Run your business easily. As the year comes to a close, Globe Business is doubling its
efforts to provide Filipino entrepreneurs operating small and medium businesses
or SMBs a complete range of solutions that can help maximize their business
operations at lesser cost.
“We
see the end of the year as a time for taking stock of how we’ve done our
mission of providing ideal solutions to Filipino entrepreneurs. It’s time for
us to use hindsight in assessing our performance and for renewing our commitment
to make business better for SMBs,” said Manny Escosa, Globe Business Marketing
Head for Small and Medium Business Segments.
Escosa
adds that 2012 has been a good year for Globe Business as Filipino
entrepreneurs have become more aware of the advantages that information
technology can bring to their businesses.
“Information
and telecoms technology function as an equalizer for SMBs who compete with much
larger businesses. For example, a Filipino entrepreneurs would no longer have
to set up an office or distribution site overseas to reach Filipinos living
overseas."
“All
the SMB has to do nowadays is create a website and put it online—it’s not a
huge expense to do that, but that already lets the SMB reach customers and
clients locally and overseas. But that’s not enough. Information and telecoms
technology has to be backed by a reliable network. Without a reliable network,
the full power of the technology itself will not be maximized,” explained
Escosa.
With
Globe Business as the solutions and network provider of SMBs, the latter can
level the playing field even with larger competitors. Globe Business provides
effective, reliable and affordable solutions that help SMBs operate their
business simpler, more efficiently and at less cost.
“There
are several areas where Globe Business renews and applies its commitment to
SMBs. These areas are those where SMBs telecoms needs are most crucial to the
success of their operations and their profitability,” said Escosa.
Call and text plans
Using
Globe Business call and text plans, entprepreneurs can save as much as 70% per
month on their mobile phone bills. These plans are bundled with unlimited talk
and/or texting features that can be customized to fit an SME’s needs. There are
also plans that include mobile phones in their packages.
These
plans include: 1) Globe Business Plus, which offers unlimited talk and texting
features for as low as P499 per month; 2) Globe Business Company Capped Plans,
which sets a flexible cost ceiling for a business’s mobile lines; and 3) AutoloadMAX Corporate Edition, which
helps manage, schedule, and automatically reload Prepaid credits directly to
employees’ cell phones.
Affordable, high-volume SMS
The
TxtConnect service provided by Globe Business lets SMBs broadcast high-volume
text campaigns through the Internet. With just one send, TxtConnect broadcasts
text blasts to pre-determined groups of recipients, including customers,
suppliers, business partners, and
employees. It is also more
affordable compared t regular text messaging or phone calls.
Subscribing
to TxtConnect lets entrepreneurs save as much as 35% in their text messaging
cost compared to the regular text messaging charges.
Direct Internet Lite
Global communications
through email, social networks, and Internet-based chat or voice calls—these
are all necessities nowadays for any business that wants to achieve sustained growth. The more than two billion Internet
users in the world represent a huge market by themselves.
Using Direct Internet Lite
from Globe Business, SMBs can increase their market reach by putting their
business online while making business communication fast, secure, and
reliable. Direct Internet Lite is
especially designed as an affordable yet powerful Internet connection for SMBs.
Direct Internet Lite uses a
leased line set-up with basic Internet connectivity for both Foreign and
Domestic routes. It’s available in
a range of bandwidth options from 2,000 Mbps to 10,000 Mbps. Now SMBs can enjoy
always-on, affordable, fast, and powerful Internet connectivity that easily
streams huge amounts of data, from documents to images, to audio and video
files.
Data storage
SMBs’
vital data and ICT can now be stored and secured through Globe Business’ Data
Center—a technologically advanced, highly secured facility built for storing
and managing a company’s mission critical information.
Globe
Business Data Center’s wide range of services includes co-location, dedicated
service hosting, LAN-based Internet, media storage, disaster recovery seats,
recovery services, and email hosting.
The facility prevents the loss data due to a computer virus, deliberate
hacking, spying or data theft; or computer hardware/system failure.
Any
business that relies on and processes huge amounts of confidential
information—including financial institutions, government agencies, hospitals,
schools, hotels, resorts, restaurant chains--will benefit from this service.
By
storing, managing, and securing vital business information through Globe Data
Center, SMBs can make more critical decisions faster and more reliably,
Fleet management service
SMBs
can better manage their fleet of company vehicles through a real-time tracking
solution provided by Globe Business called “Fleet Management Service.” It uses
a Global Positioning System (GPS) to monitor the precise location of assets
like trucks, cargo and products. It helps entrepreneurs ensure that these
arrive at their destination/delivery point on time.
Fleet
management may be accessed and used through any computer with Internet connection.
This tracking system increases the efficiency of deliveries and helps reduce
fuel and vehicle maintenance expenses, This service is vital to manufacturing,
retail, distribution and other businesses that rely on the transport of goods.
Fixed Assets Management
When
it comes to fixed assets, Globe Business provides SMBs with the “Fixed Assets
Management” solution. This service allows business owners to monitor the
functioning, operation, maintenance, and security of a company's fixed assets.
Such assets would include freezers, vendo machines, factory machinery, ATMs,
computer servers, and other equipment.
Using
this system, the productivity of such assets may be determined through their
status; output projections may also be made based on the data collected from
these assets.
Through
Fixed Assets Management, SMEs can minimize machine downtime by undertaking
preventive maintenance based on the collected data on the machine's status. As
a result, operating costs due to frequent on-site inspections are reduced.
The
Globe Business Fixed Assets Management is ideal for restaurants and fast food
chains; vendo operators; banks; factories and other businesses engaged in
manufacturing.
Security and surveillance
Globe
Business offers SMEs a Security and Surveillance service for greater control
over the security of company sites. Security and Surveillance installs security
devices (such as motion and door sensors, panic buttons) that are linked to
Globe M2M (machine-to-machine)
Management System.
For
example, if an intruder breaks into a company site, the M2M security devices
send out alerts through the computer network. This signals the system to deploy
an emergency response team to deal with the threat.
M2M
solutions are ideal for a wide range of businesses—including the food and/or
service industries (restaurants, resorts, hotels, etc.); financial enterprises
(banks, pawnshops, etc.; manufacturing, distribution; practically any business
that benefits from machine-to-machine networking and pro-active security.
“Globe
Business is always here to provide better ways for entrepreneurs to make their
business more efficient and profitable,” said Escosa.
Globe
Business is the corporate arm of Globe Telecom, the leading mobile
telecommunications company in the Philippines. Globe Business provides wireless
and wireline solutions for a diverse set of industries, businesses, and
commercial enterprises. It assures SMEs of affordable, reliable, and dependable
services for all communication needs, both wireless and wireline solutions, to
generate the highest possible profit at the lowest possible cost.
Learn
more about what Globe Business PayrollCloud and other Globe Business products
and services can do for you by visiting www.globe.com.ph/payrollcloud or
calling +632 730-1010.