I.T experts are people too. Yes, the folk who implement and maintain a business’ computing infrastructure have collaboration challenges of their own. This infographic takes a look at the challenges facing I.T professionals when it comes to collaboration and some tools to make their lives that little bit easier; by reducing data security risks, addressing the needs of remote workers and giving them a quick and easy way of collaborating when it all goes wrong.

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Top Collaboration
Challenges for TechiesA rundown of the collaboration challenges facing I.T
professionals and some methods of overcoming them…
because techies need tech too.
THE BIG SIX:
COLLABORATION CHALLENGES
FOR TECHIES
I.T WORK IS GROWING
22% A YEAR.
DEMANDS ON I.T ARE GROWING TOO.
Solve them like this…
AVOID 24 HOURS
OF PAIN
because the Sales guy’s kid
installed Steam.
Today’s collaboration tools secure
the apps you approve…locking out
the apps you don’t.
Saving you the hassle of fixing holes.
of enterprises have suffered
security breaches.
90%
Security
Remote working
Flexible hours
Ease of setup
Integration
Unified
BE AT YOUR DESK
Without changing out of your PJs.
DO A FULL WEEK’S WORK
By Wednesday lunchtime.
KEEP YOUR HEAD IN
THE CLOUD,
Not your hands in the cupboard.
CHOOSE SINGLE-
SOURCE SOLUTIONS
For architectures that are more intuitive.
KEEP WALKING
THE TALK
Without going round the houses.
PEOPLE WORK FROM HOME
4.2M
With collaborative tools like VIDEO
CONFERENCING you can end those
late drives from work.
Saving you from needless travel.
sending and receiving email.
The average worker spends
81 days
a year
Time-shifting with collaborative
documents and recorded meetings
lets you work the way you want.
Choose collaborative tools and apps
that think like you,
and say goodbye to rooting around in the closet.
Conferencing. Video. Whiteboarding.
Paper trails. Security. Different
applications…
...but today’s collaboration tools are available as an integrated offering.
Cutting through system integration issues.
Choose a single vendor for
custom collaboration tools
combines the flexibility of different apps, with the
accountability of a single vendor.
of companies save money with
CLOUD COMPUTING.
82%
UC-as-a-Service
is the hot topic
in I.T.
THAT’S WHY UC is GROWING AT
27%
81
Sources:
http://www.forbes.com/sites/sungardas/2015/03/30/how-flexible-should-an-it-department-be/#57e97c636b01
https://www.itgovernance.co.uk/blog/6-truly-shocking-cyber-security-statistics/
http://www.ons.gov.uk/ons/rel/lmac/characteristics-of-home-workers/2014/sty-home-workers.html
https://www.arkadin.co.uk/our-services/video-conferencing
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2181680/Youve-got-mail-The-average-office-worker-spend-half-hours-writing-emails.html
http://siliconangle.com/blog/2014/01/27/20-cloud-computing-statistics-tc0114/
http://searchunifiedcommunications.techtarget.com/feature/Top-10-UCC-news-highlights-reveal-2015-trends
https://www.arkadin.co.uk/i-need-to/consolidate-my-company%E2%80%99s-communication-tools-suppliers
http://www.solar.co.uk/new-unified-communications-statistics-show-market-27/
Unified communication collaboration tools aren’t
just for end-users
Today’s collaboration tools bring remote working
benefits to the I.T worker
I.T guys use collaboration tools to extend their
working day, not their working hours
Takeaways