Let’s face it – technology can be confusing, and it can be even more confusing when trying to gauge if your business is using technology effectively and up to its potential. However, pushing the envelope when it comes to utilizing technological advancements and innovating how your company performs its daily operations is imperative to survival in the digital business landscape.
Let’s explore how you can assess whether or not your business is at the cutting edge of technology and innovative business practices or if you’re in danger of falling behind the competition.
1. Everything Is Slow!
One of the easiest ways to tell if your business is utilizing technology properly is to gauge the speed at which your company’s daily operations and goals are accomplished. Outdated technology and poor network design usually show themselves through extremely sluggish or slow speeds, usually passing on their speeds to your overall operations.
2. Consistent Security Problems
Are you constantly bogged down by security issues? If malware seems to always find its way onto your workplace tech, then you are in serious need of technological updates and protection. While some security problems can cause slight technical issues, such as pop-ups and slow user experience, others can steal you and your client’s data, hold data hostage, or completely destroy your technical infrastructure. Fill in the gaps today and update your technology.
3. Frequent Technical Difficulties or Downtime
Is much of your time spent troubleshooting over accomplishing your daily tasks and milestones? A tell-tale sign of an outdated company is frequent and frustrating downtime. Downtime limits the capabilities of yourself, your staff, and allows the competition to get ahead. Remember, in the digital age, every millisecond matters. Don’t let valuable time go to waste by spending it on frequent technical issues and business downtime.
4. Missed Deadlines & Project Delays
Do you find yourself pushing important deadlines and delaying exciting projects? Your team may not have the technical tools or expertise needed to complete their tasks in a timely manner. A 2016 survey found that companies potentially waste up to $1.8 trillion in productivity due to outdated and malfunctioning technical infrastructures. Outdated technology and a lack of innovation are actively stealing success and profits from many companies – don’t be one of them!
5. Overall Employee Morale & Customer Reception
It’s critical that you listen to your employees. Often, your staff or team will let you know about the technological frustrations that they are experiencing while trying to achieve their daily tasks. In reality, you should be asking your staff regularly about the technical tools that they are asked to use every day. In the modern digital age, technological devices are just as important as the goals that they help us achieve. Every artist needs a brush, and most offices and facilities need their hardware and software to function properly.
Outdated tech can also have a huge impact on how your company is perceived by customers and clients. Customers are much more likely to flock to a competitor company that has adapted and innovated its products and services to reflect modern technology and societal needs.
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