London businesses don’t have to be crippled by heavy snow
Posted by admin on 12/04/10 | Posted in IT Support London
Are you stuck at home due to London’s recent heavy snowfall? Small businesses can’t afford to halt all business just because roads are dangerous and weather is bad. Since so much business is done online these days, you don’t have to lose valuable time, money, and even customers just because the weather is extremely bad.
Getting Online From Home
Many London area businesses have taken advantage of remote work technology to let their employees work from home during heavy snowfall. Getting remote access setup for your company is simpler than you might think. Years ago, remote computer access was cumbersome, slow, and unreliable, but today there are a variety of technology solutions that can be quickly implemented to get your company into “virtual mode” in a matter of hours.
Cloud Computing
If your company uses mostly standard office tools like word processors, email and web-based programs, cloud computing may be just the thing for you. Cloud computing turns computer access into a service based model where you pay for only the resources you use. Your employees can use any computer to logon and access their files, send emails, and perform other basic functions. All they need is a computer with Internet access. The programs and data reside on secure, pooled computers which share the workload of multiple users. Cloud computing could revolutionise the way you look at computer use.
Remote Desktop
Remote desktop technology allows you to connect to another computer and work on it as if actually sitting at the console. Your computer simply becomes a viewing window into the other computers desktop, hard drives, and programs. Various types of remote desktop solutions exist, and usually require a good Internet connection to keep things fast and secure. It can only take a few quick modifications for your work computers to accept a remote desktop session for when you have to work from home.
Virtual Private Network
For large organisations that need full access to their systems, databases, and servers from a remote location, a virtual private network – or VPN – is a perfect solution. Virtual private networks are very secure and allow you to access a wide area network or intranet infrastructure across the Internet. You can also easily copy files from your network to your local computer for working offline. You can do everything you could do if you were directly connected to the network in the office. This is the ultimate solution for those who can’t live without full access.
Scootek is standing by to help you implement any one of these solutions and help you select the one that is right for you. We can even get you set up with some remote solutions over the phone in under an hour. If you can’t wait another minute to get your business operating in remote mode, you know who to call!
