How remote working IT Solutions can help every business
Posted by Phill Manson on Thu, Nov 12, 2009
As a Sales Consultant at Aztech IT Solutions, I like to be out of the office as much as possible, meeting existing clients and potential new ones. At the same time in this fast paced world I need to be in contact with the office and my clients, so that means lots of mobile working!
I was thinking last Friday as I drove down the M1 on way down to visit a potential client in London, that the modern way of working means we are never out of contact. Just take a wander around your local town at any time of day and you see Businessmen and women talking into all multitudes of devices from normal phones to PDAs, to BlackBerry and finally the Directors favourite the iPhone.
Sat working from home this evening, I have my laptop, personal mobile, work blackberry and an IP phone all looking at me. It's astounding how many different ways to communicate we can have, voice, email, text and even Video Conferencing via the built in camera on the laptop.
The IP phone works using VoIP (Voice over Internet Protocol) meaning that I appear to be in the office when I'm not, my colleagues can transfer calls to me via the internal short codes as if I was sat at the desk next to them and my laptop is currently using VPN to connect to work's servers so I can access my email and documents on the servers there. To all intends and purposes I appear to the outside world to be at the office!
This is a sight that that would probably shock my Grandfather, who while working for Section v11 [MI6] during and after the war used to install radio devices all around the world! I mean who would have thought a Blackberry could cause so much mixed emotions from people - some never want to be "out of touch" ever again and feel naked when they forget to pick it up and those that moan that they're now never away from the office and feel they have to check emails at home.
Once upon a time it was device reserved for high flying executives and now it's an essential tool for businesses whether you are a large multinational or a sole trader. In today's world we rely on instant communication and are concerned that an individual hasn't replied to an email/text/tweet after an hour.
Mobile working is here to stay, the standard 9-5 day is fast diminishing and to keep going in this fast paced world you need to have the connectivity and communications channels that best meet the requirements of your business and your clients!
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Aztech IT Solutions provide cost effective IT Support & IT Solutions in Milton Keynes, London and the surrounding areas.
If you want to talk to us about your mobile working requirements feel free to call us on 0845 370 78 76 or email me phill@aztechit.co.uk