When the COVID-19 pandemic hit, businesses worldwide underwent the ultimate stress test. They reconsidered business priorities, and those that could urgently shifted to work from home setups. Companies worked tirelessly to provide their remote workforces with the network access and technology they needed to stay open.

Recent years have seen an unprecedented growth in remote working, with more than half of the world’s workforce now working outside the office at least once per week. Some innovative startups are even eschewing the traditional office environment entirely, instead using cloud technology to connect workforces over a much wider geographical area.