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10 Things
Your Competition
is Doing
to Put You Out of Business
in 2010
and what you can do about it…
Technology Evangelist
since my early days...
Technology Evangelist
10 Things
Your Competition
is Doing
to Put You Out of Business
in 2010
and what you can do about it…
Change Ain’t Easy
Naked Emperors:
The Failure of the
Republican Revolution
Scot M. Faulkner
The Graph of Everything
Wrenching Change
at an ever
Accelerating Pace
1 Gigabyte in 20 years!
Never learned to be a
“touch typist”?
Brain – Computer Interface
The Key Is –
Being 15 Minutes
Ahead Of Your Competition
That’s my job
That’s my job
Keeping my clients
15 minutes ahead of their
competition
The Washington Network Management Team
Computer Networks &
Telephone System IT Support
We’re often taken in by the hype…
…and often disappointed
with the results
InformationOverload!
InformationOverload!
10 Things
Your Competition
is Doing
to Put You Out of Business
in 2010
They are grabbing top talent
not available to you
Grabbing Talent Where I Find It
Remote Data Access
Remote IP Phones
10 Things
Your Competition
is Doing
to Put You Out of Business
in 2010
They are using 40% less office
space than you are
with teleworkers
10 Things
Your Competition
is Doing
to Put You Out of Business
in 2010
They are using
government money to setup their
Remote Workforce
The $35,000
Free Lunch
for
Teleworkers
Laptops, Servers
Remote IP Phones
Software & Consulting
Pay 80% of Your Cost Up to $3,500 per
teleworker! You pay $700.
Size - 20 Employees Min.
Located around the I-495 Corridor
in Northern Virginia
Telework Minimum 6 days/mon
Multi-Tasking- Ain’t No Such Thing -
Because we need another word for -
unable to focus on the task at hand
10 Things
Your Competition
is Doing
to Put You Out of Business
in 2010
Use 15% less staff than you do –
becoming more productive
by cutting out distractions
The Top Ten
Employee Time Wasters
• 10 – Arriving late – Leaving early 2%
• 9 - Planning Personal Events 2.1%
• 8 - Applying for other jobs 2.4%
• 7 - Making personal phone calls 2.6%
• 6 - Texting friends/family 2.9%
• 5 - Running errands off – premises 3.2%
• 4 - Spacing out 3.9%
• 3 - Conducting personal business 6.8%
• 2 - Socializing with co-workers 23.4%
• 1 - Surfing the Internet – Personal Use – 44.7%
The Antidotes
• Phone Call - Detail Reporting
• Unified Threat Management
• Data Upload Security
• Websurfing Tracking
• First Step: Written Policies
• Trust…but Verify
10 Things
Your Competition
is Doing
to Put You Out of Business
in 2010
“Bells & Whistles” • Lower their costs
• Out-produce you
• Serve their clients better
One Man’s
“Bell or Whistle”
is
Another Man’s
Competitive Advantage
Dual Monitors
Dual MonitorsUniversity of Utah Study:
Subjects completed tasks 44% - 52% faster
Net annual cost savings about $2.1 million
for companies with 250 employees
Office Phone Headsets
Smart Phones
Be there when your clients need you
Take your work
extension on the road
with you and never
miss a call
Presence
Management
Where is your most valuable resource???
Automated
Presence
Management
Video Conferencing
10 Things
Your Competition
is Doing
to Put You Out of Business
in 2010
They are using Social Media for
real business advantage
this year is the “Tipping Point”
Curiosity
Caution
Advantage!
Join the Conversation!
10 Things
Your Competition
is Doing
to Put You Out of Business
in 2010
Alexandria Chamber of Commerce
- Major budget restrictions
- Unending expensive technical
problems
- 11 year old PCs and Software
- Staff and Contractors need to
work remotely
- Staff count fluxuates
- No failover – work stops
Alexandria Chamber of Commerce
moves to the Cloud
Cutting their IT Budget 40%
by moving to the “Cloud”
Plenty of Broadband
Standard Office
Server
Blade Server
Data Center
2,000 Blade Servers Inside
2,000 Blade Servers Inside
Modular Data Center
24 / 7 / 365 Monitoring
Snowed in?
Yet business goes on…
- 40% less IT costs
- 24/7 Help Desk & Support
- Software always current
- Built-in Remote Access
- Pay only for what you use
- Fault Tolerant – Never down
10 Things
Your Competition
is Doing
to Put You Out of Business
in 2010
and what you can do about it…
They are grabbing top talent
not available to you
with remote access
to their voice and data systems
They are using 40% less office
space than you are
with teleworkers
They are using government money
to setup
their remote workforce
They are cutting their staff by 15%
by cutting out the distractions!
They are using “Bells & Whistles”
Tools
- to lower their costs
- out-produce you
- serve their client’s better
They are using Social Media for
real business advantage
this year is the “Tipping Point”
Cutting their IT Budget 40%
by moving to the “Cloud”
This is a new decade.
Don’t operate like it’s your last.
Make changes now!
Assemble the Pieces to Win
SocialMedia
CloudComputing
Use lessSpace
GovernmentMoney
Cut theDistractions
RemoteTalent
ToolsWith ROI
30 South Quaker Lane
Alexandria, Virginia
877 - 7 AskTWN
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