Navigating Remote Work in a Compact Home Office

As everyone knows, the global pandemic and the desire to uphold social distancing standards have led to a sharp increase in the number of people working from home. However, Cisco was assisting workers who chose to work from home even before the COVID-19 pandemic hit. Nearly every employee at Cisco works remotely at the present, but we already have the resources we need to do so successfully because to the company's support of remote workers.

The unfortunate news is that, unlike us at Cisco, many small businesses were ill-prepared for this significant shift in work culture. They therefore had to work quickly to figure out how to enable their staff members to work from home. The good news is that Cisco, through the Cisco Designed portfolio, has reaffirmed its commitment to the small business market. Pay-as-you-go pricing for enterprise-grade technology is accessible to small firms.

So many options

Small business owners have a variety of options when it comes to communication, productivity, and cybersecurity tools when they must make the shift to working from home. Employee productivity may be maintained, and organizations can maintain an open virtual presence even when their physical doors are closed by choosing the appropriate software solutions.

However, what are the appropriate fixes?

Nobody wants to need to become an IT whiz to be able to operate remotely efficiently. Companies that transition to remote work require easy-to-use, user-friendly software. Workers must be able to become productive and up to speed as quickly as feasible. Furthermore, it is imperative that everything in your little home office be secure.

Cloud-based security

There is no denying that the number of cyberattacks is rising. Malicious actors and hackers are actively looking for weaknesses to steal and abuse corporate and personal data, as more people choose to work from home. Small business owners should think about these reliable data security options to be safe:

Wireless access points

Remote workers can communicate safely and securely with each other thanks to wireless access points . Cisco provides a large selection of on-premises or cloud-managed wireless access points to accommodate your remote working needs.

Every work-from-home option in the Cisco Designed portfolio provides enterprise-grade security for end-to-end encryption, compliance, and secure communication, and is tailored especially for small businesses.