The document summarizes findings from a remote working survey conducted with 167 UK finance professionals. It discusses how effective remote working could have helped reduce costs from weather disruptions over the past two years. While only 20% of respondents' workforces worked remotely currently, 77% wanted detailed account data and 32% wanted quick access to key performance indicators (KPIs) when working remotely. The document explores how new mobile devices and cloud technology can enable more widespread remote working in the future.

2. • 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
• Effective remote working could have help
dramatically reduce this cost to UK business

3. IRIS Conducted a remote
working survey with167
UK finance professionals
Here we share some
of these findings….

4. 23%
44%
Important
Essential
33%
Not Important

5. • Only 20% of the workforces worked remotely
3% 7%
20%
None
35%
11% 1-5%
6-10%
11-20%
25%
> 20%
Unsure

6. • 39% of businesses have seen an increase
4%
39%
57% Decreased
Increased
Stayed the same

7. • 77% of those surveyed wanted detailed account data
• 32% wanted quick access to KPI‟s
• Only 11% wanted to see detailed debtors

8. • 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

9. • 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?

10. • 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

11. • Formed a partnership to explore further
• Examined the need for remote working by role
• Sales person • Service Engineer
• Order taking
• Task based applications
• Product information
• Customer Information • My Schedule
• Performance • My Job
management • My Spares
• Access to existing
line of business • Access commonly limited
application to a subset of data
• Collaboration • Collaboration
• The role to date has often dictated the device

12. • We identified that the new business tablets
could make a significant difference
• Touch technology
• Lighter, smaller –
more portable
• Full Windows
• Run new „apps‟
• Use existing „Line of
Business‟ solutions
• Full Docking Station
• USB ports

13. • 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

14. • We interviewed customers and created
a “User Persona”
• IRIS worked with Microsoft‟s top UI experts
• We created screen mock ups with „Blend‟

15. • We achieved our target and created
a tablet application

17. • 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

18. • 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!

19. • 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

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