Governmental agencies are lagging behind in adopting remote access software

In November the American City & Council (ACC) has conducted a survey which found out that 27% of respondents working in a governmental agencies are allowed to telecommute.

In the same survey another question was asked: “Considering the growth of mobile device usage and the greater broadband features, do you plan to allow more employees to telework?” The answer is, at least, surprising. A staggering 75% answered “No.”

What might this number mean? Governmental agencies are getting behind when it comes to revolutionize the workplace and to implement telecommuting as a viable work option. 

Elaborating on their responses, some of the respondents have said that showing up for work is one way of showing the public that they are accountable, while another explained that remote work was only available to accommodate those that are physically challenged and other special cases.

It seems as if governmental agencies still don’t understand what remote work means and what it can do for them, as studies have showed that telecommuting reduces travel expenses and increases productivity as well as employee happiness.

Sure, many governmental employees cannot do their jobs from the comfort of their homes but imagine how much governmental agencies would save if they allowed a more significant part of their workforce to work from home.

Still, some people, like Steve Oppermann, believe that in 2012 more governmental agencies will institute and expand remote work programs.

Steve Oppermann, an HR & EEO consultant, has said to the website GovPro that he thinks “the federal Telework Enhacement Act, as well as administration support, will continue to have a positive effect on expanding telework.” 

The Telework Enhacement Act was created to stimulate and accelerate the rate at which governmental agencies implement remote working policies, but it might not enough if the agencies don’t perceive what telecommuting can do for them. As long as telework is seen as second rate work, telecommuting will have difficulty in becoming a standard practice in governmental agencies.

Remote working solutions, such as RHUB 6-in-1 web conferencing and remote support appliance, can revolutionize the way the agencies relate with their employees, increasing their own productivity while cutting on costs.

Governmental agencies are getting behind in adopting remote work

In November the American City & Council (ACC) has conducted a survey which found out that 27% of respondents working in a governmental agencies are allowed to telecommute.

In the same survey another question was asked: “Considering the growth of mobile device usage and the greater broadband features, do you plan to allow more employees to telework?” The answer is, at least, surprising. A staggering 75% answered “No.”

What might this number mean? Governmental agencies are getting behind when it comes to revolutionize the workplace and to implement telecommuting as a viable work option. 

Elaborating on their responses, some of the respondents have said that showing up for work is one way of showing the public that they are accountable, while another explained that remote work was only available to accommodate those that are physically challenged and other special cases.

It seems as if governmental agencies still don’t understand what remote work means and what it can do for them, as studies have showed that telecommuting reduces travel expenses and increases productivity as well as employee happiness.

Sure, many governmental employees cannot do their jobs from the comfort of their homes but imagine how much governmental agencies would save if they allowed a more significant part of their workforce to work from home.

Still, some people, like Steve Oppermann, believe that in 2012 more governmental agencies will institute and expand remote work programs.

Steve Oppermann, an HR & EEO consultant, has said to the website GovPro that he thinks “the federal Telework Enhacement Act, as well as administration support, will continue to have a positive effect on expanding telework.” 

The Telework Enhacement Act was created to stimulate and accelerate the rate at which governmental agencies implement remote working policies, but it might not enough if the agencies don’t perceive what telecommuting can do for them. As long as telework is seen as second rate work, telecommuting will have difficulty in becoming a standard practice in governmental agencies.

Remote working solutions, such as RHUB 6-in-1 web conferencing and remote support appliance, can revolutionize the way the agencies relate with their employees, increasing their own productivity while cutting on costs.

SMB are deploying web conferences as well as remote support appliance

After a 2008 and a 2009 which took the world on big ride through economic recession, making companies big and small delay their ICT investment and network upgrades, 2011 finally saw the global economy take the first steps towards economic recovery and analysts are now expecting that companies all over the world will resume their investments and spending in better infrastructure.

According to a new GIA (Global Industry Analysts, Inc.) report which takes a look at the global networking hardware and software industry, the information technology and communications (ICT) market will reach $214.2 billion in 2015, with 52% of the companies planning to increase their spending in network equipment in the immediate future. 

With networking speeds going beyond the 10-Gigabit Ethernet and with the increase of cheap and innovative solutions available in the market which take advantage of such speeds, enterprises are feeling the pressure to update their networks to avoid server congestions.

The market for Ethernet Switches will also start to grow to 2012, after having slowed down in 2009 and 2010, in part due to a global economy coming back from a deep recession, in part due to an increase in the adoption and deployment of data centers. Another market that will notice an increasing demand is the Router segment, since the use of Remote Access Servers and Virtual Private Network is increasing as well.

The fact is that, with increased networking speeds, SMBs are starting to feel the need to give their employees better solutions to enhance communications at the enterprise level. Such solutions include video and web conferencing, which allow companies to deploy conferences, as well as remote support, which allows companies to remotely provide assistance to their clients directly on their computers, saving money and time and increasing productivity.

The increase in investments is expected to rise especially in the government, healthcare and financial sectors.

ICT Market Expected to Reach $214.2 Billion by 2015

After a 2008 and a 2009 which took the world on big ride through economic recession, making companies big and small delay their ICT investment and network upgrades, 2011 finally saw the global economy take the first steps towards economic recovery and analysts are now expecting that companies all over the world will resume their investments and spending in better infrastructure.

According to a new GIA (Global Industry Analysts, Inc.) report which takes a look at the global networking hardware and software industry, the information technology and communications (ICT) market will reach $214.2 billion in 2015, with 52% of the companies planning to increase their spending in network equipment in the immediate future. 

With networking speeds going beyond the 10-Gigabit Ethernet and with the increase of cheap and innovative solutions available in the market which take advantage of such speeds, enterprises are feeling the pressure to update their networks to avoid server congestions.

The market for Ethernet Switches will also start to grow to 2012, after having slowed down in 2009 and 2010, in part due to a global economy coming back from a deep recession, in part due to an increase in the adoption and deployment of data centers. Another market that will notice an increasing demand is the Router segment, since the use of Remote Access Servers and Virtual Private Network is increasing as well.

The fact is that, with increased networking speeds, SMBs are starting to feel the need to give their employees better solutions to enhance communications at the enterprise level. Such solutions include video and web conferencing, which allow companies to deploy conferences, as well as remote support, which allows companies to remotely provide assistance to their clients directly on their computers, saving money and time and increasing productivity.

The increase in investments is expected to rise especially in the government, healthcare and financial sectors.

Use both remote support and video conferencing to support your customer

Video conferencing is one of the best innovations to hit the market in these last few years. Though video and web conferencing exist for more than a decade, only in the last five years did video and web conferencing solutions became cheap and advanced enough to be adopted by companies all over the globe and to be an important part of their daily operations. 

Video conferencing is so important that it changed the way people communicate and meet in a business environment, allowing for people who are distant from each other to meet face to face and work on a virtual environment.

But video and web conferencing solutions are not alone. Together with remote support solutions, video and web conferencing can be much more effective and extend its usefulness.

Remote support solutions allow for its users to remotely connect and to provide direct support to someone else using their own computer.

How useful is this during a video or web conferencing call? Imagine that you’re talking to somebody and a problem with the computer in the other end of the line arises.  Using a remote support solution you can solve the problem directly without the need to be there and without waiting any time. 

Now imagine that you’re using a conference call to teach new employees or colleagues. A remote support solution enables you to be talking to them and, at the same time, to be showing them directly on their computers what they have to do, where to find the documents they need and how to use software and other tools.

And then there is customer support. Using video conferencing and remote support, you can talk to customers face to face and to be providing assistance to them on their workstations. All this saves time and money.

The best news for companies who need or would like to have both video conferencing and remote support is that there are solutions in the market that provide both remote support and video and web conferencing, such as RHUB TurboMeeting and TurboSupport appliances. 

Get Remote Support and Video Conferencing in one App from RHUB

Video conferencing is one of the best innovations to hit the market in these last few years. Though video and web conferencing exist for more than a decade, only in the last five years did video and web conferencing solutions became cheap and advanced enough to be adopted by companies all over the globe and to be an important part of their daily operations. 

Video conferencing is so important that it changed the way people communicate and meet in a business environment, allowing for people who are distant from each other to meet face to face and work on a virtual environment.

But video and web conferencing solutions are not alone. Together with remote support solutions, video and web conferencing can be much more effective and extend its usefulness.

Remote support solutions allow for its users to remotely connect and to provide direct support to someone else using their own computer.

How useful is this during a video or web conferencing call? Imagine that you’re talking to somebody and a problem with the computer in the other end of the line arises.  Using a remote support solution you can solve the problem directly without the need to be there and without waiting any time. 

Now imagine that you’re using a conference call to teach new employees or colleagues. A remote support solution enables you to be talking to them and, at the same time, to be showing them directly on their computers what they have to do, where to find the documents they need and how to use software and other tools.

And then there is customer support. Using video conferencing and remote support, you can talk to customers face to face and to be providing assistance to them on their workstations. All this saves time and money.

The best news for companies who need or would like to have both video conferencing and remote support is that there are solutions in the market that provide both remote support and video and web conferencing, such as RHUB TurboMeeting and TurboSupport appliances. 

Remote Support as a complement to your Video Conferencing solution

Video conferencing is one of the best innovations to hit the market in these last few years. Though video and web conferencing exist for more than a decade, only in the last five years did video and web conferencing solutions became cheap and advanced enough to be adopted by companies all over the globe and to be an important part of their daily operations. 

Video conferencing is so important that it changed the way people communicate and meet in a business environment, allowing for people who are distant from each other to meet face to face and work on a virtual environment.

But video and web conferencing solutions are not alone. Together with remote support solutions, video and web conferencing can be much more effective and extend its usefulness.

Remote support solutions allow for its users to remotely connect and to provide direct support to someone else using their own computer.

How useful is this during a video or web conferencing call? Imagine that you’re talking to somebody and a problem with the computer in the other end of the line arises.  Using a remote support solution you can solve the problem directly without the need to be there and without waiting any time. 

Now imagine that you’re using a conference call to teach new employees or colleagues. A remote support solution enables you to be talking to them and, at the same time, to be showing them directly on their computers what they have to do, where to find the documents they need and how to use software and other tools.

And then there is customer support. Using video conferencing and remote support, you can talk to customers face to face and to be providing assistance to them on their workstations. All this saves time and money.

The best news for companies who need or would like to have both video conferencing and remote support is that there are solutions in the market that provide both remote support and video and web conferencing, such as RHUB TurboMeeting and TurboSupport appliances.

Provide customer service with RHUB Remote Access Appliance

The 21^st Century is the century of virtualization. Many companies are leaving their physical spaces behind and becoming virtual, while others are finding something in between, adopting technology which allows managers and employees to connect remotely to their offices and work from any part of the world.

But still many others frown upon remote access and look at it suspiciously especially because they fear, and not without reason, that by opening connections to their office computers they might be creating a channel that could be explored by hackers to access sensitive data.

While this might be a real issue that concerns IT managers, the truth is that many remote access solutions today have incorporated safety measures in their products in order to assure its users that their connections, their computers and their data is safe.

By using SSL encryption together with proprietary encryption and by keeping your connections locked behind a firewall, remote access solutions, like RHUB 6-in-1 web conferencing and remote support appliance, will keep your computers and connection safe from harm.

Now that the main worry has been addressed, let’s take a look at the benefits of remote access.

As it has been said before, the main benefit of using remote access is that it allows you to access you workstation from anywhere in the world where you have an internet connection. This means that you can be home and connect to your office just to do some work, and even at vacation and connect yourself from the beach if there is wireless connection available. But most of all it means that if something urgent comes up that only you can solve, you don’t have to be physically there to address the problem.

Another great benefit from remote access is that it allows you to work remotely with other people on the same virtual environment. Imagine several people working in different offices in different locations, remote access software is a great way to help them work together on a common problem.

It is also great as a teaching tool. By providing other people remote access to a computer, you can teach them, talk to them and guide them through the learning process. Once again, you can do this from the comfort of your home if you wish to or from another office if needed be.

Finally, it is the best tool there is for customer service. By allowing you to access a customer’s computer who is experiencing problems, you can quickly solve it without any additional problems.

Remote access greatly benefits companies by providing a greater flexibility to managers and employees alike. The technological advancements that took place in these last few years have made these solutions much more safe and efficient. Companies implementing remote access solutions will take a big step into the future. 

How to use RHUB Remote Support Software to improve your ROI?

A remote support software or remote access software is an application that allows you to remotely control and administer another computer with the help of a graphic user interface. There are several different vendors that offer remote support software, such as RHUB remote support appliance.

Use of remote support software in businesses has grown in the past few years, mainly due to the easier availability and affordability of fast Internet connections. Tools like the RHUB remote support appliance are now economically viable and can be a good investment for a company. In the present scenario, any organization that conducts online meetings requires remote support software. In fact, it is for this reason that RHUB offers and recommends its complete real-time collaboration solution- the RHUB 6-in-1 web conferencing and remote support appliance.

The point here is that online meetings have and continue to change the way businesses communicate with each other and their clients. Face to face meetings are slowly getting phased out because at least a few of the participants constantly travel to different places for their business. The process of planning a traditional meeting takes time and a lot of effort as well- two precious resources that no business should be willing to waste. On the other hand, an online meeting can be prepared as long as all there are computers, microphones, webcams and headsets for all the participants. The planning stage does not require a lot of time because there is no need to fix a location; only a time has to be agreed upon. In many cases, an online conference can also be called immediately.

However, the main question still remains unanswered- how can remote support enhance a business?

To answer this question, you need to think about the number of times you might have struggled with some computer problem or other and had ended up calling a tech support representative to assess the situation.

A remote support software application like the RHUB remote support appliance provides this help when you or any participant in an online conference is facing a PC problem. A remote support tool can help by accessing that participant’s computer and pulling up some documents and then helping the participant troubleshoot. This solves the problem almost in a very short timeframe, which allows you to save time and money.

Another benefit of remote support and remote access software is that it allows you to share documents from your computer with other participants. If anyone is facing an issue that you are familiar with, you can control their computer remotely and solve the problem.

The costs for tech support and help services can be rather expensive and a long drawn process. Remote support tools like the RHUB remote support appliance help in fixing your tech problems online at a much lower cost and at a shorter time. Such tools and appliances can come in handy in many occasions, like when you have recently installed a new software or if you have a new team or employee who is that not familiar with the system.

Secure remote desktop by RHUB remote support appliance

You are exhausted and just want to get back home and rest… but there is a deadline you have meet…

Or,

You are working from home… but you realize that an important piece of information is lying on your office computer, and you cannot complete your work without that data… you are doomed.

These are some common scenarios that we often face…but no more… how? Let’s find out...

The solution lies with remote desktop connection tools like the RHUB remote support appliance. These tools allow you to access an office computer through another PC, laptop or wireless device even though you are miles away from your office. Today’s remote desktop connection tools easily give you access to another computer from pocket PCs, tablet PCs and smart phones. These tools are fast, easy and secure. With the recent improvements in Internet connectivity, RHUB remote control appliance and other remote desktop connection tools can be run smoothly via any device with Internet connectivity, irrespective of its location.

Apart from the obvious feature of operating desktop programs and files from remote locations, remote access software also allows you to transfer files and also create new documents.  You can also use your own address book information or transfer your contact list from your email client onto your remote PC.

With so many features, a remote desktop connection tool can allow faster and more efficient management of work. You can perform your work comfortably and exercise unlimited control over all programs, files and data on the remote computer from the host. In fact, some software tools like the RHUB remote control appliance also provide web conferencing functions, so you can host online meetings and share screens with your colleagues who may also work from home.  

A remote desktop connection tool is generally installed on the host computer as well as on the remote computer. The tool creates a secure remote desktop link that allows the host to control or access the remote computer from any location. Once the link is established, you can start and run any program installed on the host computer with the help of a remote PC. Therefore, RHUB remote support appliance and other remote desktop connection tools allow you to comfortably complete a document or securely download required files from anywhere. They also allow you to manage and access our office computer indirectly from your home, hotel room or any other place as long as you have a reliable Internet connection.

A good remote desktop connectivity tool will allow you to multitask like never before; you can submit projects, run administrative applications and prepare demonstrations as you travel anywhere in the world. This is exactly the kind of flexibility required in businesses today, and a software application like the RHUB remote support appliance can help them achieve it. These connectivity tools can save you a lot of time and give you the freedom to do your job from wherever you want, whenever you want. In simple words, remote access software gives you an unmatched versatility that was not possible before.