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The hidden key to productivity in your organisation

How much more productive could your business be if everyone on your team was able to work six times faster? When your team can work faster, your organisation can move faster. Since almost everything in most businesses is done on computers, it’s important to maximise the tools your team uses so you can boost performance.

One of the easiest and most affordable ways to do this is to replace mechanical hard drives with solid state drives (SSDs). While it’s widely known that SSDs are significantly faster than hard drives, it’s been difficult to quantify the net impact on organisational productivity – until now. Tablets and phones turn on instantly. Computers should do the same.

A 2015 study reveals that on average, SSDs are able to complete everyday business tasks six times faster than hard drives. This includes starting a computer, loading internet browsers and loading programmes like Microsoft Word, PowerPoint, Excel and Outlook.

Increasing individual performance in organisations:

1. Increase office productivity with more speed

Your team uses computers all day, every day, for virtually every type of task. Since SSDs enable your team to complete everyday business tasks faster than conventional hard drives, they allow your organisation to accelerate the pace of productivity.

2. Protect mission-critical data with rugged durability

Everything from client presentations to product roadmaps is stored on client systems. If the storage drive fails, all the data on it is lost, which costs far more in lost productivity than the cost of an SSD, since workers have to redo work they’ve already completed and/or find ways to move forward without it.

Since SSDs don’t have any moving parts that are prone to failure, they’re significantly more durable than hard drives. This durability is increasingly important, especially with the rise of the mobile workforce, which is constantly on the move.

3. Secure confidential and sensitive information with encryption

Mechanical drive failure isn’t the only thing you have to worry about when it comes to sensitive data. A far more pressing concern is hacks, thieves, and data breaches. Hard drives typically support just software-based encryption, which can be easily overridden. Using self-encrypting SSDs to lock up your data helps protect the integrity and confidentiality of your data.

4. Increase mobile productivity by getting more out of every battery charge

Long train journeys, flights and layovers often provide essential work time for workers on the go, yet this time is only useful while they have battery life. SSDs are up to 40 times more energy efficient than hard drives, which allows team members to get more done between power outlets.

The bottom line: multiply performance for less

By multiplying individual performance, SSDs change the pace of business – and your productive potential. Test a single SSD and see what it does to your productivity. Then multiply that by every member in your organisation. How much more could you do if everyone was able to perform faster, without the expense of buying new systems?

This was posted in Bdaily's Members' News section by Jon Weech .