SXSW brings an enormous amount of attention, excitement and tourism to Austin every March. (This year it even summoned President Obama.) Unfortunately, it also causes its share of congestion, confusion and other issues. If your workplace turned into a ghost town on March 11, it's because Mayor Adler beseeched Austin workers to knock off early or just stay home altogether (or, most likely of all, go hit the town and enjoy their unexpected day off). Were you ready for the drop-off in productivity you experienced? If not, maybe it's time to have our Austin IT support experts review your work-from-home options.

 Gravity Systems can help you set up simple, efficient telecommuting for your business. This not only comes in handy whenever Austin is stricken by severe weather, SXSW, Presidential motorcades or all of the above; it also lets you expand your workforce without outgrowing your facility. You may even find that you can cut back on operating costs once you have fewer in-house employees to accommodate. Here are some of the features we can provide to make working from home work for your team:

• Shared server access – Multiple employees with the appropriate password permissions can view and share the same critical data on your company servers. This ensures that your telecommuters are all (literally) on the same page, data-wise.

• Remote desktop capability – A remote desktop system lets your employees access their office computers from their home PCs as easily as if they were sitting at their work desks.

• Cloud computing – Put your essential office programs and functions up on s secure cloud computing platform, and you'll have an instant “virtual office” in which your employees can work together and interact on projects.

Call Gravity Systems so we can help you stay productive – SXSW or no SXSW!

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