Coronavirus: 8 Tech Tips for Working From Home
Here's a collection of tools, technologies, and tips to help you out in case you need to telecommute during the COVID-19 outbreak.
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Enterprise IT organizations may be preparing more of their workforces to work from home or telework as the coronavirus spreads in the US and more people look at potential quarantines or self isolation. Indeed, several technology conferences have been cancelled or postponed or moved to digital only, including Google I/O, Adobe Summit, Game Developers Conference (GDC), HIMSS, Data Center World, and SXSW. Companies, including Microsoft, Amazon, and Twitter, have told employees to work from home. Many companies have instituted a non-essential travel ban.
Not all workers are able to work from home, of course. Restaurant workers, retail workers, Uber and Lyft drivers, and plenty of others must be present at a physical location to do their jobs. But chances are, if you work at a desk in front of a computer, you are a candidate to work from home.
If you are about to take that plunge, you will want to put together a collection of technologies to help ease the transition to working from home, ensure that you are working securely, and help you be as productive as you can be while you are away from the office, for however long it takes.
We assembled this collection of tools, technologies, and tips to help you get started. Here’s our list.
This is the essential collection of gear you need in your Go Bag. With this gear you can work from home, your car, or just about anywhere else, especially if you have mobile hotspot capability on your phone, too.
If you anticipate spending time somewhere that doesn’t enable a network connection, either via WiFi or due to lack of data coverage on your mobile phone, make sure you download any files you need in advance.
Don’t forget the chargers. If you are gone for any extended period of time, you will need to charge your devices. Don’t sabotage yourself by forgetting them.
Also, even if you have great WiFi at home, wired Ethernet is always better, especially if you are using high-bandwidth applications such as video conferencing. Plug into Ethernet if you can. If you need an Ethernet adapter for your laptop, make sure you have that, too.
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