Just when we thought we’d escape winter with a reasonable amount of snow, Mother Nature changed her plans. Two snow storms in one week leaving over 2 feet of snow, ice, and mess. The most recent storm shut down Boston: cancelling school, activating parking bans, and sending State officials home. Organizations are facing a day of lost operations and activity due to an uncontrollable situation. However, with the right tools your business never has to miss a day of operations. The right technology can help your employees and organization seamlessly work remotely.

  1. Office 365

    Office 365 is Microsoft’s SaaS (Software As A Service) product offering for the Office Suite. Office 365 is a cloud based version of all your favorite Microsoft services: PowerPoint, Word, Excel, Outlook, Access, etc. Instead of requiring a software install on each work station, Office 365 allows you to access these products from any internet connected device with a username and log in. You can even allow each user to download a copy of the software to their laptops. Whether your employees are in the office, working from home, or traveling for work, they can access their favorite Microsoft products and files from anywhere.

  2. Ring Central

    Ring Central is a Virtual PBX phone provider. A virtual PBX is essentially a hosted telephone line. Instead of relying on traditional phone wires to receive business calls, calls are routed through a server and directed to whichever phone you prefer. You can easily forward an office line to a cell-phone by logging in to your phone account online. Voicemails are also stored virtually to be accessed anywhere. You can host conference calls right from your laptop too. It allows the office line to follow employees wherever they are.

  3. Hosted Email

    Hosted e-mail works by transitioning your e-mail to a specific server. This allows you to be able to access your e-mail through a website in addition to setting it up traditionally on office equipment. Benefits to hosted email? Access to your full inbox just about anywhere (not just through your smartphone inbox) and an added layer of security. By storing e-mails through a hosted sever you add a layer of protection.

  4. Axcient Back Up and Disaster Recovery

    High winds, heavy snow, and varying temperatures can lead to potential structural damage to your office. Axcient provides cloud based back-up and recovery for your business data. It operates in the background, meaning you will never notice Axcient interrupting your daily operations. But the service Axcient provides is invaluable should disaster strike. Axcient creates a carbon copy your business data and infrastructure. Should anything happen it takes only a few mins to spin up a virtual server. This virtual server operates exactly like what your employees are used to and avoids costly down time.

  5. IaaS

    Infrastructure As A Service takes your physical servers and moves them to the cloud. You take your on-site operations and put them in the trusted hands of an IaaS provider. IaaS allows you to use exactly what you need, when you need it. It has limitless options for data, workstations, and infrastructure. IaaS is invaluable for many reasons but can be especially helpful when your operations are restricted due to weather.

Weather doesn’t have to stop your business operations. Although it is a nuisance, the right technology can seamlessly keep your business running no matter what challenge your business faces. Contact Datasmith to see what technology you can add to your business to keep you running this winter.

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