6 Companies Helping Businesses Operate Remotely

The Internet era has brought with it many changes to the way we work, including an increased ability to conduct business remotely. Because operating this way involves many unique challenges, companies have emerged to make the process safer and easier. The ones included here offer a range of technologies and services to help businesses thrive, regardless of distance. This video was made with Ezvid Wikimaker.

6 Companies Making Remote Work Easier

Company Description
AbacusNext A technology provider for legal, accounting, and compliance-focused professionals, offering a complete suite of practice management, payment processing, and document automation solutions
CodeLathe Offers three products, including FileCloud, which is made for file sharing, sync, backup, and remote access
CyberArk Specializes in privileged access management, delivering a comprehensive solution to protect against external attackers and malicious insiders
Working Solutions A consultative business process outsourcer providing customer service, sales, support, and flexible business continuity
Minerva Labs Develops technologies to eliminate cyber threats, turning the hacking tide and allowing organizations to flourish without the fear of attack
Domotz Offers network management software to help professionals better assist their users remotely, reduce support costs, and operate their networks more efficiently

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Thanks to advancements in technology, remote work is not only possible, but in many cases and for many workers, it is preferable. Long gone are the 45-minute commutes, stuck in bumper-to-bumper traffic or on a crowded train. Sayonara, office noise. Given the new desire for working from home, some companies are rising to the occasion and developing tools to help businesses successfully operate remotely. In no particular order, here are a few such organizations.

Our #1 entry is AbacusNext, a company offering a suite of tools for lawyers. Amicus Attorney, Amicus Online, and AbacusLaw enable law firms to track and invoice billable time, automate important documents, and get easy access to all client data for intuitive case management. It also offers software for accounting that lets users track time, billing, invoicing, contacts, projects, and documents in one place.

AbacusNext was founded in 1983 and is headquartered in San Diego, California, with offices in Toronto, Canada and Edinburgh, UK. AbacusNext tools are available on the Abacus Private Cloud, so attorneys can access their documents and court forms from anywhere. This proprietary software also integrates with other apps, including Microsoft Office 365 and Quickbooks.

This proprietary software also integrates with other apps, including Microsoft Office 365 and Quickbooks.

At #2, we have FileCloud, which allows users to run their own private Dropbox-like file sharing and syncing. The tool integrates with existing IT infrastructure and storage. FileCloud was developed by CodeLathe, a software company headquartered in Austin, Texas. The company believes in giving customers complete control over their data and offering options to select the right deployment model for them: self-hosted, hybrid, or hosted.

FileCloud prides itself on its advanced security and encryption methods. All client data is encrypted using AES 256-bit methods, and users will also get support for two-factor authentication, automatic anti-virus scanning of files, ransomware detection, data leak prevention, and easy-to-configure security policies. In addition, the company offers full integration with Microsoft Office and Outlook. Using FileCloud Office add-ons, you can open, edit, and save files to directly to your online drive from Word, Excel, and PowerPoint.

The #3 entry is CyberArk, a company making software that stops advanced cyber threats through advanced security measures. It promises multiple layers of built-in safety for authentication, access control, encryption, tamper-proof storage, and data protection to keep all the information on your cloud guarded. The software is scaleable for companies of all sizes.

The software is scaleable for companies of all sizes.

CyberArk has offices in the United States, Israel, the United Kingdom, Singapore, Australia, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the Netherlands, Spain, and Turkey and serves as a security partner to over 5,300 global businesses. Its CEO and co-founder is Udi Mokady, who has a background in legal management and business development for international high-tech companies.

For #4 we have Working Solutions, a customer service outsourcer with operations distributed across the United States and Canada. Working Solutions' on-demand contact center experts offer help and support to various companies and follow up each interaction with outreach to gather feedback for its clients. In addition, the company offers various ways to interact with customers: email, chat, video, or phone.

Working Solutions claims to be ideal for companies that wish to save money by outsourcing their customer service but don't want to sacrifice professionalism, as the group purports to only hire agents who are well-versed and conversant in tech support. The organization also offers Vyne, a productivity tool that offers clients insight into customer service performance.

The organization also offers Vyne, a productivity tool that offers clients insight into customer service performance.

Coming in at #5 is Minerva, based in Israel. With a background in military cyber units, the founders started the company in 2014 with the mission of overturning the ever growing hacking tide that is still engulfing the internet. Their goal for Minerva was to create a security platform that defeats cyber-attacks and is applicable to companies of all sizes.

Minerva disarms malicious software before it can begin causing damage, freeing organizations from having to engage in costly and risky post-hacking activities. For an added layer of protection, the platform is designed to integrate with clients' existing anti-malware softwares, such as Carbon Black, McAfee, CrowdStrike, and Windows Defender Antivirus.

Our last entry, #6, is Domotz. The company aims to help businesses better assist their users remotely, reduce support costs, and operate their networks more efficiently. Its platform has integrated features such as remote device access, SNMP monitoring, remote power management, device alerts, team collaboration, network mapping, and multiple VLANs. Domotz is available as an application on both iOS and Android or via web.

The company aims to help businesses better assist their users remotely, reduce support costs, and operate their networks more efficiently.

Domotz was founded in 2015 and has five global offices in Salt Lake City, Pisa, San Francisco, Sydney, and London. The company's clients have included managed services providers such as Alvarez Technology Group and Access Networks, community colleges, I.T. professionals, security firms, systems integrators, and businesses in the oil and gas space, such as Production Lift, which uses Domotz solutions to support hundreds of sites across the state of Texas.