The output of an employee by percentage is 50% which is an accumulation of the 50% given by the workplace. The derivation of this statement can be seen in the way big corporations like Google, Microsoft and others are keying into their infrastructural projects as an investment, an asset rather than a physical location where workers assemble.
Workplace infrastructural design is on a new level, which does not only cater for the office workforce but also for the remote workforce in the organization. It’s the primary drive for workflow, information and high-quality output, in itself a motivational factor that stimulates creativity and collaboration. They are over a thousand infrastructure needed for the day to day activities of a work place but we will be dealing with the Central Nervous System of every business; the IT Infrastructure.
To maximize the impact of your workforce, IT infrastructural projects should explicitly include investments needed to unlock the potential in them and also grow the opportunities in the company. Here is a checklist of some services/products needed for workplace, so we can have a better view or experience of an IT Infrastructure;
- Internet services
- Printers and Copiers
- Desktop configurations and laptops
- Monitors and Screen stands
- Cables
- Software packages and Cloud solution service
- Network connectivity, servers and storage
- Server room equipment
- Back up options
- Temperature regulators
- Power supply (main and back up) and host of other infrastructure.
Your company’s IT infrastructural support will determine how quick you are able to deal with the change brought upon us by the pandemic. It’s worth knowing that no amount of flexibility or remote working culture will be enough if the organization offering it, or the technology infrastructure supporting it is not optimized for the synchronization of both the workplace and remote workflow. Already we see consumers willing to pay more for brands they believe to be stable in form of infrastructure – that have strong workforce, customer database management, website security and back up approaches.
It’s paramount to have the right IT Support Infrastructure and also create an opportunity for the structure to work. An IT infrastructure most times should be applicable to the workflow and activities of your business to help reduce the stress on the work force, like the use ERP and CRM Software tools to optimize and maximize business management output. Facility usage in server rooms, storage and data centre should be well ventilated and equipped with UPS (uninterrupted power supply) to keep the server running in case of power failure. Effective Managed print solution(MPS), this helps organizations leverage their SharePoint Platform to significantly reduce costs, improve organizational productivity and efficiency by automating-intensive business processes.
Generally, technology can have a great and positive impact on the way we work and how our work places change. We have to wake up from the nightmares to keep dreaming of the new possibilities of technology which is now enabling the things we only dreamt of in previous years
A great workplace IT infrastructure it’s now a social demand for change, and the expectation of what that change should look like. The effectiveness of IT infrastructure will be the total reflection of not just the users but also output and growth of every person involved. Companies should be ready to put up the right solutions, involve the right people, follow the best practices to evolve in this new scheme of change.
