Sunday 29 May 2011

Remote Access Software Use for Providing Customers With Technical Support


In case you want to initiate a business don't forget about the fact that you will deal with people, not with machines or robots. Human nature makes us unpredictable in stuff we are not very good at. You may not believe, but nowadays when run a business you have to work with PCs, faxes, phones, printers and other gadgets. Getting many workers means a real headache for company network administrator as he is the right person to work with all computers and their problems in your office. Everything starts to be even more serious when you are a technical support (Helpdesk) business.

Computer users your support staff is going to help are people without deep computer knowledge who frequently have a big number of questions about computer configuration and program use that are hard to be clarified and solved over the phone. PC Remote Control solutions offer an ability to assist your company's customers and make a help process itself easier and available. Modern remote support software products allow to monitor, administrate and control remote PCs placed either in one local network with Administrator's PC or in the Internet.

Many of various PC remote control tools are listed on a market. They are available either free for home use and on a shareware basis. Home users may use free remote control software similar to build-in Windows Remote Desktop Connection, free Remote Control PC and others. Freewares have less abilities comparing to commercial applications, but they are fully enough for non-commercial use. Commercial applications like world-known Remote Desktop Control product or new "Anyplace Control" PC remote control software offer a lot of additional options, better adapted for corporate use and free technical support is guaranteed.

Using remote pc control software you can help either your company's employees when they need a PC trouble troubleshoot or to help your customers whose support is an exact kind of business you run. Support that can be performed to your company's users with a remote control PC solutions covers a lot of issues.

If you are a network administrator of big company and your work is to fix company's PCs, update software, etc. - there is no necessity to drive e.g. 40 miles to far company's branch just to update an antivirus or to perform a few Windows settings. Remote support software enables you to perform all that stuff remotely via the Internet and your company do not have to pay for a gas, that makes an assistance not only extremely fast and effective, but also environmental friendly, that is rather important nowadays.

Also there is a pretty big task like a support of 'internal' clients, i.e. your firm staff. It's almost always the case that someone has forgotten how to perform one or another operation, pushed a wrong button, etc. Network administrator may access any computer located in the company's building to assist employee, despite the difference where the employee is actually located, either on the fifth or eleventh floor or in next room.

Being a vendor of any specific tool like accounting software, be ready to get many phone calls requesting how to get one or another option, generate a report, etc. It would be a much easier to access a remote PC and to show a remote customer where the option user needs is located. Even more, with the use of PC remote control software a remote tutoring can be offered. You may tutor remote users how to operate the tool and they don't have to attend any classes as a tutoring session can be performed online. Most of remote desktop control solutions have a chat or voice chat feature, for remote users to ask questions and get answers they are interested in.

Corporations or entrepreneurs do have a necessity to assist remote customers, thus an effectiveness of remote access software is evident. On time support of a remote customer boosts his or her confidence in your firm that does care about customers. When the problem is sorted out in a few moments after it occurred - that will keep your clients with your firm for a very long time. Moreover, as it was already said - using a remote PC control tool your company saves fuel expenses for the employee to drive to remote place to fix the problem. Moreover company may save expenses by reducing its staff - there is no need to have 5 support specialists if a single supporter may access any remote PC located worldwide and to sort out the problem at the blink of an eye.

On the other hand your clients also save money as a remote support is cheaper than a traditional one, besides the faster your firm sorts out the issue - the faster your client is again in a business. There is no need to keep waiting for several hours for employee to come to the office for 5 minutes work.

Thus, depending on which type of helpdesk your firm uses - either a traditional or a modern one, with a use of remote control PC software your relationships with customers will become warm and trust or rather problematic. Do not forget, if users are not satisfied with the assistance they get - you will be changed with another service supplier company. PC remote control solutions - that is a key to success in a modern business.








Yuriy Goncharuk is developer of PC remote control software and remote access software


1 comment:

  1. Remote access softwares helps businesses in increased performance, better scalibility, lower upgrade costs, reduced travel and lower hardware costs, flexibility etc. Tools like R-HUB remote support servers, logmein, gosupportnow etc. are used by various organizations for remotely accessing computers, providing technical support to clients, customers, employees etc.

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