The future of work looks hybrid    

Puneet Gupta
Managing Director, NetApp India Marketing and Services 

For most organizations, one of the biggest drivers of remote working has been acceptance. Large-scale remote working was a concept alien to most organizations and when mandated by the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, there was an initial resistance. However, with time the pandemic taught companies to be flexible and agile in the true sense of the term. Today, employee experience is a crucial element of business plans, and at the core of this, are leaders who are working actively to deploy tools that both meet their business objectives, and help the workforce achieve their goals from home.

In the current digitalized environment, companies have been quick to and continue to adopt Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI) management tools, security resources and fully managed cloud desktops, to transform remote workplaces. With remote working, there was also a realization that processes involving paperwork were costly and inefficient. Advancements in technology have made paperless systems a reality, and this is no longer a challenge rather a norm.

Organizations will see employing a mix of work from home and office, with very few roles having to fully work from office. NetApp is evolving into a flexible hybrid work model that allows us to deliver on our strategy in helping more organizations put their data to work, while further building a winning employee experience.