensitive data leaving the company premises, and touch and go internet connections. Be that as it may, with technology consistently moving at light speed (I mean that literally these days) professionals in the industry have accounted for these issues and have built solutions to combat many of these negative aspects as well. With the proper virtual desktop solutions (some companies are simply calling this ‘DaaS- Desktop as a Service’) remote workers are logging on securely and storing their sensitive work files in secure places OFF of their laptop, mobile device, or client machine. With these problems mitigated and their connections secure, business owners are seeing far better profits at the end of the year for having to maintain less work space and office comforts while still being able to cater to some of those intense crunch times at the end of the month. When this transition takes place, these companies are already putting themselves ahead of the technology curve, can support their clients just as effectively, and more than likely get some outstanding glassdoor.com reviews to bring in even more talented people who want to become a part of the collective at a great organization.

Is this something you as a CIO or business owner have been contemplating? You’re not alone. Gilded Pendulum can completely transform the way you do business and how your employees interact with your most important assets, your customers. Even if it’s something you want to slowly transition to in the future, we can assist you in the pivotal steps needed to completely transform your business without a massive bill when payment comes due.

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