'Hybrid Workplace' is the new normal

Faiz Rehman Abbasi
National Business Head - India & SAARC (Collaboration), Barco

“The outbreak of the coronavirus worldwide has fundamentally shaken up the business landscape and changed the way we work. While we were already preparing for the digital future of work, driven by mobile connectivity, cognitive tools and cloud, COVID-19 accelerated the transformation - pushing enterprises to enable remote working for their workforce, and increase business resiliency, by embracing digital transformation at unprecedented speed.

As our work gets supported by an ecosystem of remote resources, we are certainly going to leapfrog into a new mode of work wherein, organizations will allow employees to choose between working in an office or workspace, working remotely, or alternating between the two.

This new normal is the ‘Hybrid Workplace’, in which technology is going to play a pivotal role - which will be a blend of the physical and virtual experiences to keep the co-located teams on the same page with those that are remote.

Technological innovations provide a vital link between business leaders, employees, customers, and supply chains, as the world is learning how to adjust to the new ‘normal’. 

The organizations are finally embracing a truly hybrid model of remote and in-office working, with team members using video calls for meetings and collaboration. Such innovations offer enterprises new opportunities for growth as they enable better productivity and interoperability while making the workspace more agile and efficient.

At Barco, our key priority is enabling hybrid workspaces through solutions that offer seamless collaborative experiences, such as the wireless conferencing solution Barco ClickShare Conference. The innovative product, launched earlier this year, offers enterprises secure solutions for closer collaboration and immersive conferencing experiences, ensuring a cohesive hybrid workstation.

We are greatly concerned about the graveness of cyber threats and our solutions are designed to withstand such perils. Cyber-attacks have greatly increased during work from home and enterprises and individuals require secure and trustworthy products to counter possible breaches. Barco’s ClickShare Conference is the perfect example of its focus on minimising cyber threats. Designed with safety, privacy, and confidentiality in mind, Barco ClickShare received the ISO27001 certification in early 2019, ensuring we handle both data and security in line with industry standard processes. We also implement necessary fixes and advanced features with every quarterly release, to ensure minimum vulnerability for our solutions.”