By Fredrick Obura
With the economic situation impacting negatively in nearly all sectors of the economy, reducing office expenditure is still a challenge to many organisations.
Be it a multinational or local company with branches countrywide, some vocation calls for physical attention to a clients need by a technocrat; it makes such personnel to continuously be on transit.
Investing in mobile technology may offer a lasting remedy. Smart mobile technology strategies enable a manager to have an instant office even outside office on a field assignment.
A successful mobile office, however, would require components like the hardware, internet connection and a device to link up remotely to office computer. When a client calls or faxes your office, the voice mail and fax could be accessed.
The device you use to power your mobile office is critical. Almost every small business uses a notebook computer, which may be all you want or need. Many are also using smart phones, which blend the functionality of a cell phone, e-mail access, e-book reader capabilities and web browser into one device.
Connectivity to complete your mobile technology solution you’ll need a connection to the internet, which you can do in several ways including Wi-Fi, wireless broadband and blue tooth.
Free email addresses
A number of internet service providers now offer internet in smaller and affordable packages for both residential and business plans. Wi-Fi connection has a range of about 300feet, it is ideal in circumstances when one serves a client and is in places like company office, at a business center or other joints.
Different internet packages allows one to shop online, chat, video stream starts from a cost of Sh4,900 a month but this may vary with the bandwidth taken. Depending on a provider, subscriber may enjoy free email addresses.
A wireless broadband enables your mobile device to connect to the internet using the high-speed network of a wireless carrier. With wireless broadband you’re not limited to a range of 300 feet, nor do you have to hunt for a wireless hot spot as with Wi-Fi. Instead, you can be in a taxi, on a train and be connected to the internet.
With a blue tooth enabled cell phone one can access internet.
Remote access to the office
accessing your files remotely is one of the biggest advantages of mobile computing. Many of the popular PC remote control programs enable not only a computer to computer remote control, but also to a mobile device, for instance a smart phone to a personal computer.
