If your business is considering a remote workforce, whether temporary or permanent, or full-or part-time, there are important decisions to make when it comes to the technology you use to equip your staff’s home offices. Your technology choices are the most critical decisions you will make when it comes to enabling optimal productivity and ensuring the security of your data and digital assets.
Business Systems Solutions is your trusted local provider of home office technology solutions in the Lebanon, IN area. Our remote office technology consultants will work with you to understand the needs of your business and identify the right technology solutions that are most appropriate to enable your staff to productively work from home and keep your business running smoothly and securely. Contact us today!
Top 3 Considerations for a Remote Workforce
There are 3 critical areas we focus on to maximize productivity and minimize risk when helping our clients transition to a full or partial remote work setting:
Connectivity
Many home WiFi routers are not optimized to deliver seamless coverage, especially when there are multiple family members working, gaming and streaming at the same time and competing for the same bandwidth. When this is the case, we recommend an ethernet connection to ensure a consistent, reliable connection. There are a number of ethernet hardware options on the market, and we know the types and brands that are most dependable.
Collaboration
Your team needs the ability to collaborate on projects and tasks just as effectively as if they were together in the office. Fortunately, there are many options for apps and platforms that enable project transparency and real-time collaboration. Based on your needs and budget, we can recommend and implement the appropriate tools and technology to enable your staff to share and work jointly on documents, to conference with telephony and video apps, and be able to communicate more effectively overall.
Cybersecurity
Cybersecurity needs to be a top priority, especially for remote work set-ups. This involves both technology and policy to safeguard your systems and data. We will recommend the appropriate firewall and other security protocols, such as data encryption, multi-factor authentication and password requirements, and policies regarding employee-owned devices (also known as BYOD – “bring your own device”) and usage of unsafe WiFi networks, such as public WiFi.
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