The world is undergoing one of the most difficult periods in a century and businesses have been forced to adapt or close shop. The coronavirus pandemic has devastatingly destroyed lives in literal terms, but the biggest fear is what could happen to the global economy in the aftermath.

In light of these developments, businesses have embraced various technologies to keep operations going as seamlessly as possible. Video conferencing with clients, hiring new employees remotely, and using electronic signatures to sign off official documents is now the new normal.

Before COVID-19, boardroom meetings were still a thing, even though several businesses had already adopted video conferencing. Interviews were still held face to face while some customers still preferred to make the journey to the nearest store to buy products.

However, with the measures implemented by global governments to reduce the spread of COVID-19 ruling out some of these activities, businesses have found new tools that have been helping them to cope.

Trello

Trello is a workflow management platform that allows business teams to engage in and conversations share work schedules and updates remotely. This platform, however, does not have sections where members can showcase their expertise and experiences for prospective appointments.

Businesses looking to outsource their workforce rely on professional networking platforms like LinkedIn to find potential candidates for open positions. They can also recruit from freelance job sites like Fiverr and Upwork.

Trello draws similarities from San Francisco CA-based Asana, which went public at the New York Stock Exchange in October.

Onespan Sign

OneSpan is a well-know traded cybersecurity technology company located in Chicago, Illinois with offices in Montreal, Brussels and Zurich. The company offers a cloud-based and open architected anti-fraud platform and is historically known for its multi-factor authentication and electronic signature software. It’s OneSpan Sign product balances ease of use with the highest levels of security and compliance to deliver a risk-free eSignature solution for all kind of business needs.

Zoom

This is perhaps the most popularized technological tool in the age of the coronavirus pandemic. Tools like PandaDoc for electronic signatures and Trello for workflow management may be used more frequently in a business setting than Zoom. However, this video conferencing platform is the most popular of them all. This is probably because of the multiple applications that it can be deployed in.

Businesses are using Zoom to communicate with their employees, colleagues, suppliers, and customers.

CamScanner

Many businesses have enterprise standard scanners and may not find a CamScanner as useful as other tools that help them to navigate through the challenges created by COVID-19. However, most of their prospective customers do not have scanners at home. As such, to obtain various documentation that can be signed off using electronic signatures customers are asked to scan such documents using CamScanner, from which businesses can then retrieve high-quality copies.

Conclusion

In summary, COVID-19 has changed the way business transactions are done. Some businesses have made an easier transition to the new normal. However, some that had not embraced the changing landscape in the business environment have had to deal with transitional bottlenecks. But essentially, there is a new normal in the market, one that requires organizations to use various technical tools to conduct business.