Proven infrastructure and training key to telecommuting
Industries most directly affected are travel, hospitality,
restaurant, insurance. They are all buyers of technology, so technology
vendors and service providers will experience sales decline in the short
term. It is too early to tell if these intended purchases among U.S. and
overseas customers will be postponed to later in the year, or shifted to other
areas, such as upgrades to technologies that facilitate remote work or enhance
disaster recovery effectiveness.
The other big concern revolves around disruptions to global supply chains, which negatively impact the bottom lines of OEMs, but could potentially also lead to higher prices down the road, which hurts customers
It is one thing to say that workers will work remotely and access sensitive and confidential information via the internet. It is quite another to be able to assure executive management that critically sensitive information is protected and compliance mandates are met.