During the Games, London's transport systems will be much busier than usual, especially during peak hours. On the Underground, buses and trains, it will take longer to board, especially during peak hours and Games events. On the roads, journeys will also take longer due to temporary traffic restrictions and route changes.
It is therefore important to begin thinking how you, your staff and your business may be affected by these disruptions and start to plan additional measures that will help ensure your organisations utilisation and productivity during these disruptions.
As a business, there are a number of options available, but perhaps the most important is to being thinking about flexible and remote working, as this is a viable option for many organisations and will allow employees to reduce non-essential staff travel during the Games.
Another option is to conduct meetings via web or audio conferencing, which is one of the most convenient ways for employees to stay in touch with colleagues while working from home. Audio conferencing allows you to set up a call whenever you need.
Recent research by BT showed that with the right flexible working environment, employees could be at least 20% more productive, so it is worth considering this solution for your business.
Businesses of all sizes are implementing home working technology to provide employees with the flexibility they require. Though using the right technology and providing a more flexible work environment, you will provide employees and customers with the flexibility they require during the Games and in to the future. Businesses should work with their employees and clients as early as possible, as their journeys to and from work will be affected.
Furthermore, with the recent disruptions to the Blackberry services, organizations cannot simply rely on these devices to ensure remote working and operational accessibility to employees. A more robust system is required to adequately support your staff and ensure business continuity.
Fortunately, Fitzrovia I.T. has numerous years worth of experience in establishing remote working solutions to businesses of all sizes and location. We are specialists in identifying and helping provide the most economic and functional installations that will help your business continue to engage with its clients, whilst offering a more flexible approach to the work environment, that will also benefit your employees.
Fitzrovia I.T. offers a number of cost effective solutions, which enable staff to work from home if necessary, with easy access to office systems, databases and email.
Remote Offices and users connections to a central office network – Fitzrovia I.T. offers a cost effective secure solution to your problem of remote locations and users no matter where they are on the planet. As your business grows so do your network and access requirements and Fitzrovia I.T. offers the ideal solution.
Remote connections for all your offices and users whether they are national or international can be achieved via Virtual Private Network [VPN] in conjunction with thin client technology such as Terminal Services [TS].
A Secure VPN offered by Fitzrovia I.T. provides remote offices and users access to your network resources safely and securely using IPSec data encryption. This forms a cost effective; secure method to connect to any office network.
Once the remote user has connected to the network via the VPN the thin technology will enable the user to access mail, data files and applications from the main office network in a fast, secure and reliable manner.
Fitzrovia I.T. is able to help you with all your Remote multiple office locations and users connection requirements.
Hosted Desktop is the award winning service that brings all the benefits of cloud computing to your organizations advantage. It allows employees to access files, applications and email remotely over the Internet, with great ease and offers additional peace of mind, because the process is as secure as Internet banking, using the latest in 128-bit encryption services.
Through implementing a more robust and accessible working environment for your staff, it is estimated that an organization could reduce their I.T. costs by as much as 40% with no upfront expenditure required.
For more information about Remote services and additional organisational support, particularly with the planned upcoming business disruptions due to the 2012 London Olympics, please contact Fitzrovia I.T on either 020 7874 8827 or email info@fitzroviait.com.