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The Top 5 Technology Considerations for Businesses

By Sabado Domingo

Businesses of all kinds have been incorporating a greater amount of technology into their everyday activities. Not only are businesses today responsible for building and maintaining a strong online presence but they are working with new technologies in the office which can help to streamline the services which the business themselves provide.

Here, we take a quick look at five of the most important technological considerations for businesses to make today, from the use of software escrow to cloud technology.

1. Reliable hosting

A powerful and sustained web presence has become a prerequisite for successful businesses in all industries. Consumers need to be able to find businesses online and to interact with them easily. The task of building a successful web presence is a complicated business but the very first step to be taken is finding reliable hosting. When your website goes down, it does harm to the image of your business and has a lasting impact on customers’ perception of your firm.

2. Software escrows

For many businesses, the software they use in the office is something they simply cannot do without. Whether it’s due to bankruptcy or another matter, the developers of software can sometimes cease to work on a specific product. Seeking a source code escrow is an essential move for businesses using custom software. The escrow sees the source code held securely and released in the event that another firm should need to be employed to maintain the software in the future.

3. Cloud storage

Business today relies on both technology and fluidity. As your employees and colleagues look to work on the move, it is essential that they should be able to access key information from anywhere in the world. While it’s always important for businesses to keep hard backups of key information cloud storage can be instrumental in the creation of a mobile company. For example, legal software products allow employees to gain access to case files from anywhere at anytime; this could certainly come in handy for a lawyer who, say, needs to continue working while he’s on vacation.

4. Company phones

Employees need to be connected at all times. With the rise of mobile internet, the use of company phones is becoming a more sensible move than ever before. Now, employees can travel freely without fearing that they will be out of the office loop.

5. SEO

Returning to the matter of an online presence, it’s important for companies to recognize the power of digital marketing. Businesses not only need to create exciting and compelling content but they need to promote it. Search engine optimization is an important part of building a powerful web presence that sets your business apart from its competitors.

Photo Credit: ell brown

February 23, 2022

Comments

  1. 1

    Doable Finance says

    If business can’t afford MS Office, there is http://www.openoffice.org/. Not only it’s free but business would be supporting open source software.

  2. 2

    Barbara Friedberg says

    The proliferation of cloud computing options is mind boggling. My business has become passionate about dropbox and the google drive options.

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