Has your company invested everything into cryptocurrency and blockchain yet? Just kidding. We know at Wincourse that your business is still run on dollars and sense. We discussed in one of our last blogs that Wincourse can help you deliver QuickBooks to your accounting department, but how can we help the rest of your business? The accounting department is probably looking at the ledger now, and they might have some ideas of what to cut. Here are 5 ideas from Wincourse to save your company some money without having to cut out the company’s summer BBQ.
Embrace the flexible working model. Working from home is not going away. And as more and more companies begin to offer the option to work from home, employees will begin to weigh that benefit when applying for jobs. A lot of workers say having that work flexibility even makes their time at work more productive. Be ahead of the curve– at Wincourse we have technologies that allow anytime, anywhere access, so you can enable your employees to work from home, school, coffee shop, the beach, or wherever they have internet access.
Stop giving all your money to big public cloud providers. This item is probably on the agenda of every IT department in America. Over the last few years there has been a massive transition to cloud infrastructure, and there remain only a handful of options of where to host your IT workloads. Some larger cloud providers claim to be a one-stop shop for all your IT needs but will add on and charge you for services you do not need and leave you with an unmanageable sprawl. There are 3rd party options out there like Wincourse, where we can work with your infrastructure and ours to build a customized solution that fits exactly to your needs and at a lower cost.
Let your IT department do what they were hired to do. Does your IT department spend their time building up your network security, making sure applications run smoothly and efficiently, or are they helping users reset their passwords? They definitely complain about the latter. Leaning on a partner like Wincourse for Managed Services, we can offload those more menial tasks, and let your IT department focus on the things that are keeping them up at night.
Be diligent with IT security. Remember when we said there are things that keep your IT department up at night? No company wants a flashlight to be shown into their IT infrastructure, but make sure this is always a priority for your company. There are so many examples of companies losing hundreds of millions of dollars to hacks, ransomware, etc. It would be naïve to think that something would never happen to your company. Make sure you have the right technologies and team in place to protect your assets.
Use technology to reduce your overall footprint. In previous blogs we’ve talked about how individual technologies like endpoints can help you with cost savings. But just like that technology, its implications go way beyond the hardware. You could use technology to make your company go entirely paperless – imagine going green and saving money at the same time. Enabling a work from home model has your employees spending less on gas and time in a commute, making them happier, healthier, and in the long term, even reducing your need for commercial real estate. There are some major implications, and major savings with the technologies Wincourse has available. Let us help you.
Whether we are saving your IT department a few headaches, or your accounting department some dollars and cents, we will customize a solution to fit your needs. Let us introduce ourselves, and start the conversation here!