Cloud Computing, G.A.P & Remote Work

Cloud Computing, General Automation Platforms & Remote Work Tools

With the Pandemic worldwide, organizations had to re-think their ways of working and doing business. The obvious thing to do was to rename tools as "remote work" software, regardless of what it was originally. So for example video conferencing became a remote collaboration platform...really? Seems it is only an RTC technology, of course offering a remote virtual presence in the cloud instead of commuting for miles and miles to a face to face meeting.

Far from being a real platform... would you rather say?

So, did Cloud Computing took over everything in business and for the Workplace ( since you cannot say at the workplace because of covid19 lockdowns, and social distancing for obvious health prevention issues)?

CLOUD COMPUTING

Simply put, cloud computing is the delivery of computing services—including servers, storage, databases, networking, software, analytics, and intelligence—over the Internet (“the cloud”) to offer faster innovation, flexible resources, and economies of scale.

Cloud computing is an application-based software infrastructure that stores data on remote serves, which can be accessed through the internet. ... The front end enables a user to access data stored in the cloud using an internet browser or cloud computing software.

GENERAL AUTOMATED PLATFORM

General automated platforms (GAP)s are software platforms that allow processes across multiple organizations with multiple applications to be automated. While GAPs are used across organizations by many different functions, they are also made so that all levels of any organization in any industry can utilize them.

REMOTE WORK TOOLS

The remote worker's toolkit: The essential 15 tools you need to work remotely

• Mobile hotspots.
• Remote desktop software.
• Team chat apps.
• Screen sharing software.
• Screen recording tools.
• Video conferencing apps.
• Online office suites.
• Cloud storage.

So what is the difference?

Well, seems nothing is yet unified and things here appear to be very siloed.

Before we can draw your attention to something new. let's review more about GAPs.

Industry adopters 

The earliest adopters of General Automation Platforms were technology and media companies, but organizations across all industries have since discovered their value. The ability to quickly build out and automate processes between disparate applications translates to greater control over workflows with less development, which is an industry-agnostic benefit. 

Adoption among departments 

A diverse base of professionals has begun to champion General Automation Platforms, partly because there is not a significant learning curve associated with using it effectively. By distilling otherwise complex integrations into an intuitive, user-friendly interface, self-service automation becomes a reality. Most departments within an organization rely heavily on data that originates in a broad swath of applications, and not all of these applications are confined to a single department. Workflows between sales and marketing, for instance, and sales and support are expected to overlap at some point. 

The question is, will data flow automatically through those junctures, or will it cause process deficiencies that frustrate employees? To help prevent the latter scenario, the following departments, in particular, have turned their sights to General Automation Platforms: 

? Marketing 

? Sales 

? Support

 ? Operations 

? Engineering 

? IT 

? Finance

 ? HR 

Top users and what they can do with General Automation Platforms 

Today’s general automation platform power users tend to hold operations roles such as marketing ops, sales ops, support ops, business operations, and developer ops. This is primarily because these professionals are ingrained in workflows that rely heavily on the timely movement of accurate, up-to-date data between critical applications.

The other substantial power-user base is comprised of administrators for one or more core applications. 

Fine-tuning the performance within applications is challenging enough; however, the modern application administrator must also fine-tune performance between applications. 

Workflows are not confined to individual apps, which means app administrators are increasingly being encouraged to zoom out of silos and manage apps more holistically.

One of the easiest ways to harmonize all of these is the unification of all those managed apps. wouldn't it?