Solutions for a Mobile Based Workforce
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Workforce structure is changing regardless of industry. Many technology based industries in particular, such as wireless telephone service providers, employ engineers and technicians who spend a great deal of time out in the field, sometimes at remote locations. Mobile workforce solutions allow company managers to stay in close touch with their remote workforce, whether at home or in transit, in order to monitor network compliance and to monitor worker safety when out in the field.
Effective mobile workforce solutions should improve network accessibility for employees while protecting the network from attack. Complete corporate IT networks no longer need to be LAN based, but that flexibility comes with a price. A mobile workforce solution needs to maintain network integrity while it transforms from earth based to cloud based technology.
The future lies in cloud based technology. No office based computer hardware system means money saved on server storage space. In place of a LAN network, a mobile workforce solutions platform activates, monitors and updates network connections and security software for company laptops and ensures compliance with corporate policy. The mobile workforce solutions platform control service can automatically and remotely restart firewalls and download network patches and protective software and even prevent non compliant laptops from logging onto the company network. This technology gives a company IT department the power to control its network regardless of its components location.
You would be wise to look for a mobile workforce solutions platform that includes visibility services that enable you to see what is going on at your laptop endpoints. You will know which units lack valuable security patches or have had inappropriate software such as instant messaging or computer games installed. Non compliance can be more easily dealt with. A good visibility service will allow you simultaneous access to all network units on its dashboard and a real time snapshot of network status whenever you need it.
In Case of Emergency (ICE) Service is a unique mobile workforce solution that more and more companies are turning to for continuity of business during terror attacks, pandemics and natural disasters. What would happen if your locale were affected by a blizzard powerful enough to confine people to their homes for days. Using ICE, a mobile workforce can work from home to keep your business running smoothly until life returns to normal. ICE permits your employees to access your network from at home and remote locations.
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