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ARTICLE SAMENA TRENDS

There is no silver bullet Provisioning WFH for entire/partial Business Challenges:
• Higher CAPEX & TCO
workforce would need meticulous planning,
to overcome the current a relook to our Business Processes, • Vendor Lock-In issues
challenges at one shot, and Workforce Productivity, real-time decision • Existing Investment ROI
we would need to dissect making, sudden change in the volume Technical Challenges:
& IT Systems Resilience (Capacity &
• Security threat & Compliance
the problem and manage it Performance, NW & Sec, Monitoring etc.) • Inconsistent User Experience
in parts. The market today & all of this would undoubtedly need • Performance Issue (Application, Data,
additional investment.
Device)
has plethora of solutions • Expertise in a custom solution
around WFH / remote Enterprises are going through challenging To overcome the above challenges, we
access etc. Standard build times and are under financial pressure. need the best of both worlds. Which means
Yet, the ‘’CIO’’ office would be expected to
Flexible OPEX driven Virtual Workspace
under pay-as-you-go achieve delivery, which is high of performance,
Model, Or Custom-built • Near 100% WFH (Build vs Buy) secure, leverage existing investment, no
• CAPEX & TCO Reduction
vendor Lock-in, cloud-ready & achieve
on-premise solutions. • Data Security & Regulatory Compliance overall TCO reduction
Both having their own pros • Enhanced User Experience Tech M Solution – WaaS NxT
• Innovation & Digital Transformation
and cons. (Intelligent Automation, Cloud Tech Mahindra R&D labs & CoE has
Readiness etc) envisaged this almost seven years back
As businesses juggle a range of new and launched its own Digital Workspace
systems priorities and challenges under Quest for Solution to Outmaneuver Platform ‘’WaaS NxT’’. It is designed to
the immense pressure of the pandemic Uncertainty deliver the highest level of security using
crisis, the teams at the frontline have There is no silver bullet to overcome the hybrid workspace delivery model that
also observed numerous grey areas current challenges at one shot, and we leverages Virtualization, Enterprise Mobility
around People, Process & Technology would need to dissect the problem and and Context-Aware Security. It delivers all
and therefore, the complex and business- manage it in parts. The market today has Workspace resources as a Universal Single
critical services that are handled by plethora of solutions around WFH / remote URL to consolidate all end-user computing
global operations must be reassessed access etc. Standard build under pay- services. This model will bring all services
and restructured to achieve desired as-you-go Model, Or Custom-built on- under a single window to avoid duplication
productivity. premise solutions. Both having their own of investments and improve end-user
pros and cons. experience.

Key Differentiators

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