How to increase productivity with online

collaboration tools

By Mural Consulting for TELUS

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Choosing the right online collaboration tools for your business.

Will online collaboration tools deliver business value for your organization? These checklists will help you decide.

Should you consider an intranet?

• Does your company have standard documentation, templates, or marketing materials that need to be accessed by various people?
• Would your employees benefit from having project progress, milestones, assignments and deliverables all easy to monitor and access?
• Would your employees benefit from being able to share client contact information to prevent delays caused by vacation, illness and other human-caused bottlenecks?

If you answered “Yes” to any of these questions, an intranet can help your employees collaborate more efficiently and be more productive.

Should you add a VPN service to enhance the reach of your intranet?

• Do you have employees located in different cities or geographical regions, who need to share and discuss the same files and data?
• Do employees on the road or working from home need to access corporate systems and databases, such as CRM (Customer Relationship Management) tools?
• Would your company benefit if employees on the road had access to all the vital files stored on a desktop PC or server in the office?

If you answered “yes” to any of these questions, your employees who telecommute or spend time on the road will be more productive if you add a VPN service.

Will an extranet help employees, customers and/or suppliers collaborate more effectively?

• Do you and your clients exchange files, documents, mock-ups, etc. as they are updated and revised?
• Would your business processes improve if communication to and from customers was all handled centrally?
• Do your clients need to contact you to obtain answers to questions such as budget, project status, milestone tracking, etc?

If you answered “yes” to any of these questions, an extranet can enhance communications between all your stakeholders.

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Introduction
Learn more about intranets, extranets and VPNs
Choosing the right online collaboration tools for your business

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Go online for more productivity

Don’t allow your company to get left behind. If you’re looking to increase productivity, reduce costs and maximize efficient decision making, online collaboration tools are for you.

Learn more about TELUS Online Collaboration Tools.
Learn more about TELUS VPN Solutions

References:

Mural Consulting
Citrix Systems Inc. “Real-Time Collaboration: Change the Way You Do Business” Webcast, 2005

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