Monday, April 25, 2011

Your Virtual Office On the Internet: Access Anything Anywhere

Business in one word today is: SMART. Emerging technologies and equipped workforce has enabled businesses to be operationally smarter than they ever were. What has also brought about a powerful change is the growing SME (Small and Medium Enterprise) sector. Emerging businesses are coming up with new innovations and are better positioned for taking calculated business risks which go a long way in fostering innovation.

What's SMART now: A Global Office for Your SME
Think about this. If you were able to access your office, share workspaces, manage your data, emails, contacts, meetings, documents etc. anywhere across the globe with just an internet connection? Now that's being global.

Contact Office helps you do just this and much more.
Contact office, a virtual office for the SMEs is an online application which allows the users to manage and maintain almost everything related to their business (emails, documents, groups, data) online from anywhere across the world. All you need is an internet connection and a device such as a laptop to access the same.


As shown in the screen capture above, Contact office is simple to access. All you need to do to sign up free is go to the URL: http://www.contactoffice.com/index.jsp and click on the 'Free Sign up' button at the center of the screen.

What are the various features which my business can leverage with Contact Office?
The screen capture below shows the various features which businesses can leverage with contact office:

  • Messages
You can gather all your emails (work/ personal) at one place and access them through one single interface, which has all the features of the normal Email client that you use for sending/ receiving Emails.
  • Calendar
Your personal ensures that you are always scheduled and that you never miss a deadline. And not just that, you also have access to a Group calendar (which you are a part of). The calendar updates you with daily SMS as well, if you wish to be updated about your schedule on your mobile.
  • Contacts
While maintaining your personal contacts, you can also access the Group addressbook, which enables you to access group data. 
  • Documents
Data and Document management has become simpler with Contact Office, as now you can maintain and manage your documents while sharing them with your colleagues.
  • Virtual Drive
An online space where you can store your documents and this can be accessed while from your computer itself.
  • Tasks
Be scheduled with your ready task list at all times. Receive/ Assign tasks with notifications being delivered online and on your mobile phone.
  • Forum and Chat
The Forum and Chat tools enable collaboration and learning. Many groups can share best practices online while supporting innovation.

All the above features and tools enable SMEs to better and smartly run their businesses.

Can I customize Contact Office for my use?
Yes you can. The screen capture below shows the modes/ versions in which contact Office is available:

There are many such online platforms available, which are benefiting the Small and Medium Enterprise segment. To know more, get in touch with the experts at IndiaMART Knowledge Services. Do drop in a comment to this post to let us know what else would you want us to share about!

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