What does a hosted desktop mean for your future workforce?
19th January 2021
From business continuity to increased productivity, reduced costs, security and saving space - the advantages of hosted desktops keep stacking up. But have you ever considered what a hosted desktop - also known as Desktop as a Service - could do for your attractiveness as an employer in the future? Companies which fail to tune in to the digital mindset of millennials in the workforce risk becoming seen as out of touch. In this blog, we explain this in more detail, but first, let's remind ourselves of what a hosted desktop is.
Consolidating your IT requirements
Hosted desktop services such as Host My Office put all your IT requirements on the Cloud for a single monthly cost. You can do away with physical servers and reduce IT hardware, along with the maintenance costs associated with them. And you may also find that a hosted desktop permits you, and your employees, priceless flexibility.
Are you tomorrow's or yesterday's company?
In just a few years, millennials are expected to make up the vast majority of the workforce - they will come with their own nuances and expectations. Deloitte recently conducted research into this 'Generation Y' and determined that they have a preference to work independently, by digital means. Furthermore, they are also understood to be drawn to companies which can demonstrate innovative thinking.
The recent COVID-19 pandemic and ensuing lockdown created an army of remote workers, prompting some companies to adapt their IT infrastructures to flexible working, and the trend only looks set to continue with Generation Y. A hosted desktop is one of the best infrastructures for supporting agile working practices, allowing any or all of your employees to work remotely. All they need is broadband, and they do not have to miss out on any IT element that would be accessible to them in a physical office environment.
So in summary, a hosted desktop is a way of circumnavigating the barriers which may prevent you from attracting the best young talent in the future. Isn't it time you got on board with a 'future-proofed' digital infrastructure backed up by trusted IT support and managed IT services?
