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In organizations today, employees not only use company devices to access sensitive work-related data, but also personal devices. Some companies don’t even issue company devices, but instead, follow the bring your own device (BYOD) approach to save on hardware costs. Also, employees use a wide variety of operating systems (OS), such as Windows OS, macOS, IoS, Android, and different web OS. 

The coronavirus health crisis has forced millions of workers (who are able) to transition to working from home. That poses numerous obstacles to workers meeting their deadlines and doing their jobs. Security management and enforcement have become some of the most important and critical transitional needs involved for both workers and their employers. 

G2 is constantly following the evolving B2B tech industry, especially during this uncertain time. As part of a series of articles based on a recent survey we conducted, G2 analysts have highlighted some key issues and statistics about what small business employees are facing while working from home, along with possible tools and courses of action everyone can take away.

The COVID-19 pandemic has bred disruption and uncertainty throughout the global business community. To comply with social distancing requirements, companies have unexpectedly (and rapidly) pivoted their teams to remote work.

Late last year, I laid out the top seven fintech trends for 2020. Typically, trends reveal themselves over longer stretches of time, but the rapid spread of COVID-19 and the subsequent shift to a remote world has prompted an acceleration for some.

Nowadays, it’s rare for an organization to not provide a way for people within it to access their desktops virtually. 

Throughout my time at G2, traffic patterns on G2.com category pages have been one of the most significant data points to monitor. Time and again, the changes in those patterns have proven a good indicator of emerging trends and a strong reflection of change in software markets. The current global crisis caused by COVID-19 is, unsurprisingly, creating a large shift to tools that support remote work.

Where and how employees work has changed drastically in the last decade. Workers used to only be able to access corporate resources while working at the office.

When we think about remote work, we usually imagine employees performing the same tasks they complete in the office at home. This means that anyone who works in a physical environment such as a warehouse, manufacturing facility, or retail store cannot work remotely. 

Both learning and teaching at a distance require a magic formula of educators, students, and the right tools.