New Option for Alternative Office Space
Doing business in today’s economy has become increasingly difficult for small- to mid-sized businesses, which comprise the majority of the U.S. business market. To survive and thrive in today’s economy, growing businesses need to not only succeed at providing whatever product or service they specialize in, they must also spend large amounts of money on non-core business expenses.
When leasing adequate office space, for example, companies might be required to pay as much as a year’s worth of reserves for the deposit. In addition, they must pay for the taxes, insurance, utilities, and furnishings for the space. They must also set up a technology infrastructure and staff the support functions of receptionist, IT engineering, janitorial and security.
Today’s uncertain times also make it nearly impossible to predict whether a business will need to grow or downsize in the months and years ahead. Long-term lease agreements leave start-ups unable to adapt to their changing marketplace. This existing high-cost, commitment-intensive model for business facilities infrastructure has become an inefficient and impractical solution for modern organizations and is unrealistic for the needs of small- to mid-sized business.
Providers of integrated business facilities and infrastructure have developed a new solution: flexible, on-demand “alternative office space” that gives businesses what they want, when they want it, with no strings attached. A modular floor plan featuring interconnected office suites can make adapting to the needs of any business quick, simple and easy. This flexibility combined with short-term lease agreements – as low as three month terms – allow companies the freedom to do what is best for them. This solution provides flexible workspace options combined with integrated state-of-the-art technology and business services.
Typical features include advanced voice and data communications, workstation furniture, reception and janitorial service, on-site conference rooms, plus mail room service to office supplies. Additional desired features include a scalable Tier 1 IT infrastructure with a centralized data center, virtual servers, Web and mail hosting, 24×7 technical support, managed firewalls, co-location rack space, dynamically adjustable bandwidth, data backup, managed storage, system monitoring, and complete disaster recovery and backup services.
With these services professionally outsourced, businesses save time and money and are free to concentrate on doing what they do best. The concept takes non-core functions off the shoulders of business-owners and allows companies to control their overhead.
