{"id":1485,"date":"2020-03-12T17:48:46","date_gmt":"2020-03-12T17:48:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ptp.cloud\/ptp\/?p=1485"},"modified":"2025-06-25T23:51:31","modified_gmt":"2025-06-26T03:51:31","slug":"remote-work-cloud-technology-productivity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ptp.cloud\/remote-work-cloud-technology-productivity\/","title":{"rendered":"“Remotely” Doesn’t Mean “Slowly”"},"content":{"rendered":"[et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”4.16″ _module_preset=”default” custom_padding=”0px|||||” da_disable_devices=”off|off|off” global_colors_info=”{}” da_is_popup=”off” da_exit_intent=”off” da_has_close=”on” da_alt_close=”off” da_dark_close=”off” da_not_modal=”on” da_is_singular=”off” da_with_loader=”off” da_has_shadow=”on”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.16″ _module_preset=”default” custom_padding=”0px||0px|||” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.16″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” hover_enabled=”0″ global_colors_info=”{}” sticky_enabled=”0″]\n

For the tech industry, working remote is not a new concept. We work early mornings, late nights, at homes, at coffee shops, at airports and in other countries. I work out of a home office every day in Frisco, TX while the rest of our team offices in Norwood, MA and Cincinnati, OH.<\/p>\n

The disruptions from COVID-19 are here. Last night the announcements of professional athletes and celebrities, in addition to the President\u2019s address, have only increased the approach for many companies to institute policies to work remotely and to cease travel.<\/p>\n

The important consideration for our companies and the economy is that this change in work style does not need to slow us down. While we lose the valuable face-to-face communications, we will gain the increase in ability to complete important work tasks due to limited distractions and loss of windshield time in transit to work.<\/p>\n

We leverage technologies from our strategic partners to enable our team to maintain 100% effectiveness while not in our physical offices. Our applications are in the Amazon Web Services (AWS)<\/a> cloud and with key SaaS providers. We access them securely leveraging cloud-based security protection technologies<\/a> such as Cisco Umbrella<\/a> (DNS security) and Duo Security<\/a> (multi-factor authentication). Our SD-WAN<\/a> network from Cisco Meraki<\/a> is cloud managed. Our meetings and messaging is conducted through Cisco WebEx and WebEx Teams in addition to Amazon Chime. Our business platform, ConnectWise, is SaaS-based along with all of the platform tools leveraged by our PeakPlus\u2122<\/a> managed services team\u2014OpsRamp<\/a>, Cherwell<\/a>, Fluency Security<\/a>, OpenVAS<\/a>, and our PeakPlus\u2122 View portal<\/a>. Platforms such as ours provide great scalability but also manageability from any location and allow our team to remain fully engaged executing our required deliverables.<\/p>\n

A few quick tips for working remotely to improve productivity:<\/p>\n