Cloud is a key component to driving a mobile workforce

Adam Cathcart, Head of Channel at Outsourcery explains: “Mobile devices are becoming more sophisticated and the opportunities for collaborative working ‘on-the-go’ are increasing. According to Gartner*, in the next three to five years, businesses will be increasingly using mobile collaboration to empower workers, make them more productive and engage customers in better interactions.

“With the rise in the adoption of cloud services amongst businesses, many companies are seeing the benefits of integrating tools for improved communication and collaboration, increasingly deploying them via the cloud as a cost-effective alternative to an on-premises model.”
Outsourcery offers a range of communication and collaboration tools, all via its O-Cloud platform, including Unified Lync, a cloud-based version of Microsoft’s Lync solution that allows staff to communicate in a range of different ways including, but not limited to, video conferencing, phone calls via enterprise voice and instant messaging. The various features of Unified Lync are accessible from anywhere, or on any device, with an internet connection and the solution as a whole removes the need for separate phone lines and conferencing solutions, contributing to significant cost savings.

“The cloud has made it easier to ensure a reliable platform for collaborative mobile tools at a cost effective rate and is consequently becoming a key component in enabling the mobile workforce. Gartner’s prediction that collaborative applications will be equally available across multiple devices by 2016 is a great indication that we’re approaching a fully integrated mobile workforce and at Outsourcery we will continue to develop our solutions and business strategy to help drive this development forward,” Adam concludes.