The Coronavirus is spreading quickly around the globe including North America. As this outbreak takes place, it is crucial for businesses and organizations to prepare for business continuity. Business continuity in times of emergency involves remote-enabled employment for the staff. Here are some recommendations for IT Products that can help companies and organizations become remote-enabled in times of crisis.

Citrix Gateway

Citrix Gateway is a customer-managed solution that can be deployed on premises or on any cloud. Citrix Gateway provides users with secure access and single sign-on to all the virtual, SaaS and web applications they need to be productive. The foundations of business continuity in times of trouble is remote connectivity. The end-users will have to connect from home and Citrix Gateway gives you access to all your apps and networks.

Cisco Webex

Cisco Webex is a meeting solutions tool that can make meetings between staff easier. Cisco webex has video conferencing, screen sharing, and file sharing. Users can meet with contacts outside of their company and from their same team. With Cisco Webex, users can better synchronize on their work and transparency increases between teammates.

HP ProBook 455R

Laptops are an important asset during remote enablement. The HP ProBook 455R G6 15.6″ Notebook is a full featured, thin and light, the HP ProBook 455R lets professionals stay productive in the office and on the go. Stylish design plus optional quad-core performance and long battery life make this HP ProBook essential for today’s workforce.

Ideal for professionals in corporate settings or small to medium businesses, wanting an affordable combination of innovation, essential security and multimedia capabilities.

HP Officejet 3830 Inkjet Multifunction Printer

Oftentimes there can be teammates that are working remotely and can need print capabilities. The user may not have their own print capabilities so it can be necessary for the employer to assist with that. That is where HP Officejet 3830 Inkjet Multifunction Printer comes in. HP Officerjet 3830 can connect to the smartphone or tablet of users. Tasks can be simplified and up to 50% of of ink can be saved with this affordable, easy to use all in one with fax. It fits in nearly any space and works quietly in the background. The OfficeJet 3830 has affordable at home printing with HP Instant Ink.

Office 365

Office 365 has most major productive capabilities for the office. In addition to your email via Outlook or basic document creation on Word and Excel, Office 365 also has storage via OneDrive and there is a meeting software with Microsoft Teams.

Cisco Meraki

Cisco Meraki is IT Network Management in the cloud. Through Cisco Meraki, IT Managers can closely monitor endpoint devices and their activity within the network. If a device is problematic or suspicious, the IT Manager can closely monitor the situation and isolate the endpoint device.

Symantec Endpoint Device Security

Symantec Endpoint Security delivers the most complete, integrated endpoint security platform. As the on-premises, hybrid, or cloud based solution, the single-agent Symantec platform protects all your traditional and mobile endpoint devices, and uses artificial intelligence (AI) to optimize security decisions. A unified cloud-based management system simplifies protecting, detecting and responding to all the advanced threats targeting your endpoints.

Data Backup

While it can be challenging to plan for business continuity, it’s also absolutely criticla. HPE Small business solutions for Hybrid File and Backup are ready-to-go solutions that enable you to adopt a simple yet robust business continuity plan.

You can keep the business running with a robust business continuity plan that protects business files and data with on-site and cloud backups. You can improve productivity by easily sharing and organizing files – with no need to worry about data loss.