The COVID-19 pandemic expedited the shift onto remote working and following the worst months of the pandemic work from home and hybrid working arrangements are still very popular most within iGaming, Fintech and RegTech sectors. AWS (Amazon Web Services) offers a vast range of services to help businesses and their remote workers to be highly productive and efficient.
Following are three ways in which AWS makes remote working more practical.
Virtual Desktop and Applications solutions
The shift to work from home or practically anywhere made solutions by AWS crucial – The virtual desktop infrastructure (known as VDI) allows employees to access their work environment from anywhere and on any device. The day-to-day working experience is improved via solutions such as Amazon Workspaces, which is secure and reliable.
Cloud Storage to store, access and share files
AWS provides storage solutions on the cloud, such as Amazon S3, that allow remote workers, possibly scattered across the globe, to store, access and share their files and data from any location, in a secure manner. The risks of data loss and damage to physical store devices (such as on-premise servers and SANs) is radically reduced. Data safety and security is achieved through such solutions. It is of utmost importance that access rights management and user management are properly administered to avoid unauthorised access to sensitive data and files.
AWS backup and disaster recovery solutions need to be in place and configured appropriately to avoid loss of business continuity.
Constant collaboration and steady communication
Steady communication and collaboration is key to the success of remote teams. Best practices of holding real-time virtual meetings is facilitated by AWS tools such as Amazon Chime. Productivity is directly impacted by communication and collaboration therefore teams need a strong and steady backbone to rely on. Integration of tools is another consideration of paramount importance. In the case of Amazon Chime, this integrates in a frictionless manner to other services such as Amazon Workspaces. The seamless integration of various AWS services help provide a smooth and integrated experience to workers working on a remote basis.
Working From Home
- Amazon Workspaces enables remote workforces to launch virtual Windows and Linux desktops, both of which are accessed from anywhere and from any device.
- Amazon WorkDocs facilitates the creation, editing, sharing and reviewing of content in a collaborative environment, with all content stored centrally on AWS.
- Amazon Chime allows online meetings with tens of participants, with both chats and video calls from one single application on the cloud.
- Amazon Connect lets organisations set up a call centre based in the cloud routing inbound calls and messages to teams of tele-agents. This is ideal for customer care and support teams, working from home.
- AWS Client VPN ensures secure connections to AWS and/or on-premise networks are established from anywhere. Employees and other stakeholders will be able to ‘dial in’ to the existing core network in a secure way.
These services together with others such as AWS Chatbot and AWS IQ were designed to make life easier when using remote or hybrid arrangements. Talk to us today to help you set up the best AWS architecture for an efficient, secure and practical remote working environment.
