technologymagazine.com 41DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION
ANDREW DUNCAN
PARTNER AND UK CEO ,
INFOSYS CONSULTING“ LEADERS WILL SEEK TO
FIND THE BEST OF BOTH
WORLDS, CREATING
MORE FLEXIBLE HYBRID
MODELS OF CO-LOCATED
AND DISTRIBUTED WORK”The persistence of remote working
means companies will have to change
their approach and do away with the
accepted standards of just one years ago.
“Organisations must also regularly review
applications to ensure they’re as user-
friendly as possible, because technical
problems are much harder to rectify when
employees aren’t all in one place,” says
Kumar. As part of that, a focus on security
and compliance procedures must prevail.
“Traditional security solutions won’t always
offer the right protection when employees
are accessing data from a new location or
device, so ensuring only the people who are
authorised to access information can do so
is vital. Ensuring all systems and devices are
compliant as per the organisation’s policy is
another important aspect to be dealt with
while remote working continues.”
While admittedly there are downsides
to working remote, both employers and
employees are seeing the benefits, as
Andrew Duncan, Partner and UK CEO
at Infosys Consulting, explains. “In 2021,
organisations will look to create seamless
working experiences regardless of
employee location. Rather than considering
offices vs. remote working, leaders will seek to
find the best of both worlds, creating more
flexible hybrid models of co-located and
distributed work. These new work practices