It'll be interesting to see how many companies need to enhance their VPN infrastructure if/when they increase their remote workforce. With the current coronavirus event, that move to a remote workforce might happen sooner than planned.
Mark Jacobs Sent from ProtonMail, Swiss-based encrypted email. GPG Public Key - https://api.protonmail.ch/pks/lookup?op=get&search=markjac...@protonmail.com ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐ Original Message ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐ On Friday, March 6, 2020 7:52 PM, Bob Bridges <robhbrid...@gmail.com> wrote: > Good point; yeah, that's gotta have an effect, though I suppose it may be > slight. > > What I've noticed, in the last five or ten years, is the increasing range of > the ~types~ of jobs that are being done remotely. Twenty years ago I would > have been surprised to find that companies were willing to have me work on > their mainframe security from home. Ten years ago I noticed they were doing > it with systems programmers, too. Nowadays I see the occasional req for > remote managers. I suppose there are some jobs that simply cannot be done > from home, forever, but fewer than before. > > --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Bob Bridges, robhbrid...@gmail.com, cell 336 382-7313 > > /* The worst thing about new books is that they keep us from reading the old > ones. -Joseph Joubert (1754-1824) */ > > -----Original Message----- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On > Behalf Of Jesse 1 Robinson > Sent: Friday, March 6, 2020 18:56 > > Came across this lengthy thread from last year. No one seemed to mention the > effects of a world-wide pandemic. You just can't think of everything... > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
