In this day and age, location is becoming less and less relevant in the business world. Employees in high demand are searching for companies that can offer them flexible work schedules, or even the ability to work from home. In many industries, it is even possible to hire an off-site workforce, which saves the company substantial capital, increases their pool of possible employees, and improves employee morale.

But how can businesses and their employees function without being in the same location? Three words explain everything: Collaboration, Sharing and Syncing

Collaboration

A company’s power comes from the dynamic solutions of specialized teams working together to complete a large project. Team functioning can sometimes be harmed if communication and collaboration are lacking.

Team communication is easy and cheap. Conference calls, video conferencing and webinars are simple solutions. The need for collaboration can be a little more challenging to overcome. Luckily, TAPNET offers a solution. The same company that provides safe and secure backups, also offers collaboration solutions for its clients.

TAPNET’s special “Briefcase” feature acts like a traditional server, allowing employees to access shared documents so they can collaborate on projects and work together even from different locations and different computers.

Sharing

Email is a key tool for offsite teams who want to communicate quickly, but sharing files through email can lead to slow or crashed servers, rejected emails, or important emails being dumped directly into a spam filter.

There’s a much better way to share files. TAPNET offers every business client their own TAPNET website. These websites function just like an ftp. A user can load large files onto the site and share amongst a team of people or even allow for public viewing and downloading.

This is a great solution for offsite employees to share files and pull large files without overburdening email or even (gasp) sending CDs or jump drives through the mail

Syncing

Whether your employees travel regularly, work offsite or want to access files using multiple devices, syncing makes it all possible.

Through TAPNET’s unlimited online backup service, an employee is able to access their entire desktop from any computer or Internet-enabled device that has access to the Internet, including iPads and smart phones.

So, if your current employees are demanding more flexible schedules, or you’d really like to hire a new VP of finance who happens to live on the other side of the continent, consider that today’s technology lets people stay in touch with each other and their documents anywhere, at any time.