Business Anywhere

The Essential GuideTO STAYING CONNECTED ON THE GO

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Business Anywhere: The Essential Guide to Staying Connected on the Go

INTRODUCTION When you are walking back to your car from a lunch meeting, you receive an e-mail notification that you will need to take a new client call in 25 minutes, but your office is 45 minutes away. What do you do? You'll have to have the appropriate information at your fingertips as well as the contacts information, industry, and phone number. This is just one of many scenarios where you will need to be able to work from anywhere. Are you ready?

Conducting a successful business can be extremely difficult when you find yourself out in the field making new connections and clients. It is vital to be able to access all of your documents, conduct meetings, reach clients when you are out of the office, and that your customers can find you!

There are many apps and devices that make it easy to stay connected, but don’t overlook your business phone and Internet service. Choosing the right service can make it easy to not only stay connected but appear like you never left the office.

This guide will help you decide which feature you need in order to work from anywhere.

FEATURES THAT ALLOW MOBILITY

It is important to be equipped with the correct features and apps in order to constructively work while you are on the go.

• Find-Me/Follow-Me

• Allows customers to call your work number and it rings seamlesslyto your cell phone as if you never even left the office.

• This also allows you to make calls from your cell phone, and ringthrough as your work phone number.

o While cellphones have made it easier to be out in the fieldwhile still taking desk calls, you need the best business phoneservice providers in order to make sure you don't miss a call.Missed calls or spotty connections present the oppositeimpression you're trying to create.

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The app associated with the functions of Find-Me/Follow-Me is Softphone.

• Softphone was created by CounterPath Corporation, who is a leader indesktop and mobile VoIP software products and solutions.

• Have up to date devices

o Keeping yourself updated with thelatest products ensures you don’tmiss a beat. It is important tomake sure all your devices arecompatible so you can getimportant calls or emails while onthe go without interruptions orglitches.

• Security Package

o Your data needs to be protected.If that means you back up yourfiles on a regular basis, password protect your documents, or secure wireless transmissions,then that is what is needed to keep your data integrity at the top of the “on the go” list.

• Cloud Storage to access client files

o The number one tool for the mobile professional is cloud storage for easy accessibility. On topof the fact that cloud storage makes storing and accessing documents care-free. It is also costeffective.

• VPN

o A VPN (Virtual Private Network) allows you to create a private and secure connection to othernetworks over the Internet. The VPN also safeguards your browsing activity allowing you towork soundly from anywhere without fear of security issues.

o A VPN can be connected to a larger network like the one you are on at work. If you have a worklaptop, you can take this laptop to a remote location with Internet and connect to all your workfiles as if you are on you work desktop as long as the VPN is on your laptop.

• Voicemail Transcriptiono If you are trying to keep up with endless voicemails, having Voicemail Transcription could save

you a lot of time. This feature allows you to have voicemails transcribed and sent straight to your email so

you can save it, print it, and have all the details in the palm of your hand.

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CONCLUSION

Where it might seem like Office 365 Business might be all you need, it is important to have a reliable Business Internet and Phone strategy that works for your company that can support your "on-the-go" needs.

N2Net offers all these features as well as Office 365. We are local, and in our 22 years we have truly seen it all!

So, ask yourself: When you have an issue and are forced to call customer service, would you like to be transferred to a new person every time, or to the same friendly and familiar voice who knows your business, your needs, and your name? The choice is yours!

Office 365 Business offers all the familiar office tools such as Word, Excel and PowerPoint. It is also accessible on PCs, Macs, Windows tablets, iPads, and Android devices. On top of these tools, it also provides personal cloud storage that is accessible from anywhere, and allows for offline access. Added bonuses to all these features are a financially backed service level agreement (SLA), security practices with proactive monitoring, safeguard for your data, and Microsoft Support.

• Access to files (docs. etc.) and customer files

• Modernity without any assimilation issues

• Essential access to apps

• Collaborate on files with team members

• Sharable data

• Protect data on the go

• Business class email

• Video conferencing

• Multi-party HD videos

• Shared calendars

OFFERING

Many companies host Office 365 Business. Office 365 Business offered a wide range of tools vital to running a business while on the go. Some the functions of Office 365 Business include: