A third of companies caught unprepared by shift to home working

New research out today finds that 36 percent of companies weren't prepared to support the large-scale and abrupt transition to a remote workforce forced by COVID-19 measures. The study, from managed cloud provider Navisite, of more than 100 executives and IT professionals in the US reveals that, as a result, 51 percent experienced IT pains during the transition process, with 29 percent reporting that they are still facing issues. Before COVID-19, only 14 percent of companies had more than half of their employees working from home. Since the pandemic more than 64 percent of companies now have more than half… [Continue Reading]