Shaw Business Makes Working-From-Home Safer and More Efficient for Businesses and Employees With Smart Remote Office

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Shaw Communications has launched Smart Remote Office, a teleworking solution designed to enhance remote work for its business customers in Western Canada. This service offers secure connectivity and access to internal applications, essential for efficient remote operations. Starting at $33/month, it features a firewall for data security, VPN functionality for encrypted access, traffic prioritization, and remote troubleshooting capabilities. A combined service with dedicated internet is also available for $94/month. This initiative addresses the growing need for secure remote working solutions due to the pandemic.

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• Launch of Smart Remote Office offers a secure teleworking solution for businesses.
• Service starts at an affordable $33/month, making it accessible for various business sizes.
• Features include robust security, VPN functionality, and traffic prioritization enhancing employee productivity.
• The self-install capability allows faster deployment without extensive IT support.

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CALGARY, Alberta, Aug. 11, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Shaw Communications Inc. today announced the launch of Smart Remote Office, a teleworking gateway that brings the security and functionality of working in the office right to the homes of employees of Shaw Business customers.

“The pandemic forced many businesses to accelerate their remote working policies or build new ones entirely from scratch,” said Katherine Emberly, President, Business, Brand and Communications, Shaw Communications. “After working from home for five months, businesses realize they need technology that can keep their employees securely connected while working with critical files and applications. Smart Remote Office is a solution that ensures businesses can keep control over network security while giving employees a digital experience similar to what that they would get in the office.”

With Smart Remote Office from Shaw Business, businesses can offer their employees a secure, reliable connection directly to the company’s internal network, allowing employees to access the internal applications they need to do their job effectively from home.

Now available from Shaw Business throughout Western Canada for as low as $33 per month, Smart Remote Office offers the following features:

• Security – A built-in firewall separates corporate data from employees’ home data, safeguarding company, employee, and customer information.  
• VPN-Functionality – Using end-to-end encryption, employees can log in the same way they do at the office and automatically gain secure access to internal corporate resources and applications — helping them to do their job effectively while working remotely.
• Traffic Prioritization – Businesses can identify the mission critical applications that their employees need access to and ensure they have a consistent, streamlined experience should their internet connection face congestion issues.
• Remote Visibility and Troubleshooting – Internal IT teams have a much simpler time troubleshooting employee technology issues by seeing detailed endpoints, networks and traffic usage through a single online portal.
• Self-Install – The Smart Remote Office gives businesses a flexible and highly scalable solution to deploy the technology faster without additional IT support. The gateway is shipped directly to the homes of Shaw Business customers’ employees and is ready to be plugged into any wired internet connection right out of the box.
• Portability – The compact size of the gateway allows employees to work securely from anywhere that they have access to a modem.

Starting today, customers can also combine the security and optimization of Smart Remote Office with the speed and reliability of a dedicated Shaw Business Internet 75 connection for employees working from their homes for as low as $94 per month. With a separate, dedicated internet connection from Shaw Business, employees can get the bandwidth they need while working at home.

Smart Remote Office can easily pair with many of Shaw Business’ existing products including SD-WAN, SmartSecurity and SmartVoice Mobile Collaborative — bringing the home office experience even closer to the head office.

For more information on Smart Remote Office and Shaw Business please visit business.shaw.ca/security/smart-remote-office.

About Shaw
Shaw Communications Inc. is a leading Canadian connectivity company. The Wireline division consists of Consumer and Business services. Consumer serves residential customers with broadband Internet, Shaw Go WiFi, video and digital phone. Business provides business customers with Internet, data, WiFi, digital phone and video services. The Wireless division provides wireless voice and LTE data services through an expanding and improving mobile wireless network infrastructure.

Shaw is traded on the Toronto and New York stock exchanges and is included in the S&P/TSX 60 Index (Symbol: TSX - SJR.B, SJR.PR.A, SJR.PR.B, NYSE – SJR, and TSXV – SJR.A). For more information, please visit www.shaw.ca

For media inquiries, please contact:
Shaw Communications Inc.
Chethan Lakshman, VP, External Affairs
(403) 930-8448
chethan.lakshman@sjrb.ca

FAQ

What is Smart Remote Office by Shaw Communications?

Smart Remote Office is a secure teleworking gateway that allows employees to connect to their company's internal network from home.

How much does Smart Remote Office cost?

Smart Remote Office starts at $33 per month, with a combined service option for $94 per month.

What features does Smart Remote Office offer?

It offers security features, VPN functionality, traffic prioritization, remote troubleshooting, and self-install options.

Where is Smart Remote Office available?

Smart Remote Office is available throughout Western Canada for Shaw Business customers.

How does Smart Remote Office improve remote work?

It provides a secure connection to internal applications, enhancing productivity and maintaining network security for remote employees.