Businesses need to be cognizant of the role technology plays in todayās operations. Not only do you stand to lose ground on your competition if you fail to properly invest in your technology, it can have other negative effects on your business as well. This week, we outline eight things that can go wrong if you arenāt constantly looking to build a technologically savvy business.
Your network is a crucial part of your business, insofar as it is quite literally what powers your operations and enables you to work productively⦠at least, most of the time. Unfortunately, there is always the risk of a network bottleneck, or a limited capacity for data to move due to a lack of available bandwidth. So, how can these bottlenecks be avoided?
Having an efficient and reliable point of sale (POS) system is essential for any retail or hospitality establishment. A robust POS system offers numerous benefits that can streamline the operations of the business and enhance customer and worker experiences. This week, we take a look at some of the main benefits of integrating a robust POS system in your business.
It isnāt unusual for modern businesses to turn more and more often to āgreenā technologies, partially due to the reduced environmental impacts that come with their use, and partially due to the operational advantages that many of these technologies also bring. Letās discuss some of the options that even smaller businesses can embrace that bring these kinds of mutual benefits.
In good times and bad, profitability is the priority for most businesses out there. Having said that, this priority is typically a challenging one to achieve, but did you know that there are a few different ways that investing in a relationship with a managed service provider can help increase your productivityāand as a result, your overall profitability?
So, at this point, weāve talked about what productivity is, how it can be measured, and how to protect it from what could potentially impact it negatively. To bring this brief series to a close, letās talk about the things you can do to maximize it as much as possible for your businessā benefit.
Weāve been spending the past few weeks examining productivity and how to optimize it, and today, we felt it was necessary to address the issues that could throw the proverbial wrench into the works.
Donāt worry, though, weāre also going to touch on how you can avoid and/or mitigate the issues that might threaten your productivity.
Productivity has been, is now, and likely will forever be heralded as one of the preeminent goals for any business. As such, it makes sense to understand as much as we can about it. To do so, weāll be examining a different aspect of productivity for the next few weeks.
First up: what is productivity, in the first place?
Thereās no denying that productivity is one of the primary goals of any business nowadays, with countless examinations into the concept of productivity, theories on how to maximize it, and methods to promote it in the workplace. Today, we wanted to take one of these theories and explore it so that you can perhaps capitalize on it yourself.
Both Microsoft Excel and Google Sheets offer a plethora of features to those who know how to use them, many of them with really niche applications to businesses. For instance, there is one function that allows you to easily calculate the time between the current date and a specified day that, if applied properly, could easily provide businesses with some serious utility.
Have you ever heard of the Uncanny Valley? Itās the theory that explains why the human race tends to prefer humanoid robots, but only up to a point, after which we find them unsettling. Itās one reason why so many people found the 2019 film Cats bothersome to watch. The Uncanny Valley has also been present in film in recent years, especially when actors who have passed are recreated digitally to make an appearance, or when talent needs to look older or younger than they are.
The cloud is a great business tool and resource, enabling businesses to offset a lot of their IT workload onto these providers. If you havenāt migrated some or all of your businessā technology to take advantage of the cloud, it is certainly something to consider.
If youāre already considering it, we wanted to offer a few tips to help make the process more effective for you.
Automation has been a business buzzword for some time now, and was a key facet for many businesses remaining open through the COVID-19 pandemic. Now, it seems like thereās no reason for it not to remain in use from this point on. Letās examine a few ways that automation can and likely will be used moving forward.
Collaboration is not just nice, it is the only way many businesses can afford to keep the lights on. Understanding that truth makes it important to find the right strategies and technologies to support your staffās collaborative endeavors. Today, we take a look at a few options to help improve your businessā collaboration.
Technology is such a wonderful tool for productivity, but one thing that you need to understand is that it cannot work miracles. At the end of the day, we are all still human; distractions creep in that technology cannot prevent. Some users struggle with staying focused, which in turn leads to unproductive behaviors, all of which compounds to create wasted time and money. Letās discuss some ways that your employees can overcome distractions in the workplace.
It is undeniable that businesses have increasingly been relying on technology. The past year has been especially digital as millions of people were working remotely. Many of these people required some type of technology support. Today, we are going to discuss how companies like ours were able to provide comprehensive IT support to so many people while they worked from home.