If your company’s network is still wired up, perhaps it’s time to shift towards a more future-orientated network model. Improvements and advances in wireless networking technology have all but eliminated the advantages wired networks have held over their wireless counterparts, meaning there’s no reason not to enhance your business with a great guest wireless network.
Here Are a Few Ways a Guest Wireless Network Can Change Your Company
1. Improve Employee Satisfaction
It's becoming commonplace to find employees expecting the same ease of use and level of sophistication in their work devices as they enjoy on the personal devices. A sound guest network offers staff the option of using personal devices of their choice when at work, and in doing so can save the company the cost relating to device provision.
Coupled with the flexibility of mobility when working, a wireless network opens up new options for employees, boosting their level of job satisfaction.
2. Boost Client Relationships through Better Communication
Offering your clients and consultants access to a guest wireless network affords you the opportunity to make a favourable impression, not only through the offer of wireless access, but also through the marketing opportunities arising from captive portal usage. As clients connect to your guest wireless network a channel of communication is opened between your company and your guest users, which allows for greater access to information gathering regarding your users.
3. Facilitate New and Better Technologies
The expense relating to constant upgrades in technology can be taxing on a business. By offering employees access to a guest wireless network, and the option of bringing their own devices to work, the company can save on costs. This also offers enterprises the opportunity to evaluate the effectiveness of newer technologies while considering potential implementation. It is also much easier to a device to a wireless network than to go through the process of connecting one to a wired network, which may require additional cabling or additions to facilitate more devices.
4. Smooth the Way for Contractors and Employees on the Move
The benefits of a wireless network for guest users are enhanced when the users are required to move about with the company. Whether it’s assessing inventory in a warehouse, email access while on a job site or simply accessing files while on the go, a guest wireless network allows for an ease of access not matched in wired network models.
5. Flexibility and Ease of Expansion
The nature of a guest wireless network is intrinsically more flexible than its wired counterpart. A benefit to this flexibility is that in instances of growth within a business or restructuring, desk or equipment can easily be shifted, and employees added to the network.
6. Hello IoE
Preparing your guest wireless network and business to accommodate the Internet of Everything is definitely a good idea. By digitally transforming your enterprise, you position yourself to ride the wave of technology headed the organisation’s way as everything short of the kitchen sink connects to the internet. Whether it’s wearables that enable users to work smarter and faster while on the go, or preparing your guest wireless network to handle to deluge of video consumption that defines much of consumer traffic online, your business can only flourish if you prepare in advance to accommodate IoE trends.
Moving towards implementing a wireless network only stands to enhance your company, facilitate better business practices and boost productivity overall, so why wait? Meet the future of networking head on, and seize the opportunity to prepare your company for the future.
