OED LinkedIn Group member Alan Buckwalter continues to give us some great small business tech advice. Practical, cost-effective, and FLEXIBLE! Just the way entrepreneurs like their IT!
Do you have field employees? Does your staff spend (a significant amount of) time out of the office during the day, only to rush back at the end of the day to wrap up their “normal” work, accumulating a significant expense (in overtime, and more) for your business? If you answered yes, you are not alone.
This is a very common scenario for many businesses, and while Smartphone’s and PDA’s have helped clear some of the email backlog there is often other work to be done requiring access to office systems and services and returning to the office.
By using a local and Free Wi-Fi Hot-Spot (see “Looking to be productive anywhere? Free Wi-Fi can help!”,) and one of a variety of technology solutions your staff can be productive during random moments of idle / downtime, waiting time, etc., decreasing (or eliminating those) unnecessary trips back to the office (during or at the end of the day) and SAVING YOU MONEY.
For example:
1) If you are using Cloud services for email, file sharing, or business applications, you may only need an internet connection and a web browser to be productive like your back in the office. Instead of using a desktop, the same functionality is available on a notebook, net-book, tablet / iPad or Smartphone.
2) If you have an office server with remote desktop / access capabilities, your technology may only be a VPN or Remote Desktop connection away. Again, by using a (shared) notebook, net-book, or tablet / iPad, access to key business services and technology may be an internet connection away.
Wouldn’t you like to save money? Reduce or eliminate your overtime spend? Get your employees home to their families at a normal hour? Consider the possibilities of mobile computing. You may be surprised!
For more information or help getting started, visit Jefric Consulting, or call them at 201-370-6430. Jefric Consulting – We want to help you value technology as a strategic asset, rather than an ongoing expense.
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Article originally posted to Jefric Consulting's blog 10/2010.
Increased productivity at a reduced cost is one of the main attractions of mobile computers and wireless connectivity in the business industry. By way of easier and faster access to data, smaller businesses would be able to compete against much larger enterprises by having the capability to boost sales and production.
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