How technology is setting small businesses up for success in this Covidseason.

How technology is setting small businesses up for success in this Covidseason.

A view of a ‘Closed’ sign in Bangalore street as the coronavirus continues to spread across the world. Small businesses in Bangalore have been forced to adapt in the face of COVID-19, on an unpanelled scale. Changes in practices, processes, and technology have been accelerated for many businesses far quicker than anticipated. In this rush, small businesses have faced a number of challenges but it’s become clear that cloud-based technology can be a real lifeline to keep businesses going. During the COVID-19 pandemic, technologies are playing a  crucial role in keeping our society functional in a time of lockdowns and quarantines. The major areas of opportunity include Contactless Payments, RemoteWork, and Distance Learning, with COVID-19 bringing this further to the fore. Those who had already considered their businesses’ resilience and invested in these two areas would be in a good position now and for the business recovery stage of the pandemic that we are entering. How to technology helping During this Pandemic the digital transformation process has accelerated changing the way small businesses interact with staff, their vendors, and costumers. While technology such as Cisco Webex has allowed for instant messaging, video calls, and file sharing – there are more steps small businesses can take to enhance collaboration. Whatsapp MadeConference calls the facility to enhance the usability of its application. We have seen a trend of small businesses enhancing collaboration by moving towards cloud applications such as tam collaborations and project management – to lessen data load back to the office, increase efficiency, and become more secure. Moving to the cloud is a long-term positive step for small businesses enabling them to increase capabilities as they work through this environment and reduce the overhead cost.