Positioning for Post COVID-19 Remotely
Outline
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What
does ‘Remote’ or ‘Remotely’ mean in ICT?
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Remote
Positioning
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Remote
Tools
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COVID-19
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The
Timeline – Pre COVID-19, COVID-19, Post COVID-19
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Positioning
for Post COVID-19 remotely
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How
to position for Post COVID-19 remotely
Remote or remote access is the ability to a physical digital entity such
a computer, network and so on, from a different location. That is, the ability
to work offsite. Remote access is enabled through a network such as a LAN –
Local Area Network, WAN – Wide Area Network, Internet, VPN – Virtual Private
Network and so on.
Remote
access has given ability for service to be done remotely. Remote working is
working away from the employer’s place of business. Remote working and access
have some benefits like increase productivity, cost reduction, satisfactory
working environment and greener business.
Despite the
benefits, there are some challenges to remote access with the major being
network and power issues. The network issues have to do with the speed and
stability of accessing the data. Power issue dwells on the inconsistency and
epileptic electricity supplied to the citizens especially in Nigeria and
Africa.
Remote
positioning is one leaving the onsite to the offsite, doing the same job as when
onsite. When an employer empowers the employees using remote tools for remote
working, then the employer has done remote positioning.
Remote
tools vary but the most paramount is the network then the software or
application proceeds. Some of these are:
- 1. GoTo Assist
- 2. Windows Desktop Sharing
- 3. TeamViewer
- 4. Apple Remote Desktop
- 5. Zoom
- 6. Google Meet (formerly Google
Hangout)
- 7. IdeaBoardz
- 8. ConnectWise (formerly ScreenConnect)
- 9. DameWare
- 10. Bomgar
- 11. GitLab
- 12. GitHub
- 13. Fiverr
COVID-19
caused some businesses a great cost, however, some made a big fat from the
pandemic. These were businesses that are digital in nature and remotely focused
in their work. Others are those that owns the platform (application and
software) for remote access such as zoom. Many companies and businesses had to
shift from onsite to offsite; working from home and dependent on tools than
ever before, so that there will be continuity of business and services rendered
to their customers.
The only
entity that was not shutdown during the heavy wave of the COVID-19 pandemic was
technology. You can attest the fact that even government was shutdown in some
countries.
The
predictions on remote positioning for post COVID-19 are that:
1. Remote working has come to stay
2. Technology will continually play
significant role in lives, businesses and governments.
Table 1 The Timeline
|
Pre COVID-19 |
COVID-19 |
Post
COVID-19 |
|
Onsite
businesses Good/fair
economy Workforce
okay |
Business
shutdown Economy
worst Workforce
shutdown |
Offsite
businesses Economy
reviving Offsite
workforce |
Figure 1 Daily Cases Confirmed in Nigeria
Figure 2 Cumulative Cases in Nigeria
Table 2 COVID-19
Statistics (Global and Nigeria)
|
Nigeria
cases Updated Sep 29 at 10:43
PM local |
||
|
Confirmed 58,460 +136 |
Deaths 1,111 +3 |
Recovered 49,895 +101 |
|
Global
cases Updated Sep 29 at 10:43
PM local |
||
|
Confirmed 33,484,120 +327,308 |
Deaths 1,004,082 +5,386 |
Recovered 23,212,633 +251,197 |
Figure 3 COVID-19 Infection Rate in Africa
Data from: CDC, WHO, ECDC, Wikipedia, The New
York Times
Positioning
for Post COVID-19 remotely is a call to all and sundry whether a business owner
or not; to shift from onsite business activity to offsite business activities.
This is so due to the precautionary measures of COVID-19 and the trend to which
the business ecosystem is following in this period of post COVID-19. Businesses
that were not positioned remotely in pre COVID-19, suffered during the
COVID-19, and the same story awaits businesses that will not position for post
COVID-19 remotely.
Below are
some keys to be positioned for post COVID-19 remotely:
·
Have
an internet presence using Google Business
·
Open
page for your business using Facebook and LinkedIn.
·
Open
social media account for your business using Twitter and Instagram
·
Have
a business account with Fiverr
·
If
you are a developer, make use of online repositories like GitLab, GitHub,
GitBucket and so on.
·
There
is no harm in your business having a blogsite even if there is a website for
the business.
·
Have
a business website.
·
Make
use of VoIP applications like Zoom, Skype, Telegram and Whatsapp.
·
As
a researcher, make use of Academia, LinkedIn, ResearchGates and others.
Reference:
https://www.safeguardict.com/remote-working/
https://www.techopedia.com/definition/23696/remote-computer
https://www.trustradius.com/buyer-blog/remote-desktop-tools-for-efficient-tech-support
https://www.ekoapp.com/blog/the-future-of-remote-work-after-covid-19-3-common-predictions
* Websites were
accessed 29th September, 2020
About
the Author
Hampo, JohnPaul A.C. is a techy who with the help of God
founded Hamplus Technologies (aka Hamplus
Hub). He is
a full stack developer, a data scientist and a researcher. He majors in Python,
Php, Vb.net, C#, ASP.net, HTML5, CSS3 and JavaScript. He can be reached via
07063047037, 08050736053; hampojohnpaul@gmail.com; www.hamplustech.com; also on social media like Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, LinkedIn and
Academia. He has 99.5% internet presence. Google his name and find out!
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