The current situation is making significant demands on nursery managers and their staff. There is no doubt about it. On top of the usual work/life balance issues you face, you’re also balancing employee, pupil, parental, and personal concerns regarding safety and education. Unfortunately, we all know there is no magic solution, either; your work is very hands on. However, the good news is that technology can ease the stress of some aspects, and at times like these every little helps.
How The Cloud can offer a helping hand…
We’re all used to using our phones, tablets, and laptops for accessing online information, shopping, social media etc. What the exponential growth of mobile and remote usage has encouraged, though, is a the exponential increase in the number of cloud based applications available to individuals and businesses too.
What do we mean be a cloud based application?
What we mean is a software application that has been specifically designed to operate from cloud servers i.e. remotely and securely on the internet. They’re often also designed to work well on mobile devices, as well as more traditional laptops. And in this regard, thought has been put into how people use a mobile phone or tablet, what sort of screen space they have to work with, and how that space can best be used to make it easy to read, click, and ‘do’.
If you take the industry we work in… nursery management software… that means making a nursery management application – which effectively enables you to manage everything from timetables to invoicing to parent communication in one application – useable on a mobile phone and tablet, and not just on a PC.
How The Cloud supports the nursery arena…
Picture this: You get through a long day at work, managing staff, pupils, parents, and suppliers, and you know you and your staff will still have some admin to do at the end. Rather than require people to stay on site unnecessarily, a cloud based application will enable them to do this admin at home… safely and securely.
Of course, when we talk about ‘safely’ now, we do indeed mean with regard to social distancing etc. However, a well designed cloud based application will also be extremely safe and secure online with regard to data too. With everything being accessible via an online login, nobody has to carry around flash drives or dongles of data. And you really won’t have to be carting bits of paper around unnecessarily either. Thus all confidential information remains totally secure.
Plus, you’ll also be glad to know that there are some additional benefits to using a cloud based application to manage your nursery too!
- You don’t need to invest in expensive servers, so you also don’t have the cost of maintaining those servers either.
- Updates can be automatically applied by your software supplier, so you don’t need to be involved. And you can enjoy maintenance and support remotely as well, which makes it easy for everyone.
- Your data will be securely stored enabling you to meet your GDPR and other regulatory data requirements.
- You can get reports whether you’re at work, at home, or even on holiday – though we don’t recommend you take that last approach; you need a break! Plus the information is real-time and will give you an accurate picture of your current position.
- And if a PC in your office does fail, all your information is still stored safely and accessibly online.
If you’re starting to like the sound of cloud based software, please give us a ring. Our nursery management software is making a difference to scores of nurseries across the country, and we’d be delighted to ensure it does the same for you.
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