{"id":10064,"date":"2020-04-13T07:00:00","date_gmt":"2020-04-13T15:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/formtek.com\/blog\/?p=10064"},"modified":"2020-04-10T06:55:20","modified_gmt":"2020-04-10T14:55:20","slug":"enterprise-software-working-remotely-requires-robust-digital-infrastructure","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/formtek.com\/blog\/enterprise-software-working-remotely-requires-robust-digital-infrastructure\/","title":{"rendered":"Enterprise Software: Working Remotely Requires Robust Digital Infrastructure"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The COVID-19 crisis has forced business conventions to change as employees shifted to remote work.  Once the crisis is over, nearly three-quarters of CFOs say that they expect that previously on-site employees will continue to work from home, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gartner.com\/en\/newsroom\/press-releases\/2020-04-03-gartner-cfo-surey-reveals-74-percent-of-organizations-to-shift-some-employees-to-remote-work-permanently2\">according to Gartner<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/alexanderbant\/\">Alexander Bant<\/a>, vice president at Gartner, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gartner.com\/en\/newsroom\/press-releases\/2020-04-03-gartner-cfo-surey-reveals-74-percent-of-organizations-to-shift-some-employees-to-remote-work-permanently2\">said that<\/a> &#8220;most CFOs recognize that technology and society has evolved to make remote work more viable for a wider variety of positions than ever before. Within the finance function itself, 90% of CFOs previously reported to us that they expect minimal disruptions to their accounting close process, with almost all activities able to be executed off-site.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"991\" height=\"524\" src=\"http:\/\/formtek.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/image-2.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-10065\" srcset=\"https:\/\/formtek.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/image-2.png 991w, https:\/\/formtek.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/image-2-300x159.png 300w, https:\/\/formtek.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/image-2-768x406.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 991px) 100vw, 991px\" \/><figcaption><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gartner.com\/en\/newsroom\/press-releases\/2020-04-03-gartner-cfo-surey-reveals-74-percent-of-organizations-to-shift-some-employees-to-remote-work-permanently2\">Gartner: CFO Survey Reveals 74% Intend to Shift Some Employees to Remote Work<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But how can remote workers be most productive?  It&#8217;s only possible when the business has invested in a robust digital infrastructure.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gartner.com\/analyst\/23397\/Sandy-Shen\">Sandy Shen<\/a>, senior digital analyst at Gartner, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.raconteur.net\/technology\/enterprise-software-productivity\">said that<\/a> &#8220;this really should be a wake-up call for organisations that spend too much time focusing on daily operational needs at the expense of investing in digital business and long-term resilience.&#8221;<\/p>\n<div class=\"lightsocial_container\"><div class=\"lightsocial_element\"><a class=\"lightsocial_a\" href=\"http:\/\/digg.com\/submit?url=https%3A%2F%2Fformtek.com%2Fblog%2Fenterprise-software-working-remotely-requires-robust-digital-infrastructure%2F&amp;title=\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"lightsocial_img\" src=\"https:\/\/formtek.com\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/light-social\/digg.png\" alt=\"Digg This\" 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