What SMBs really care about in a modern workplace

The modern workplace: widely used term, but what does it really mean for an SME? We hear it every day from business owners and employees:

❌ Files lying around between USB sticks, mailboxes and OneDrive
❌ WiFi going down the moment you need to call a customer
❌ No idea who can access which files
❌ No backup when it is actually needed
❌ And to top it all off: an IT partner who is unreachable

Recognizable?

Work smarter, safer and more flexibly?

What SMBs do want

The frustrations are obvious. But what do SMBs really want from their workplace?

✅ Always access to files
✅ Communicate securely, without fuss
✅ Backups that are simply arranged
✅ Security that you don’t feel, but is there

That is why we at ALTA-ICT B.V. design modern workplaces so that it just works. No complicated fuss, but peace, overview and grip.

What does the market say?

We asked via LinkedIn, “What is most important to you in a modern workplace?”

This is what came out of the poll¹:

📊 38% – Secure collaboration
🔐 33% – Less IT hassle
🛡 24% – Grip on rights: who can do what
💾 5% – No worries about backups

The results are telling: security and ease of use come first. Backups are important, but are apparently taken for granted – or perhaps they are not thought of until things go wrong….

How do you tackle this smartly?

Do you want to:

Less IT hassle?
Collaborate securely and smoothly, even remotely?
Grip on who has access to what?
And backups that don’t keep you awake?

Then it’s time to look at your workplace differently. Every day, we help SMBs set up a modern, secure and flexible workplace – based on Microsoft 365, but set up in such a way that it works (and continues to work) for you.