05-How to Get 20,000 Employees Working From Home in 48 Hours

Weston Morris April 17th, 2020DW Deep Dive

When the COVID-19 pandemic hit, 15% of Unisys employees were working from home. Within a week, 95% were able to work from home. In the months leading up to the pandemic, the CIO of Unisys, Upinder Phanda, made several changes to the digital workplace, cloud, and security services that made this massive work from home mobilization possible. In this podcast, Upinder shares which of those changes had the biggest impact. He also talks about the importance of working with the CISO to avoid security risks while making such massive changes.

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Tags- business continuity CIO Collaboration COVID-19 digital workplace Disaster recovery emergency preparedness OneDrive remote worker Stealth Unisys Work-from-Home

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Weston Morris

Weston Morris leads the architecture for Unisys End User Services. He has more than 25 years of systems analysis, design, integration, and software development experience.

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