7 tips for working remotely using AWS cloud technologies

7 Tips for Remote Work Using AWS Cloud Technologies

Some time ago, some companies believed that implementing remote work or home office was a bad idea because they thought that their employees could waste more time and not fully complete the activities they carried out from their office. However, this new normal has shown us that we can become just as efficient or more efficient with the use of technologies that allow for high availability and ease of resources.

A recent study conducted by FlexJobs, shows that more than 60% of employees who are doing remote work consider that their productivity has increased significantly, thanks to the use of technologies that allow them to continue working without interruption.

At compucloud, we share the following tips that allow you to continue operating regardless of where your employees and customers are.

Have virtual desktops to access them from any device, place and time.
Amazon Workspaces is a managed and secure desktop-as-a-service (DaaS) solution. You can use Amazon WorkSpaces to provision Windows or Linux desktops in just a few minutes and also to scale quickly to provide desktops to any number of collaborators.

1. Keep in communication with your company's employees and customers, use technologies that facilitate contact.
   Amazon Chime allows you to meet, chat and video call with a single secure application. You don't need to switch between apps to collaborate, and you can instantly switch from a chat to a call, share your screen, and even invite more people to join your meeting. When you need to join a meeting, Amazon Chime will call you on all your devices to help ensure that you never get late and that meetings start on time.
   

2. Increase content collaboration in a secure and simplified way.
   Amazon WorkDocs is a fully managed and secure service for content creation, storage, and collaboration. With Amazon WorkDocs, you can easily create, edit, and share content, and because it's stored centrally on AWS, you can access it from any location or device. It's easy to collaborate with others, share content, comments, and collaboratively edit documents.
   

3. Implement a virtual switch in the cloud to strengthen voice communication, without the need for an old contact center.
   Amazon Connect is an easy-to-use omnichannel cloud contact center that helps companies provide superior customer service. Allowing employees to have an extension or communication channel, through any device that has internet, through which they connect to the contact center and can answer and transfer calls.
   

4. Consider having your hybrid infrastructure in the cloud and Onpremise, or 100% in the cloud.
   Learn about the different types of migration to the cloud, allowing you to have a high availability of IT resources, to continue operating securely without worrying about physical problems with your on-premise servers
   

5. It measures the progress of employees to analyze what other technologies they need to implement or simply that can make their daily activities even easier.
   Now that they are working remotely, evaluate the progress they have made compared to the work they did when they were 100% in the office.
   Betting on the application of the above mentioned points will help you to effectively implement remote work in the organization, especially in times of contingency where this form of work must be applied as the only option to continue with the operation of the business.
   

6. Review good security practices when working remotely.
   Consider the following security practices when working remotely:

• Encrypt information hosted on mobile devices.

• Use a Wi-Fi network that is secure.

• Keep devices up to date.

• Use a VPN if you are working with public networks.

• Perform regular back-ups.

• Protect your work equipment with a password.

• Use two-factor authentication to access critical accounts.

• Always keep your technical support contacts close by.

• Stay informed about new threats.

Learn about these and other types of remote work with the experience of an expert cloud team, which has managed this way of working for years and has supported different organizations to facilitate remote work and ensure business continuity with the use of AWS cloud technologies.

Contact us for any questions or comments you may have.