Remote Working Solutions
Discover how Sharp’s range of remote working IT solutions such cloud desktops and Microsoft 365 improve flexibility, security, and productivity.
Remote Working Solutions
Remote working IT solutions have transformed the way businesses operate and collaborate. Remote Backup, Remote Desktop, and Cloud Desktop solutions ensure data security and accessibility, while Hosted Telephony supports communication in remote and hot-desking scenarios. Microsoft 365 integrates various productivity tools and collaboration features to enable seamless remote work. The benefits of remote working solutions include enhanced flexibility, productivity, and collaboration, contributing to the success and resilience of modern businesses. By embracing these solutions, organisations can adapt to evolving work dynamics and harness the full potential of remote work.
In today's fast-paced digital landscape, many organisations have adopted a flexible working approach over the traditional 9-5 Monday-Friday spent in the office. The term collaboration has taken on a whole new meaning. It’s not just about getting together in person anymore, it’s about working together effectively, regardless of location. It is therefore imperative businesses make collaboration between the people in their organisation as seamless as possible.
Remote working solutions enable people to work from anywhere, anytime, and on any device. Remote working solutions can include common business applications, cloud services, VoIP systems and collaboration tools which aim to provide flexibility, productivity, and efficiency for both employers and employees.
To facilitate seamless remote work, several IT services have become crucial in the modern workplace, offering effective solutions to overcome the challenges associated with remote work environments. Cloud services have provided a much easier way to work flexibly and of course have been heavily adopted in the past few years. However, with the rise of remote working and an evolving cyber threat landscape, aligning protection with remote working solutions has become a key priority.
Remote and Hybrid working solutions
Backup and Remote Backup
Backup and Remote Backup has always been important and is a crucial component of remote working. It ensures the safety and integrity of valuable business data regardless of your team’s location and where the data is stored, even if it’s within a cloud service such as Microsoft 365. With remote backup, organisations can securely store and protect their data on devices, remote servers or cloud services, eliminating the risk of data loss due to hardware failures, natural disasters, accidental deletion or cyber attacks. Remote backup solutions provide peace of mind to businesses, knowing that their data is safe and accessible even in unprecedented and challenging circumstances.
Remote and Cloud Desktop
Remote Desktops have been commonplace for many years, providing users access to their office-based computers and services from a remote location. With modern technology, this has now evolved, and Cloud Desktop takes remote working a step further by leveraging cloud technology to provide a virtual desktop experience. With Cloud Desktop solutions, entire desktop environments, including operating systems, applications, and user settings, are hosted in the cloud, and accessed through the user’s web browser, from almost any device. This approach eliminates the need for individual desktop setups, as users can log in to their personalised cloud desktop from any device with an internet connection. Cloud Desktops offer scalability and flexibility, as resources can be easily allocated or scaled down based on demand. Additionally, with Complete Recovery, our Cloud Backup & Disaster Recovery Service, you can enhance data security by keeping sensitive information within secure data centres.
Hosted Telephony
Hosted Telephony is another essential part of a remote working solution, especially in the context of hot-desking and flexible work arrangements. Hosted Telephony systems, also known as cloud-based or VoIP (Voice over Internet Protocol) systems, enable employees to make and receive phone calls over the internet rather than using traditional telephone lines. This allows for seamless communication regardless of the employee's location, supporting hot-desking and remote work scenarios. Hosted Telephony solutions offer advanced features such as call forwarding, voicemail-to-email, and video conferencing, further facilitating collaboration among remote teams.
Endpoint Security
Our range of Endpoint Security Solutions secure and safeguard your business data by protecting end-user devices when they access your business network. We monitor all endpoints (laptops, desktops, mobile phones), on-premises or remote, providing complete transparency of your online environment wherever your team are located. Cyber threats are ever evolving and a real concern for all organisations, so ensuring we protect the devices and users that access your data and services is at the forefront of any remote working solution you provide.
Microsoft 365
Microsoft 365, an integrated suite of productivity tools, plays a vital role in enabling remote working for modern organisations. It encompasses popular applications such Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook, which are widely used for document creation, collaboration, and communication. Microsoft 365 offers cloud-based storage through OneDrive, enabling easy access and sharing of files across devices. Additionally, Microsoft Teams, a part of Microsoft 365, serves as a hub for teamwork, allowing employees to collaborate, hold virtual meetings, and chat in real-time. With its comprehensive features, Microsoft 365 provides a centralised platform for remote workers to stay connected, productive, and work together as a team.
Why should you update your Remote working solutions?
Remote working solutions offer numerous benefits to businesses, particularly in terms of flexibility, productivity, and collaboration.
By embracing remote work, organisations can tap into a broader talent pool and retain valuable employees who may prefer flexible or hybrid work arrangements. The Guardian reported that, ‘more than a third of UK workers ‘would quit if told to return to office full-time’, highlighting the shift in what values modern employees expect from employers.
One of the main drivers for these statistics is that flexible or hybrid working models enable employees to achieve a better work-life balance, resulting in increased job satisfaction and reduced stress. Remote working solutions empower individuals to work from their preferred locations, promoting employee well-being and reducing commuting-related challenges.
Remote working solutions offer a significant benefit in reducing organisational overheads, by eliminating the constraints of physical office spaces, and reducing costs associated with property and infrastructure.
Furthermore, by leveraging IT services such as Remote Backup, Remote Desktop, and Cloud Desktop, organisations can ensure busines, enhance data security, and improve overall efficiency.
These solutions enhance collaboration by providing seamless access to shared resources, real-time communication tools, and virtual meeting platforms. With the right technology in place, remote teams can collaborate effectively, share ideas, and innovate collectively, regardless of geographical locations.