Powell Software Launches Together to Allow SMEs to Connect and Collaborate with Ease

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As聽SMEs (small and medium-sized enterprises) grapple with a myriad of challenges to keep their聽companies聽running successfully,聽聽introduces聽Together, the small business intranet accessible from聽Microsoft聽Teams that helps meet their productivity, communication and collaboration聽needs.

Together is a secure, all-in-one space, deployable in minutes, that allows workers and their employers to collaborate in a single simple, intuitive interface. It unites the intranet with Teams so that employees can find everything they need on one convenient platform.

鈥淲orkers聽are often drowning in a multitude of聽digital聽tools聽which聽also often leaves IT teams聽frustrated聽with聽having to implement and manage聽them all,鈥澛爏aid Matthieu Silbermann, Chief Product Officer at Powell Software.聽鈥淭his all聽leads聽to聽inefficiency聽as SMEs,聽often聽with limited resources and聽no dedicated departments, such as聽in-house聽IT, HR or聽marketing,聽battle with聽effective聽employee聽communications.聽This can聽result in聽information overload聽and聽poor productivity.鈥

In fact, employee engagement ranks at the top of the list of priorities when it comes to digital workplace strategy, according to nearly 50% of the respondents in a recent survey conducted by Powell Software in partnership with Stitch DX.

鈥淔urther,聽over 50% of remote workers聽are worried about workplace exclusion聽as more people work remotely or in a hybrid way on a permanent basis,鈥澛燬ilbermann continued.聽鈥淧owell聽Software鈥檚聽Together, which unites the entire company, leverages聽the power of Microsoft Teams,聽which millions of users have聽already adopted, to help employees work better remotely and feel part of the company culture.鈥

To address this challenge,聽Powell聽Software鈥檚聽Together聽brings聽internal communications to life聽and聽gives employees immediate access to information聽that:

  • Connects employees in聽a聽hybrid environment: HR teams can promote and maintain social connections through innovative features tailored to the hybrid workplace With Together鈥檚聽Virtual Coffee Machine and Water Fountain features, employees can connect socially with their co-workers, fostering an engaging, inclusive corporate culture
  • Puts聽HR聽information at聽employees鈥櫬爁ingertips: The HR Hub contains all the pertinent information employees need whether they鈥檙e working in the field, in the main office, or remotely Workers can quickly access information, including current internal job openings, onboarding information, news, events, and tools such as expense reports and leave requests
  • Supports hybrid working: With FlexDesk, remote employees can easily reserve their desk or meeting space in advance of when they鈥檙e coming in to the office
  • Features department pages: Together features an easily accessible space for each department to share ideas, information, resources and to work on projects
  • Allows for swift聽IT聽support: IT tools enable workers to open a technical support ticket or find the latest software updates
  • Provides company information聽at a glance: Keep documents such as a glossary of terms, frequently asked questions, and a directory of contacts within easy access for employees

Because聽Together聽is integrated with聽Teams, the聽scalable solution聽can be deployed in聽minutes聽to the聽entire organisation.聽Accessible聽from聽the聽Teams application, a browser or a mobile device,聽the聽employer鈥檚聽hub is always up-to-date and can be upgraded聽seamlessly聽to another version聽as needed. In addition,聽Together聽leverages聽Microsoft鈥檚聽security聽to keep all data safe.