The Coronavirus is proving to be a real learning curve tech-wise for many businesses working out of both commercial premises or home.
Octagon Technology CIO, Clive Catton, said that while firms are keeping the Octagon team busy ensuring clients can continue working during the current crisis – it is inevitably giving managers and business owners food for thought and encouraging them to think about how they might improve or future-proof their tech and digital systems.
“Ever since the UK began to prepare for the potential effects of the Coronavirus, we have been responding to businesses in a variety of different ways. Naturally, many more people have been working from home and we have been helping people to access their office systems remotely,” said Clive.
“We have also started a Friday morning, online education slot for our clients, but we have also had students from Napier University attending! These are students I know from the Masters Degree in Cybersecurity I am in the process of completing.”
“… we have been talking to people about a wide range of computer programs that are designed to help them to operate more efficiently whilst working remotely, such as Office 365 for Business, OneNote, Teams and ESET security, both on computers and on phones and tablets.”
“In the future, I think this challenging period will encourage companies to improve the IT skills in their teams by getting IT support companies such as ours in to educate them in the latest technology. It is clear that many currently do not have the necessary know-how or simply haven’t had the time or the resources to rethink their systems and explore how they may be refined or upgraded.”
This article has been written by Glynis Fox.
Clive has worked for Octagon Technology for 25 years and is just finishing a GCHQ accredited Masters Degree in Digital Security. In a previous life he was a qualified adult teacher, so he is highly effective when it comes to presentations, bringing business experience and current technical knowledge together for our clients.
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Kamila
General Manager
Octagon Technology Ltd
