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BYOD: Why is This Concept So Attractive to Employees?2018-12-12T00:00:00-05:002024-03-28T17:49:56-04:00adminhttps://acsapp.com/blog/author/admin/https://acsapp.com/blog/byod-why-is-this-concept-so-attractive-to-employees-1/<p><br/>BYOD: Why is This Concept So Attractive to Employees?<br/> <br/>Bring Your Own Device, or BYOD, to work was an idea a few years ago that is becoming a reality very fast. To use your personal smartphone, tablet or laptop for work seems increasingly natural. Employees are embracing this concept without any serious reservations. As more and more business activity becomes technology driven, to have electronic gadgets right by your side all the time make sense. According to a survey conducted by Logicalis about 75% of employees in high growth markets such as Brazil and Russia and 44% in developed markets bring their own devices to work.<br/> <br/>Let's examine all the factors causing people to want to use their own devices at work.</p>
<p>Familiarity: This may be the most relevant reason for someone to bring their own tablet or laptop to work. It may be the operating system, web browser, or other apps on their devices that they know so well and feel comfortable using.</p>
<p>Convenience: Companies have been providing their employees mobile phones for business use for a few decades. Now those employees have to carry two phones, since everyone also has a personal phone. This duality is a nuisance. It is hard enough to care for one mobile phone and now they have to worry about two of them. The reality is that companies expect employees to be in contact 24/7, so company devices can't just be used at work. They have to be carried home, out to the store, etc. If the employees have a choice they would much rather carry just one phone, their own, enabling them to be reachable by family and friends anytime. Also it could be cheaper if their company offers to share the cost of using their device for business.</p>
<p>Productivity: Convenience can also result in better productivity. Having fewer devices means fewer distractions. Fewer distractions equals less wasted time. Saving time is always good for productivity.<br/>Personal contentment: It makes employees feel good to be able to use their own devices at work. Higher employee morale is very important for any organization. Happier employees are more likely to work hard. A positive environment is also a factor in lower turnover. So if an employer gives its employees the liberty to bring their own devices to work it may have more satisfied workers.</p>
<p>Conclusion: People in the workplace are using their own devices so they can accomplish more in less time. It makes them happy to have their personal devices at work, and it makes them feel good about their job if they are allowed to use the devices that they are familiar with.</p>Improve employee morale with this simple tip.2018-12-11T00:00:00-05:002024-03-25T17:43:38-04:00adminhttps://acsapp.com/blog/author/admin/https://acsapp.com/blog/improve-employee-morale-with-this-simple-tip/<div class="wistia_responsive_padding" style="padding: 56.25% 0 0 0; position: relative;">
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<p><br/>Hi, I'm Albert Steed with Advanced Computer Solutions. We find many small businesses suffer from computer downtime. At Advanced Computer Solutions we employ a group of professional nerds who eliminate computer downtime. Companies that work with Advanced Computer Solutions enjoy higher productivity, more profitability and just overall more happiness once their computer problems are eliminated.</p>
<p><br/>Today I want to talk about one great big thing you can do to help eliminate computer problems on your network and for your business. Today's challenge is for you to eliminate all of the consumer grade equipment that is running on your network. Consumer grade equipment is stuff that you buy at Best Buy, and at Staples, in your local office supply store.This equipment, well, it comes from an office supply store, is truly only meant to be used for your home network. It also has almost no security built into it. </p>
<p><br/>I've got a prime example of something we would consider consumer grade. This is a piece of equipment made by Netgear. What's neat about this is it also is fully hackable by the Russians. Netgear may or may not have release an update to it so that the Russians can no longer access it. I would highly suggest that if you have piece of equipment made by Netgear in your network that you should remove it promptly. Get with your network I.T. professional and put in some managed gear some high quality business grade gear. This one thing can eliminate hours of downtime every year for your network.</p>
<p><br/>Again, I'm Albert Steed with Advanced Computer Solutions where we find that companies that eliminate computer problems enjoy higher productivity, increase profitability and just overall happiness with their business and computers.</p>
<p><br/>Thanks Have a good day.</p>
<p> </p>BYOD: Why is This Concept So Attractive to Employees?2018-09-06T00:00:00-04:002024-03-25T13:39:21-04:00adminhttps://acsapp.com/blog/author/admin/https://acsapp.com/blog/byod-why-is-this-concept-so-attractive-to-employees/<p><br/>BYOD: Why is This Concept So Attractive to Employees?<br/> <br/>Bring Your Own Device, or BYOD, to work was an idea a few years ago that is becoming a reality very fast. To use your personal smartphone, tablet or laptop for work seems increasingly natural. Employees are embracing this concept without any serious reservations. As more and more business activity becomes technology driven, to have electronic gadgets right by your side all the time make sense. According to a survey conducted by Logicalis about 75% of employees in high growth markets such as Brazil and Russia and 44% in developed markets bring their own devices to work.<br/> <br/>Let's examine all the factors causing people to want to use their own devices at work.</p>
<p>Familiarity: This may be the most relevant reason for someone to bring their own tablet or laptop to work. It may be the operating system, web browser, or other apps on their devices that they know so well and feel comfortable using.</p>
<p>Convenience: Companies have been providing their employees mobile phones for business use for a few decades. Now those employees have to carry two phones, since everyone also has a personal phone. This duality is a nuisance. It is hard enough to care for one mobile phone and now they have to worry about two of them. The reality is that companies expect employees to be in contact 24/7, so company devices can't just be used at work. They have to be carried home, out to the store, etc. If the employees have a choice they would much rather carry just one phone, their own, enabling them to be reachable by family and friends anytime. Also it could be cheaper if their company offers to share the cost of using their device for business.</p>
<p>Productivity: Convenience can also result in better productivity. Having fewer devices means fewer distractions. Fewer distractions equals less wasted time. Saving time is always good for productivity.<br/>Personal contentment: It makes employees feel good to be able to use their own devices at work. Higher employee morale is very important for any organization. Happier employees are more likely to work hard. A positive environment is also a factor in lower turnover. So if an employer gives its employees the liberty to bring their own devices to work it may have more satisfied workers.</p>
<p>Conclusion: People in the workplace are using their own devices so they can accomplish more in less time. It makes them happy to have their personal devices at work, and it makes them feel good about their job if they are allowed to use the devices that they are familiar with.</p>5 reasons why you should buy a business grade computer for your business.2018-08-06T00:00:00-04:002024-03-28T17:58:56-04:00adminhttps://acsapp.com/blog/author/admin/https://acsapp.com/blog/5-reasons-why-you-should-buy-a-business-grade-computer-for-your-business/<p>Periodically I like to review the consumer retailers and what they offer for PC’s, laptops, and other consumer devices. I do this, so I can stay on top of all the options available for my clients. I want to make sure I can best guide my clients in making the best business decisions regarding IT.</p>
<p>I’m often surprised by the extreme amount of horsepower you can buy in a consumer level computer. They often sell PC’s with specifications that would match a high-end engineering workstation, at the price of a mid-level office PC. This has led me to research what is the difference between these consumer PC’s and their business counterparts.</p>
<h2>Warranty</h2>
<p>Often a consumer PC will come with a 90 day, or 1-year warranty. Whereas a professional grade PC start with a 1-year warranty, and often come with a three-year warranty.</p>
<p>Another difference between these two is the business grade PC will come with an onsite repair, with a certified repair technician arriving the next day. Consumer pc’s typically require you to ship your PC to a repair depot.</p>
<p>This is a major issue if your reception area is unable to take new patients, or your shipping department is down. Having a technician on site, the next day, and your computer working within 48 hours, versus shipping your computer to a repair depot. The shipping alone can take 24-48 hours. In our experience repair depots often take multiple attempts to fix the issue. Your pc can be out of service for days, even weeks.</p>
<h2>Professional operating system</h2>
<p>Consumer grade pc’s come with the ‘home’ version of the windows operating system. This means that the machine is not designed to function on a business network. Your pc will not integrate with servers, cannot see network resources, like printers, and will not have the needed features for securing the pc.</p>
<h2>Quality of components</h2>
<p>If you are buying a device that has the same specifications as a high-end engineering computer, at the price of a mid-grade business computer, something must be missing. This difference is made up with the quality of the components. I like to compare it to automobiles. Anyone who has ever watched the movie ‘Cars’ has seen a ‘Nascar’ vehicle pull a road paver, and dig up a road. The line from the movie states “He can do it, he has the horsepower!” This situation is similar to using a consumer gaming computer in an office environment. The pc definitely has the horsepower, but its missing some majorly important features. In an office environment longevity, and reliability are prized over speed. These features require higher quality components. A truck built to pull road pavers, and dig up asphalt is going to last longer, and be more reliable than a race car doing those jobs, even though technically they both have 500 horsepower, and plenty of torque.</p>
<h2>Bloatware</h2>
<p>Consumer grade pc’s are often subsidized by software companies. The software companies pay to have their software preinstalled on the PC. Most of this software is not friendly to businesses. They are insecure, slow the PC down, and can cause issues with management of the PC. If you are in a regulated environment, such as HIPAA, or NIST, these programs may cause you to be non-compliant.</p>
<h2>Upgradeability</h2>
<p>Often consumer PC’s are not upgradeable to meet future business needs. In the world of laptops often the devices are not upgradable at all. Business machines on the other hand often come with several upgrade slots available and are built with future upgrades in mind. These PC’s are engineered to make upgrades simpler, and cheaper.</p>
<p>Business PC’s are also built with parts that are stocked much longer, and thus can be maintained longer. This offers the ability to keep the machine longer, and keep it operating reliably with components built for it.</p>
<h2>In closing</h2>
<p>I know that business PC’s are not right for every business. But generally, when you add up the benefits of owning a business class PC, over time the cost is drastically lower than owning a consumer grade PC. Going back to the car analogy, towing that trailer cross country with your Camaro may be possible, but using your ¾ ton pickup is probably a whole lot better.</p>
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