Remote Teleworking is not only making a huge impact in Calgary but throughout the world.
Key employees are looking for new ways to engage with the rest of the team, they want to keep in better touch with clients, get things done and work when they need to. Today’s culture has literally torn down old beliefs of the 9 to 5 workforce and also the idea of workers being chained to their desks. There are some interesting facts on the increases to productivity with teleworkers and those who work in the office.
Does conversations at the water cooler distract you?
How about the social butterfly who flies around the office talking with everyone?
There are great solutions available to small business today allow for work to occur from anywhere. Coffee shops such as Starbucks offer 2 hours of free wi-fi to patrons, Calgary International Airport has free wireless internet for those waiting to catch a flight and almost every home in Alberta now has high speed Internet available. The network is ready, security is now available and it comes down to the culture of your business to dictate if remote access and teleworking will be endorsed.
Workers today are demanding the flexibility to work from home or from wherever they are located. During our travels, Bulletproof has clients who have staff across Canada and throughout the world access resource remotely and getting work done. Employees want to have the option to connect from anywhere and whenever they need to. However, your business must offer this in a secure fashion to basically minimize the risks to data leaking from the organization, unauthorized access to corporate resources and protecting your business from malicious software,viruses and malware.
What are the risks?
There are many out there. The Internet can be compared to the wild west with some order but not much. It is up to the business owner or your IT department to minimize your risk. This is where Bulletproof InfoTech can help you. You business needs to have a solution which provides you with details on who connected and when.
With a combination of managed IT services, secure remote access leveraging Scorpion Software’s AuthAnvil and Remote Web Workplace found on Windows Small Business Server, your business can be protected and also provide the flexibility for your team to get stuff done without having to always be present in your office.
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