When you focus on spring cleaning this year, don't
forget the office—particularly the technology you depend on to keep your
business up and running. When was the last time you pulled the printer away
from the wall or untangled and dusted the power strip under your desk? While
you're at it, think about cleaning out INSIDE that valuable technology as well.
Here
are a few ideas to get you started:
- Make sure
your security is up to date and you're running the latest versions of
other programs, such as accounting or inventory tracking. It only takes a
few minutes to check and download updates.
- Is your data
secure? You have valuable data—and hackers want it. Delete what you don't
need.
- How's your
back-up system doing? Does it need to be dusted off and reviewed? Now's
the time to do it.
- How long do
you plan to save last year's emails—those 'I'll keep this just in case' emails?
Delete them, figure out what's really important and archive.
- How much time
do you spend looking for documents? Ship them to the cloud and reorganize
so you can avoid this time-waster in the future. Now may be the time to
consider going paperless. Explore a cloud-based storage system.
Our
technology-driven world can be a messy place, and cleaning the technology
clutter will help clear your mind.
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