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Remote working (aka work from home, work from anywhere, telework) is an employment arrangement in which employees do not commute to a central place of work, rather they work from home or any place they desire.

Media & Entertainment: Remote working is always growing in the M&E industry, with more businesses and creatives collaborating all over the world. Some businesses choose a hybrid cloud approach to their workflow, while others may move their content creation structure entirely online. Some of the cloud solutions M&E businesses implement include cloud storage, media asset management (such as a media library), and accelerated file transfer.

Sports: Where there is a game or a match, there will always be someone working remotely for a company in the sports industry. When it comes to sport, production and distribution are large pieces of the content workflow. Cloud solutions that are implemented by businesses in the sports industry include media asset management, accelerated file transfer, cloud storage, and artificial intelligence.

Tech: Tech companies may find themselves having to work remotely to access, process and distribute data for specific projects. These workflows can be complex and require cloud-based solutions such as cloud storage and transcoding, along with artificial intelligence-driven analytics.

Banking & Finance: Security is key in the banking and financing industry, especially when working with data remotely. Some cloud solutions that are implemented into banking and finance company’s workflows include cloud storage, media asset management, file transfer and cloud backup.

Education: Since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, remote working in the education industry has been vital. Ease of collaboration and scalable workflows in remote learning is key. Cloud solutions that help aid education industries include media asset management and accelerated file transfer.

Brands: For brands, editors, production, and producers need to be able to access content remotely and collaborate to help bring ease to workflows. This can be achieved through media asset management solutions, accelerated file transfer, and cloud storage.

Media Asset Management: Media Asset Management (MAM) refers to both the processes and software used to manage video and multimedia files. This system is used to store a vast number of media files and helps manage the media libraries in one centralised source.

File Transfer: Accelerated File Transfer is software that moves data across the internet using a custom protocol built on top of a UDP (User Datagram Protocol). It is meant to accelerate file transfers over high-speed networks that are unable to utilise network output due to high latency and packet loss.

Cloud Storage: Cloud storage is a cloud computing model that stores data on the Internet through a cloud computing provider who manages and operates data storage as a service. Data is delivered on demand from an off-site location accessed either through public internet or a dedicated private network connection.

Transcoding: Transcoding is taking encoded video or other digital content, decompressing it, and altering or re-compressing it. This could be taking a high-resolution video and transcoding it into a lower resolution for editing. Another way of transcoding could be taking a video for live broadcast and transcoding it into a range of formats to stream to viewers on different devices. Transcoding is a digital-to-digital conversion of one type of encoded data to another.

 

By now, you are probably familiar with the concept of remote working. The cloud is the backbone of remote work. No matter if you are considering a hybrid cloud or fully cloud-based workflow, here are some benefits of hybrid cloud:

Without borders: Team members can be anywhere in the world with no geographical limitations; all you need is a laptop and internet connection to access resources.

Increase collaboration: Productivity within teams will increase because of readily available data, as well as increase in accessibility between users. Your employees can easily automate processes to focus on those more valuable tasks.

Secure Scalability: Cloud security is already built with remote work in mind. Elements of your workflow or entire workflow can be transferred to the cloud. With flexible and scalable options to storage, user numbers, and applications, you can decide what or when you will need to use applications. There will also be reductions in operating costs due to the reduction in reliance on physical premises and hardware. Plus, all solutions include support, saving you in-house time and labour.