Are you managing a full-time remote workforce for the first time during quarantine? Then, you definitely need the latest technology tools to keep your quarantined team stay connected while working from home.

Thanks to modern technology, it has become possible for all employees, business partners, and other stake holders, to be as productive at home as they would be in the office.

Here are some of the most trending and downloaded lockdown apps being used:

Video Conferencing: Video meetings are now essential to work in real-time. These face-to-face meetings are beneficial as they maintain clarity in communication. For video conferencing, the trending brands of today are Microsoft Teams, Google Hangouts, Google Meet, and Zoom.

Project Management: To maintain the regular workflow of your team members, you can use Trello, Basecamp, Asana, Airtable,and if you are using Microsoft 365, then  Microsoft Plannermay be useful.

Cloud Storage:One of the major challenges of working remotely is accessing the company’s internal server. But the advent of cloud storage has made this easy. Your entire team can access any information or share documents, spreadsheets, presentations, videos, etc through cloud storage applications like Dropbox, Google Drive, and  Microsoft OneDrive.To transfer large files, WeTransferis a great option.

Chat & Messaging: Many collaboration platforms like Microsoft Teams andSlackhave instant messaging built into it, however, there are independent ones like the ubiquitous WhatsApp, FaceBook Messenger, and Telegram available as well.

Time & Productivity Trackers: Keeping a track of employees’ productivity is very important especially when they are working from home. For this, you can download lockdown apps like Toggl, Todoist,and Focus Booster.

These are only some of the tools that are widely used during the quarantine period.

About Zenesis

Zenesis Corporation is a 12-year old innovation led bespoke management solutions provider Our key areas of focus are Brands, Operations, Customers, Employees Results OCE. We tackle each of these areas using our consulting model of Review-Analyze-Develop-Execute-Monitor (RADEM) to delve deep into the organization and drive brand enhancement, business efficiency, profitability, employee engagement, and customer happiness.