Aging desktops cause problems for your business and its employees. Older technology can suffer from slower performance than newer, more powerful PCs.
Investing in advanced technology can be expensive, so you will want to make sure you invest in the right computers. But great desktops mean your workers can benefit from faster performance and increased productivity.
Promoting higher performance
Waiting on a slow PC can be painful. Tasks take longer and employees can become frustrated. But it doesn’t have to be this way. New, Intel processor-powered desktops with Microsoft Windows 10 can give your business a boost, outperforming legacy desktop towers on all key performance benchmarks.
A faster, more responsive desktop means your employees can finish the same tasks in less time, ultimately providing your employees with an opportunity to be more productive. Evidence suggests the impact can be considerable.
Research from Principled Technologies suggests modern PCs produce 145 per cent better system performance than legacy kit. That performance boost means your average employee could save almost 23 hours per year when moving from a legacy desktop tower to a modern PC.
A business replacing 10,000 legacy desktop towers with 10,000 new Intel-based desktops could see significant savings over four years – 5,923 minutes saved daily per employee would add up to over 900,000 total hours saved that employees could use for other tasks.
Keeping staff productive
A saving in time is not the only potential performance boost from new kit. Up-to-date PCs use out-of-band (OOB) management that allows IT staff to contact a device remotely when the OS is asleep or unavailable.
That contact can be crucial if malware infects systems. IT staff can use OOB to access the infected desktops while they are offline, and then correct the problem by reconfiguring the systems.
Rather than having to wait hours or even days for a repair, your remote management team can start tackling the problem in a matter of seconds. Estimates from Principled Technologies suggest efficient OOB management can reduce IT labour time by up to 97 per cent, keeping staff productive.
Making applications available at all times
Modern desktops also take advantage of the consumer revolution. Just like mobile workers can use applications to improve their working day, so your employees can use tools on their PCs to boost productivity.
Take Cortana, the smart virtual assistant than runs through Windows 10. Users can work with Cortana to become more productive, receiving reminders and assistance for search. Having a virtual assistant can help employees spend more time on the tasks that really matter to the business.
Modern workers are also mobile and will be using a collection of devices alongside their desktop PC. Windows 10 uses a universal application architecture, which means software can run across multiple form factors – such as phone, tablet or desktop PC – with minimal changes in code.
Such architecture means employees can stay productive and ready to work, regardless of location or device. The right desktop technology, in short, can allow employees to be more productive with faster and more reliable hardware.
Manek Dubash
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