Security News > 2021 > August > Delta variant: Is your IT department ready to go fully remote again due to COVID-19?
For companies going fully remote again, team cohesion, cloud investments and reducing IT burden could be key, according to tech experts.
After a year of remote work, companies were starting to bring employees back to the office, but the more contagious delta variant and surging COVID-19 cases are giving employers pause; complicating office reentry timelines.
Amid the uncertainty, IT departments could need to again shift to fully remote operations, but are they better prepared for such a switch this time around?
At the same time, remote operations also led to new challenges for the collective workforce; especially IT teams overseeing company networks.
"Many companies have already invested in the technologies required to enable a hybrid workforce, making a sudden shift back to remote work much less disruptive than it was a year and a half ago."
Citing company research, Cian O Morain, research director in the Gartner HR practice, said "Workforce health has taken a hit" over the last 18 months, and that these "Disruptions will keep coming;" specifically mentioning employees pivoting back to remote work after recently returning to the office.