Resource is a keyword for any SME or startup. Something which is in limited quantity but required manifold. How do you fight resource constraints and still ensure a smooth, seamless, business process? The answer is technology.

Technology has the power to give more ROI than even the smartest investment plan. The reason: is scalability. By investing in the right kind of technology, SMEs and startups can create value for themselves and for their clients.

 

Whether they use in-house technology or outsource it to a third-party vendor, the importance and benefits technology can provide to any business stay the same. If you are an SME or a startup, you should look into the following key offerings that can boost your business and skyrocket sales and profits. By choosing the right products and services, you stand a chance to focus on your core product or service and outsource the rest.

Just imagine how fast you can grow by focusing on the one thing which is your USP while everything technology is taken care of by an expert, whose USP is technology.

Here are the technology power tools that you need to ensure a successful business:

Cloud computing

When we are using the internet for our daily chores, communications and activity, why not go all the way and wield the power of the internet in our business?

Cloud computing frees you from storing all kinds of software on your hardware, for e.g. laptop or desktop and access the same from any system using the internet. A strong internet connection is not difficult to come by anymore. But with the amount of data that is being created every nano-second, storage space is most definitely becoming an issue. Bogging down your business’ valuable hardware to store data and heavy applications can burn a major hole in your business’ finances and upkeep and maintenance of your hardware.

The issue of storage apart, cloud computing offers benefits such as flexibility to work from whichever location you wish, scalability, disaster recovery expertise, security, better collaboration, and much more.

Interested in finding out how you can use the cloud to boost your business? Give us a call or drop us an email and we will help you out.

Business Apps

Customized business apps can help optimize your business processes to great lengths. Just imagine if you could automate the tedious job of payment receivables, how much time and energy you could save to focus on your business. Similarly, there can be an app for each and every one of your business needs as you would like it. Customized business apps can help you track:

• Payments
• Employee leaves
• Recruitment management
• Surveys
• Exams and trainings
• And much more

Technology for Collaboration

One of the biggest benefits that technology brought along with it was ease of communication and collaboration. But let’s face it, technology is all about making difficult –> easy, and making easy –> easier. So, it has also managed to give us some stellar apps and interfaces which has made collaboration across distances and time zones a cake walk. Microsoft’s star offering Office 365 happens to be the perfect example. A power-packed business app offering, containing giants like SharePoint, Yammer, OneDrive, and Skype for Business among others.

Make sure to buy the Office 365 software from a trusted Microsoft partner wherein you receive their premier support services as well as, complete implementation and migration services.

If you would like to buy Office 365 for your company, you can take a look at our offerings and take a pick. Check it out here.

Business Intelligence and Analytics

A discussion on the various advantages of technology for SMEs would be incomplete without discussing the powerhouse of benefits brought forth by business intelligence and data analytics.

The world produces approximately 2.5 quintillion bytes, a day.  (Source: www.iflscience.com)

By applying analytics and business intelligence to this humongous data source, businesses can make faster and more informed decisions without much effort. Be it enterprise data, external data, or even unstructured big data, with the right analytics tools and dashboards you can understand your customer preferences better, identify market trends as well as study competitor behaviour and work on your strategies, likewise.

Machine for Learning

One of the newest and most innovative tools in the industry, Machine 4 Learning is a G7 CR offering wherein we offer institutions and organizations the advantage of hosting their practice and lab processes on the cloud. This helps them reduce overheads, reduce the risk of damage to physical hardware, handle software roll-outs more easily, and keep a track of how much lesson or practice session has been covered by each employee or student. Complete administrative control and easy access and scalability makes M4L a holistic education offering for all.

You can find out more about this offering here.

Are you wielding the power of technology in your business to its utmost potential? There is always something more that you can do with technology and how it can help you achieve your business goals faster, more effectively, and efficiently.

Find out how you can power up your business, today. Visit us to learn more or you can also request a call back here to get a quick hello from us.

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