Telecommuting, teleworking or working from home (WFH) was starting to grow in acceptance prior to COVID-19. For businesses, working from home brings about flexibility in employing a workforce unconstrained by geographical boundaries. Driven by the key advantage of being able to work from anywhere and at any time, it is also seen as a dream move for employees.

When the pandemic struck, the dream came true for many. However, it also turned out to be a nightmare for enterprises that were not ready for telecommuting.

How can they monitor staff well-being and productivity? How can they ensure the security of the corporate network with so many accessing remotely? And how can they keep the WFH devices secured and free from virus?

Like it or not, WFH is here to stay. A Gartner study shows that 48 percent of employees will work remotely in the post-pandemic world at least some of the time compared to 30 percent pre-pandemic.

This shift towards remote work requires a relook at the way enterprises tackle IT asset and security management, and employee productivity.

Hitachi’s JP1 work from home solution provides the answer to these challenges. With JP1, PC operations logs are put together for IT managers to visualize and analyze PC usage.