Last March 2020, we entered lockdown, and this in turn
led to a new way of working for a lot of people.
I instantly went from working in offices across the UK
to then being a completely home-based worker and this in turn led to the acronym
WFH (working from home).
In the UK we are now emerging from the “work from home
if you can” to a hybrid working model of perhaps going back into the office
full time, a few days a week, or remain working from home.
What does this mean for IT professionals?
We’ve now had to develop new support skills and new ways
of building and maintaining our corporate IT systems. Perhaps this is now a combination
of corporate devices and BYOD (bring your own device) hardware.
We still need to maintain the security of our system and
this is now becoming more complex.
People now want to work from anywhere.
“The nature of work has changed as a
result of the global pandemic, and organizations have had to keep up. In this
guide, learn more about the lasting impacts on the landscape of work and
employee expectations. Delve into the emerging technologies needed to support
today’s distributed workforce and keep pace with your competition, including
Endpoint Security, Virtual apps/desktops, Zero Trust Security, Identity and
Access Management, Cloud App Security, SD-WAN, Cloud Gateway, SASE and
Experience Management. Understand workplace safety needs with the return to the
office, and use cases for delivering exceptional employee experiences for this
new flexible workforce.”
With all the above in mind, our friends at VMware have
kindly produced an ebook
The book can be downloaded from VMware
The book covers the challenges of ensuring that we
continue to deliver and maintain a reliable and secure working environment in
an ever-changing world.