自世界各地的共同19日大流行以来，已经过去了将近两年。尽管不确定性仍然存在，但企业现在正在从反应性转向主动策略，因为它们定义了自己的“新工作正常”。对于许多组织，这意味着采用hybrid work.
A hybrid work model blends remote home office and mobile work with periodic visits to corporate offices for collaboration. The hybrid-work from home model changes not only how employees work but what enterprise IT networks must support.
更多的工人在边缘
The pandemic suddenly increased the number of workers working remotely, and this mode of work is expected to persist. In fact, analysts estimate that over half of employees will work remotely at least part of the time after the coronavirus pandemic ends.
曾经被认为是降低办公室密度以减缓共vid蔓延的临时对策，远程工作为组织带来了意想不到的好处。实际上，普华永道在2020年末接受调查的雇主中有83％表示，向远程工作的转变已经成功。[1]
With hybrid-remote work quickly becoming entrenched within organizations, enterprise network capabilities that simplify onboarding (such as Zero Touch Provisioning) and ongoing management of dozens or even hundreds of remote locations will be critical.
Likewise, the ability to extend Zero Trust Security and SASE frameworks from campus to remote locations is important. Consistent controls and simplified security operations can enhance protection against evolving cyberthreats targeting hybrid-work from home employees.
重新设计的办公室和新服务
在办公室工作并没有消失，但是办公室工作在混合工作范式中的作用正在发生变化。
在上面的普华永道调查中，不到五分之一的高管表示他们想返回办公室，因为这是流行的。87％的员工表示，该办公室对于与团队成员和建立关系（他们对办公室的最高需求）的合作非常重要。[2]Studies indicate that most employees favor two or three days a week in the office, and the remaining time at home.
With less hybrid work time spent in offices, companies may opt to reduce their office footprint. Fixed office seating is likely to decrease as remote work increases, so companies will need to manage over-subscription: more employees using the office on a given day than there are available seats. Hybrid-remote work offices may offer hot-desking (first-come-first-serve desks) or technology-based approaches like hoteling (using software to assign temporary desks.)
此外，组织将需要确保工人可以安全访问办公室。物联网（IoT）设备可以帮助将混合示例工作办公室转变为超感知的智能空间，以进行占用监测，能源效率和卫生设施的增强。蓝牙技术可用于帮助设施，人力资源和安全团队了解办公室内的员工交通方式，确保适当的间距，监视HVAC控制并实施卫生清洁计划。
IT团队很可能负责支持这些IOT驱动的计划。一个支持常见的物联网连接协议（例如BLE和Zigbee），甚至像Enocean这样的专有协议（如果没有昂贵的Rip-Replays或覆盖网络）的企业网络将使支持这些计划的支持更加容易。
More devices, more demanding applications
In the post-pandemic hybrid-work from home model, the reliance on bandwidth-intensive, low latency applications like unified communications and collaboration and video conferencing will continue. Only now, IT will be tasked with providing parity of experience between campus and remote locations, as workers move fluidly between both.
For both remote and campus locations, Wi-Fi 6 and Wi-Fi 6E support will be key. Wi-Fi 6, also known as 802.11ax, expands on the 802.11ac standard and provides increased speed, flexibility, and scalability. With Wi-Fi 6, the enterprise network can support the demands of hybrid work with:
- Higher data rates
- 增加容量
- 许多连接设备的环境中的性能提高了
- Improved power efficiency for IoT
Wi-Fi 6E extends the benefits of Wi-Fi 6 to the 6 GHz band, unlocking up to 1200 MHz of additional capacity and more 80 MHz/160 MHz channels. Additional capacity and wider channels are ideal to meet the demands of increased video conferencing and telepresence.
Aruba Esp: Meeting the challenges of hybrid work
IT is a critical part of hybrid-remote work transformation. Yet with so many diverse initiatives to support, IT systems can become complex and cumbersome. The right enterprise network can help.
Aruba Espis the industry’s original AI-powered, cloud-native architecture designed to automate, unify, and protect the edge. With EdgeConnect Microbranch supporting remote workers, in-office APs offering Wi-Fi 6/6E and acting as platforms for IoT devices, and Aruba Central providing network administrators access to it all from a single pane of glass, Aruba ESP offers the connectivity, security, management, AI, and data insights necessary for hybrid work.
要了解有关Aruba ESP如何推进混合动力工作场所的更多信息，请观看网络研讨会“It Starts with the Network: Powering Hybrid Work,”由ESG和Aruba提出。
[1]PWC。“是时候重新构想在哪里以及如何完成工作了。”2021年1月。https://www.pwc.com/us/en/library/covid-19/us-remote-work-survey.html
[2]同上。
