Working practices are evolving, with a growing need for personnel in an enterprise to be more continuously and geographically, diversely available, time = money.
In order to satisfy this evolving requirement Scotland Online has developed a number of offerings which move it away from being a traditional supplier of Internet access to be a provider of IP based Enterprise Network Services. Scotland Online is extremely well qualified to do this, after all it was one of Scotland’s first exponents of IP based technologies in the early 1990’s, with this skill set developing ever since. It is a much easier transition for an organization which implicitly understands IP to become involved in Voice or Video over IP or to build networks with the appropriate utilization of techniques such as QOS than it is for a traditional voice switch supplier to develop IP and data networking skills.
There are growing pressures on the individuals servicing the needs of an enterprise, no matter its size, related to making key personnel available to colleagues, collaborators and last but not least clients. Staff are increasingly working from multiple locations, such as, home, differing offices and on assignment away from either home or the enterprises’ own buildings. There are challenges for the responsible individuals in an enterprise to deliver services to virtually any where at any time using the existing traditional infrastructure which tends to be both location and traditional office hours centric.
These pressures are driven by the need to
Effectively communicate, externally and internallyCollaborate, internally and externally Make enterprise, data based, systems more accessibleConstrain property costs and maximise potential savingsAllow individuals to work most effectively, often at home or away from the office at a time or place suited to the client collaborator or colleague. To alleviate the above pressures, systems need to be implemented which allow information to flow