Home connectivity limits productivity

What: A large study done by Aternity compared application performance in different regions across the world and compared the digital experiences that employees had when working remotely. They compared things like how long time it took to open files and run software applications for different industry sectors such as education, retail, finance, tech and healthcare.

So What: Application performs play an important role in affecting employee productivity. To allow for a remote work environment to be as efficient as being in an office, companies need to invest in new IT solutions. Emerging technologies such as 5G can play a huge role in assisting these solutions.

Deep Dive:
https://www.techrepublic.com/article/study-working-from-home-means-more-time-on-computers-but-workers-arent-more-productive/
https://info.aternity.com/the-covid-19-remote-work-productivity-tracker.html
https://newsroom.cisco.com/feature-content?type=webcontent&articleId=2055297

This article is part of Emerging Futures of Remote Work – An Institute for the Future Signals Report for The Remote Lab