technology that's set to make remote working a true reality
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Paul Sparkes – IRISDougie Surplace - Microsoft
IRIS & Microsoft
“Technology that’s set to make
Remote working a true reality!”
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• In the past 24 months• Feb 2009
• Snow disruption costs UK £3bn
• April 2010 & July 2011• Thousands of flights
cancelled due to volcanic ash cloud
So why is remote working so important?
• Effective remote working could have help dramatically reduce this cost to UK business
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IRIS Conducted a remote working survey with167 UK finance professionals
Here we share some of these findings….
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44%
33%
23%
Important
Essential
Not Important
So how important is remote working?
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Percentage of current workforce remote?
• Only 20% of the workforces worked remotely
7%
35%
25%
11%
20%3%
None
1-5%
6-10%
11-20%
> 20%
Unsure
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Over the past 6 months, has remote working?
• 39% of businesses have seen an increase
4%
39%
57% Decreased
Increased
Stayed the same
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• 77% of those surveyed wanted detailed account data
• 32% wanted quick access to KPI’s
• Only 11% wanted to see detailed debtors
So what information do users want?
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• What’s now different to make remote working a reality?
• Devices• Smartphones
• Microsoft Phone 7, Blackberry, iPhone, Android,
• Tablets• Business Tablets, Android,
iPad, Kindle Fire
• We believe that a new bread of devices can make remote working a true reality
So what changed?
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• New form factors• Size of screens
• The need to design application for these new devices• Less information• Button design
• Cloud power is the new enabler
• Is design now more import than technology?
So why is this different?
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• We’ve all heard the phrase• App’s are great for tasks• App’s aren’t so good at fully integrated solutions
• You need the right tool for the right job
There’s an app for that!
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• Sales person• Order taking• Product information• Customer Information• Performance
management• Access to existing line
of business application• Collaboration
• Service Engineer• Task based applications• My Schedule• My Job• My Spares• Access commonly limited
to a subset of data• Collaboration
• Formed a partnership to explore further• Examined the need for remote working by role
• The role to date has often dictated the device
Working with Microsoft
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• We identified that the new business tablets could make a significant difference
How could new technology help?
• Touch technology• Lighter, smaller –
more portable• Full Windows
• Run new ‘apps’• Use existing ‘Line of
Business’ solutions
• Full Docking Station• USB ports
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• A team worked with Microsoft over 3 months to develop a prototype Tablet App
• We wanted to create an application designed specifically for this form factor• Use touch• Enable customer collaboration• Integration with other tablet apps• The potential for location tracking/mapping
A voyage to the unknown
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• We interviewed customers and created a “User Persona”
• IRIS worked with Microsoft’s top UI experts• We created screen mock ups with ‘Blend’
A voyage to the unknown
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• We achieved our target and created a tablet application
What was the end result
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Easy to view data
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• Our existing accounting and ERP applications are not going to disappear overnight, however…
• We predict there will be more and more productivity enhancing applications for different roles for new devices
• Designing applications for devices such as phones and tablets is different
• It’s about design as much as about technology
What does this mean for software?
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• Will workers want to carry 3 devices?• Is it possible to have just 1 device?
• We think this is unlikely, but 2 seems a real possibility!
Will I need a bigger bag?
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• Remote working is set to increase• Access to existing ‘Line of Business’
solutions will continue to be needed• New devices means that this
is easier than ever before• Software authors will need
to develop applications to support a more remote/mobile workforce
Summary
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Remote working
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