How Hybrid Working can work for you
In the on-going development of the ways we manage the pandemic, the past couple of years have presented plenty of opportunity for businesses. The return to the workplace is where employers can create new and more effective operating models that can be helpful in navigating a world that is still a bit uncertain.
Heralded “the future of work”, a hybrid working model can solve many a problem for businesses and answer many questions for an entire generation of employees such as better productivity, retaining and attracting the best talent, reducing costs, and healthier work-life balances to name a few. And, according to the Office of National Statistics (ONS), 85% of remote workers report wanting to use a hybrid approach of both home and office-based methods.
And that’s where Daisy comes in. Our hybrid working solutions are a culmination of more than 30 years’ experience as a leader in business IT and communications. During that time, we’ve helped countless workers thrive in both office and remote environments while providing reliable, secure solutions and state-of-the-art facilities across multiple locations.
What’s driving the need for hybrid working models?
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To discover the technologies and services required for you to implement a hybrid working strategy,
select from the options and related solutions below.
select from the options and related solutions below.
If you would like to speak to one of our specialists, get in touch to request a callback or a free consultation.
- Remote and HomeworkingMake your enterprise data and telephony solutions seamlessly available to your homeworkers.
- Serviced Office SpaceAll the office, IT and environmental facilities you need on a dedicated basis. A fully-furnished managed office for your business to work from, 24x7x365.
- Recovery SpaceIf your teams are forced to leave their usual workplace by unforeseen events, our “on-demand” recovery facilities are there to keep your business going.
Remote and Homeworking
Research suggests that there is a danger of a disconnect between what is required from employers and what is being offered. And with the job market now more competitive than ever before, many existing and prospective employees are re-evaluating their relationships with work. Remote working options are now simply expected as standard and countless studies reinforce the idea that remote employees are happier, healthier and more in engaged in their roles. In fact, they are 20% more productive and can help slash office costs.
In order to harness the benefits of a remote workforce – whether that’s part of the time or all of the time - organisations need the right solutions and products in place to scale at the same pace as the change in needs, and ones that will provide the same “in the office” experience wherever the work is being done.
For more information on how Daisy can provide remote and homeworking technology solutions get in touch to request a callback or a free consultation.
In order to harness the benefits of a remote workforce – whether that’s part of the time or all of the time - organisations need the right solutions and products in place to scale at the same pace as the change in needs, and ones that will provide the same “in the office” experience wherever the work is being done.
For more information on how Daisy can provide remote and homeworking technology solutions get in touch to request a callback or a free consultation.
More than 50% of employees would like to work from home for 3 or more days every week.
24% of businesses that have not stopped trading intend to use increased homeworking going forward
30% of employees say they are likely to switch jobs if returned to fully on-site work
Source: McKinsey
Related Solutions
Communications & Collaboration
In post-pandemic workplace cultures and setups, what was a temporary demand for simplified, scalable audio and video conferencing solutions is now the standard expectation. Daisy’s Direct2 Microsoft Teams is a suite of services designed to address your long-term homeworking collaboration requirements through the provision of external calling, call centre and voice recording capabilities, and integration into an existing telephony solution.
Connected Homeworker
Although convenient, working from home is not without its challenges and could have some unexpected constraints. That is why we have identified the six key challenges faced by organisations with a remote workforce and provided six ways you can address them.
Our Connected Homeworker solution has everything you need to support a productive, efficient, and secure home office environment, backed up by technology from the world’s leading vendors.
Cyber Security
Cyber security was one of the biggest challenges most organisations faced when lockdowns were first enforced, with one in five organisations deploying cyber security tools to temporarily cope with the change in working environment. But now that homeworking is a more permanent staple for many a UK workforce, you need to assess whether the measures you currently have in place are sufficient in the long term and decide how your IT infrastructure will underpin your business demands.
Bandwidth Upgrades
Many organisations are moving towards a hybrid working model that incorporates both office-based and remote working. But despite there being fewer people in the office at any one time, your distributed workforce could actually be consuming far more bandwidth than ever. Providing quick and effortless bandwidth upgrades will give you the increased capacity to cope with additional traffic coming into your network, removing the bottlenecks and improving performance. With more bandwidth, your employees can use the tools they need to work, connect and collaborate without experiencing any delays – no matter where they’re working from.
Hardware
Remote working has changed our use of laptops, PCs and smartphones. A 2021 report from Gartner predicted that around 6.2 billion devices would be in use this year. This is continuing to rise. As businesses sustain remote working as part of their long-term strategies, they need to ensure they continue to equip their workforces with devices that are up to the job. Monitoring employee roles and devices needed for them to perform is a constant process; the more services you deploy remotely, the more productive they will be. Daisy can provide you with easy, low-cost product supply managed end-to-end. Get in touch today to see how we can help.
Desktop Environments
If you’ve got all of the hardware needed to support your employees’ needs, you’re in a great position. But what about the needs of your hardware? It’s really important that your hardware is running the right operating system that’s patched to the right level, has the right security policies applied, and can run all the required line-of-business applications.
Daisy can either roll-out, manage and maintain a traditional image-based desktop environment, or we can provide virtual desktops utilising Citrix.
Serviced Office Space
The pros of a serviced office are two-fold. From a business point of view, they provide the necessary space required from a traditional bricks-and-mortar office without the headache of setting it up or ongoing maintenance. Serviced offices are furnished, fully equipped and reduce the reliance on costly, long-term property contracts. And, from a well-being perspective, they can provide a welcome base for employees without dedicated workspaces at home, or open up options to those who simply want to “go to work” or collaborate and meet with colleagues face to face.
In our 2021 survey of business and technology leaders, around 1 in 4 respondents told us that they planned to downsize office space. Similarly, Work in Mind, a knowledge platform dedicated to the connection between healthy buildings and workplace well-being, predicts that 2021 will be the year of the “smaller office” with enquiries for such space soaring in the first quarter of this year.
For more information on Serviced Office and Serviced Office+ packages as well as customisable options, visit our Serviced Office page here
In our 2021 survey of business and technology leaders, around 1 in 4 respondents told us that they planned to downsize office space. Similarly, Work in Mind, a knowledge platform dedicated to the connection between healthy buildings and workplace well-being, predicts that 2021 will be the year of the “smaller office” with enquiries for such space soaring in the first quarter of this year.
For more information on Serviced Office and Serviced Office+ packages as well as customisable options, visit our Serviced Office page here
35%
of companies plan to downsize office space in 2021
1 in 3
people don’t have a dedicated workspace at home
43%
of workers would consider working from a company-provided location nearer to their home at least a few times a week
Sources: Work in mind, HB Reavis, All Work
Related Solutions
Connected Homeworker
Although convenient, working from home is not without its challenges and could have some unexpected constraints. That is why we have identified the six key challenges faced by organisations with a remote workforce and provided six ways you can address them.
Our Connected Homeworker solution has everything you need to support a productive, efficient, and secure home office environment, backed up by technology from the world’s leading vendors.
Workplace Refresh
Returning to the office with a refreshed outlook might also tempt you to refresh some of your office equipment. Working with technology vendors we can provide low-cost product supply and support hybrid working with dedicated support for a seamless transition during the deployment stages. Take advantage of cost savings, reduce the need to keep stock and become more efficient by rolling out the hardware when needed with our warehousing and logistics solution.
Unwanted IT Hardware
With the workplace looking a little more homely for many businesses, this will inevitably mean some legacy IT lying around no longer being used. So why not see if there’s any value in it? We can help assess your legacy estate and determine what can be recycled or needs disposing of. What’s more, we’ll even buy back equipment for further added value giving you more purchasing power for newer tech.
Recovery Space
One side-effect of the COVID-19 pandemic is the light that was shone on how vulnerable businesses can be when faced with unprecedented challenges. As a result, demand for flexible space for contingency purposes is unfortunately likely to increase soon. Such offerings make for ideal disaster recovery workspaces because they are furnished, managed and, crucially, connected, meaning businesses can move in and be operational almost instantly.
If it’s not already the case, every UK organisation should now be reviewing, testing and updating their business continuity and disaster recovery plans to minimise disruption to operations in both the short and long term. After all, the longer it takes to rectify an issue, the harder it is to recover. For more information on how Daisy can provide recovery space and related technology solutions get in touch to request a callback or a free consultation.
If it’s not already the case, every UK organisation should now be reviewing, testing and updating their business continuity and disaster recovery plans to minimise disruption to operations in both the short and long term. After all, the longer it takes to rectify an issue, the harder it is to recover. For more information on how Daisy can provide recovery space and related technology solutions get in touch to request a callback or a free consultation.
1 in 5
1 in 5 companies don’t have a disaster recovery plan
96%
of businesses with a Disaster Recovery solution in place fully recover operations
93%
of companies without Disaster Recovery who suffer a major data disaster are out of business within one year
Sources: Invenio IT, HB Reavis, Pheonix NAP
Related Solutions
Work Area Recovery (WAR)
Your people are flexible and agile, so it makes sense to use work area recovery services that are flexible and agile as well, should you suffer a business disruption. Our WAR options deliver resilient office space with UPS power and generator backup and integrate with our other business continuity services such as IT disaster recovery, data protection and recovery and business continuity management.
When you are contracted to a work area recovery service, we have your desktop images, your data and connectivity all ready and waiting so that when your staff arrive at any of your contracted locations, they can access everything they need, just as they would from their usual home or office location.
Business Continuity Management
How good are you at planning for worst-case scenarios? Your business has important assets and services that need to be protected. Think about it. Your premises, your people, your processes, your data, services and systems – all critical to your day-to-day. So what happens to all that in an emergency? Knowing how to identify risks, manage them effectively and plan how you can continue to operate in any eventuality, is the key to answering that questions.
With our help, you can improve your organisational resilience, achieve best practice and peace of mind internally and satisfy legislators, customers, supply chain and other external stakeholders.
Data Protection & Recovery
In a hybrid working environment, your data is more dispersed, and there are more endpoints and vulnerabilities for cyber criminals to exploit. Once access to your infrastructure has been gained, you can scupper an attack by having an effective data protection strategy in place. For example, offline, air-gapped and immutable backups, combining backup with anti-malware or being able to rewind to a point in time before a crash or breach.
Thanks to our 30 years of recovery expertise, we can deliver the most appropriate data protection strategy for your hybrid workforce, to protect your endpoints, achieve your recovery point and recovery time objectives – and even save you money.
Cyber Security
Cyber security was the biggest technology challenge most organisations faced when lockdown was enforced, with one in five deploying cyber security tools to temporarily cope with the change in the working environment. Now that homeworking is set to become a staple of many a UK workforce, you need to assess whether the measures you currently have in place are sufficient in the long term and decide how your IT infrastructure will underpin your business demands.
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