Many companies today are faced with a struggle to deliver effective results, but continue to rely on their dated systems that lack the advancements necessary to be competitive. Modern systems allow for the flexibility employees need. According to a Forrester 2011 report, “We found a clear recognition that older process automation approaches based on traditional mass production concepts no longer fit an era of people-driven processes.”

Keeping your top talent is already tricky in a tough economy. As the job market improves and current or potential employees realize that they have more options, they may look for new opportunities. Companies are thinking up ways to retain their valuable employees and providing work-life balance plays a big role. Numerous surveys show that work-life fit is an important consideration for professionals. As more people turn to healthier lifestyle they understand the significance of managing stress and spending time with family, friends and hobbies.

Do you rely more on your mind than physical labor in daily work activities?  If so then you can be classified as a knowledge worker and as a knowledge worker, you have a level of expectation from your employer as well as they have expectations from you.  This expectation has changed dramatically over the last few years thanks largely to the proliferation of social media and other forms of collaboration technologies.

Eccentex is proud to announce we have been recognized by Network Products Guide as the Silver Award Winner for Best Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS) in the 8^th Annual 2013 Hot Companies and Best Products Awards. Network Products Guide is the industry’s leading technology research and advisory guide, and we are thrilled that the Eccentex AppBase 4.5 solution has been recognized by such a prestigious publication.

As you may already know, Eccentex’s AppBase 4.5 utilizes industry-leading graphical tools and APIs; it helps organizations create DCM (Dynamic Case Management) applications five times faster than existing solutions on the market. This gives knowledge workers the tools they need to manage incidents, claims, investigations and customer complaints across a range of industries. With this unique DCM platform, knowledge workers can execute applications in record time to generate greater customer satisfaction, as well as improved productivity and job satisfaction.

Companies continue to move toward having more remote employees. Some companies are even built around having a remote work force. Allowing greater flexibility is also a valuable benefit for attracting and keeping highly skilled professionals. As more people work on the go and teams become more globally dispersed, it's important to keep everyone integrated to make sure productivity doesn't suffer. Here are a few tips for making sure your mobile workers are well integrated with the company:

According to a recent Gartner study, by 2013 40 percent of knowledge workers will remove their desk phones and won’t work from a cubicle or office. Instead these workers will work from their current location via tablets and smartphones. We have come a long way since distant communication in the workplace and information sharing took much time. Enterprise software developers are spending copious amounts of time and money in an effort to determine what businesses need to do with their software to monetize and benefit from these predictions.

Business today is all about empowering your workforce. It has been proven that a happy employee is a productive employee. Obtaining a happy workforce starts with the environment and providing the resources employees want to use, which are convenient and effective modern work tools. Whether from inside the office or outside, the tools employees are using shouldn’t change, and don’t need to change, when using advanced cloud-based solutions.

Businesses must take the precautions necessary to protect their assets from fraud. It is more prevalent than anyone expects and can strike at any time. Organizations around the world lose an estimated five percent of their annual revenues to fraud, according to a survey of fraud experts conducted by the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners (ACFE).

As a knowledge worker, who spends a lot of time in front of a screen, I deeply understand the benefits of disconnecting and escaping into nature. Yet, my mind wanders over to work fairly often and the cloud is always with me on the smartphone. Getting away from the screen always feels great and helps recharge. Interestingly, my best ideas arise when I'm outside surrounded by green.