CSM are embracing a new way of working, our systems have
gone to a hybrid Cloud computing environment.
Being an organisation with multiple locations, many considerations had
to be taken to make this project successful.
We have been working with a fantastic company, Tek Net, and together we have taken time to
consider our users’ needs and carefully plan and redesign the architecture
of our electronic system.
Change is always daunting, but is often for the better, as
our move to the Cloud is proving. During
part of the planning process a document for our staff was put together to
answer some questions and to provide information to make the process less intimidating,
as the saying goes “forewarned is forearmed!” and we hope that we have alleviated
some potential concerns.
Its relatively early days for our new system, but the
benefits are already noticeable. Document sharing between branches is now straight
forward, and long explanatory internal emails have greatly reduced as
information is easily accessible to all who need it. So time has been saved and our work process
is smoother.
The only regrettable side to this new working environment is
that every terminal is set up in the same way so that it works at the fastest
possible speed, after all the very nature of Cloud computing is that you are
accessing files over the internet, so it imperative that users profiles are as streamlined
as they can possibly be. So as a result
it is no longer possible to customise the desktop with a photo of a loved one
or an escapist image of a faraway land.
But maybe this is an opportunity for staff to add something to their
desk to make their workspace theirs, given this option I wonder what they would
do?
