Ministry pushes work-from-home solution amid Covid-19 crisis

By THE NATION

 

 

The Ministry of Digital Economy and Society (DES) is working with the private sector to promote working from home for employees as a solution to ensure seamless business operations amid the Covid-19 outbreak.

 

DES Minister Puttipong Punnakanta said that his ministry is cooperating with private partners to develop and customise tools that enable people to work from home seamlessly and reduce the need to go out and risk the new coronavirus that has affected several industries in Thailand. “These partners include six internet service providers: CAT Telecom, TOT, Advance Info Service, Total Access Communication, True Corporation and 3BB, and three software developers -- Microsoft, Cisco and Google,” he said.

 

“We are planning to develop tools based on Microsoft Team, WebEx Team and Hangout applications to ensure seamless business operations even when staff are working from their residences.”

 

The minister added that selected government agencies will take part in a pilot project.

 

“Internet and software providers have agreed to provide free services for six months that will cover the documentation system, the file storage system, video conference and other office administrative tasks,” he said. “The DES will also monitor the privacy and security of personal and sensitive information over this working-at-home network to ensure that the original privacy policy can still be maintained.

 

“The DES has been strictly following measures announced by the Ministry of Public Health in preventing and controlling the spread of Covid-19, and we hope that the working-from-home solution will help reduce the risk of virus spreading in the work place while enabling businesses to move forward in the current situation,” added Puttipong.

 

Source: https://www.nationthailand.com/news/30383748

 

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he says, while sitting at his desk... at his office

If there is truly only 50 cases here in Thailand why is he telling people that they should work from home ?

Why push for people to work from home?

Only a handful of cases???? and little P says everything under control.

So Puttipong is just scaremongering.

23 minutes ago, webfact said:

The Ministry of Digital Economy and Society (DES)

 

When did this become a "Ministry"?

 

24 minutes ago, webfact said:

“We are planning to develop tools based on Microsoft Team, WebEx Team and Hangout applications to ensure seamless business operations even when staff are working from their residences.”

 

"Planning to develop"?

 

Sheesh, at least form a committee, or seven, first.

 

 

We'll be well into Goat Virus before these chaps finish anything.

 

 

 

 

Nothing will change. As someone said in an earlier similar thread, you can play fabook just as easily at home as at work.

I am not allowed to work (at home).

So I just sneeze on the balcony.

We are planning to develop tools based on Microsoft Team, WebEx Team and Hangout applications to ensure seamless business operations

 

Hopefully it will work just as well as their seamless TM30 website did when it was first released. ????

5 hours ago, webfact said:

“We are planning to develop tools based on Microsoft Team, WebEx Team and Hangout applications to ensure seamless business operations even when staff are working from their residences.”

What happens when the office receives an email from a member of staff working from home, and finds it has a virus warning with it?

With there be mass panic?

I imagine the amount of people that can 'actually' work from home is actually only about 0.1% of the population !