Let the 'Technology' help you!
Due to COVID-19 pandemic, the
whole working and collaboration culture is now already shifted to a new working
style. Work From Home was an optional feasibility with some restrictions across
various organizations, but now this has become a preferable option.
Here in this article, we will
discuss about some cool and reliable handy tools you can use to make your life
easier during this tough time, and can help yourself stay safe.
What Next?
If your organization is still
thinking to make a move to jump into cloud world, this is absolutely the right
time.
You may consider to have some
email and collaboration platforms like Google’s
G Suite or Microsoft’s O365.
These two giant technology players
have almost everything you need to get your work done.
Why Cloud?
There could be situations
where you may not be able to serve the hardware failure timely and effectively
like you used to do in normal business. Due to many restrictions imposed by Governments
and safety concerns of organizations, they may not be able to support the way
they are supposed to.
To avoid all such hardware
related maintenance, failures, and limitations hiccups, cloud based technology solutions
are the best place to go. Also, not just the emailing and collaboration
platform, these days you can have almost every technological requirement fulfilled
on cloud as per your requirement.
What you may Need (with brief
overview)?
Email: For having email conversation
with service partners and colleagues (e.g. Gmail, Outlook, etc…)
Instant Messaging: For instantly
catching up with your colleagues and service partners (e.g. Google hangouts,
Google Chats etc..)
Collaboration and Utility: Excel,
Power Point, Word for working uninterruptedly (e.g. Google Sheets, Google Docs, Google
Slides, MS Word, MS PowerPoint,
Video Meeting: To have real-time
face to face meeting experience with your folks (e.g. Microsoft Teams, Google
Meet etc…)
Online Storage Space: To Store
data and work stuffs that is easily accessible, and manageable, and always
available (e.g. Google Drive, OneDrive etc…)
Calendars: To track
your meeting, events, reminders and many more to stay updated about ‘what’s going
on around’ (e.g. Microsoft Calendar, Google Calendar etc….)
Notes: To keep notes of important
stuff you may need to action sooner or later (e.g. OneNote, Google Keep etc….)
Others: Online Whiteboard (e.g. Google
Jamboard), Survey and questionnaire tools (e.g. Google Forms), Corporate social
media platforms (Yammer, Google Current etc…)
And, Dont forget to have a good stable/working internet connection. :)
Cheers! Please write me back
if you have any query of feedback.
#StaySafe #StayHome
#CollaborateWell #WorkFromHome
