Improved communication and collaboration through social technologies can raise the productivity of interaction workers by 20 to 25%. It allows you to centralize information, discuss and share feedbacks in real-time and make decisions much faster.
Enterprise social is more relevant to businesses today than ever before. The business environment in Asia-Pacific is changing rapidly -
According to the IBM Institute of Business Value Global C-Suite Study 2015 “Redefining boundaries” (survey findings from 5,000+ global CxOs and 829 CxOs in Asia Pacific), CxOs’ need to be more agile in decision-making. They need to take steps to increase decentralized decision making, shift workforce closer to customers and empower them to take decisions.
This is where the ability to deploy enterprise social software (ESS) like IBM Connections helps enterprises drive collaboration and encourage discussions and ideations. Click here to understand how an integrated collaboration platform powers the anywhere workplace and help you make decisions faster.
In addition to the above, if you deploy ESS solutions on cloud; you gain immediate access to tools at affordable prices, without making any upfront capex investment. With 90% of businesses in Asia Pacific in the SMB segment; employing over 1+ billion workforce - enterprise social on cloud can be extremely lucrative. Click here to understand why SMB businesses like SEL Group, Polytech Instruments and Strategic Decisions Group (SDG) tap enterprise social on cloud for improved services.
Reasons why SMBs embrace enterprise social on cloud:
- Unlike large organizations, SMB spend money to make more money. Enterprise social on cloud help companies increase reach, accelerate decision making and speed of execution
- Reduce infrastructure investment for data storage (including paper)
- Reduce travel expenses yet tap expertise from across the enterprise and external parties
- Improve productivity gains esp. for knowledge workers and customer segments with high dependency on R & D and consumer insights, among others
Before you take the leap, it may be useful to consider the following:
- Understand how other companies and industry players derive benefits of enterprise social on cloud
- Get more information on ROI of social technologies
- Understand the solution providers commitment to enterprise social and cloud computing
- Get to know how flexible your solution provider can be, to support your needs around cloud migration. Does the solution provider give you the flexibility to move to the cloud environment at your own pace? Find out.
- Given the limited investment in IT resources, understand the solution providers’ technology support services in detail
- Experience the product before you make the investment. Ask for a demo or sign-up for a free trial
- Understand the financing options available
- Identify use case within your organization
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(Opinions are my own)
References
IDC/Mckinsey global Institute analysis (Report -“The Social Economy: Unlocking value and productivity through social technologies)
Asia Cloud Computing Association – SMEs in Asia Pacific - The market for cloud computing
