How cities are leveraging the remote workplace

Watch Netsync’s Mark Lynd and Hugh Miller discuss with Stephen Elkins, The City of Austin’s Chief Information Officer (CIO), how the COVID-19 pandemic has affected city governments and the sudden move to enable their workers to stay productive at home. Stephen shares several challenges he faced, including departments that, while they had disaster recovery plans in place, hadn’t yet fully tested them. In some cases, his IT team had to set up connectivity for remote workers who didn’t have options in place, including deploying smart phones and utilizing hot spot options.

How cities are leveraging the remote workplace

Stephen Elkins | CIO for The City of Austin

Watch Netsync’s Mark Lynd and Hugh Miller discuss with Stephen Elkins, The City of Austin’s Chief Information Officer (CIO), how the COVID-19 pandemic has affected city governments and the sudden move to enable their workers to stay productive at home. Stephen shares several challenges he faced, including departments that, while they had disaster recovery plans in place, hadn’t yet fully tested them. In some cases, his IT team had to set up connectivity for remote workers who didn’t have options in place, including deploying smart phones and utilizing hot spot options.

How cities are leveraging the remote workplace

Mark Lynd | Head of Digital Business

Watch Netsync’s Mark Lynd and Hugh Miller discuss with Stephen Elkins, The City of Austin’s Chief Information Officer (CIO), how the COVID-19 pandemic has affected city governments and the sudden move to enable their workers to stay productive at home. Stephen shares several challenges he faced, including departments that, while they had disaster recovery plans in place, hadn’t yet fully tested them. In some cases, his IT team had to set up connectivity for remote workers who didn’t have options in place, including deploying smart phones and utilizing hot spot options.