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\"\"standardization can save you 26%.<\/strong><\/p>\n

by roman h. kepczyk<\/i>
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getting the right mix of mobility is critical for firms today. the accounting professional\u2019s rule of thumb is that everyone who works out of the office one day per week or more and needs to be self-contained should have a laptop as their only machine. thanks to covid-19, those numbers grew by leaps and bounds in 2020.<\/p>\n

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the obvious exception to this is for tax or administrative personnel who would never work from remote client sites and have a computer at home that they can use to connect to the firm via a secure remote access solution. however, this is changing. the string of natural disasters over the past two decades \u2013 along with the promotion of remote work opportunities to retain staff as well as the transition to more cloud-based applications \u2013 has led some firms toward making the decision that all professional staff will utilize a laptop as their only workstation.
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\nlaptops should be scheduled for replacement every three years, whereas desktops are often functional for a fourth year. in cloud-based firms that utilize workstations primarily as \u201cdumb terminals\u201d via tools such as citrix and microsoft remote desktop server (formerly windows terminal server), the functioning life of a desktop computer can be five or more years.<\/p>\n

today, there is little benefit in purchasing off-brand computers, and most firms buy workstations from dell, hp, and lenovo. one of the keys to a stable environment is to buy the business<\/em> versions rather than consumer units and to standardize on as few models as possible within the firm.<\/p>\n

studies done in the past found that such standardization could reduce the total cost of ownership by 26 percent or more. firms have also found that buying, rather than leasing makes more sense, as the firm can roll out replacement computers at their convenience, instead of being forced to complete a transition by a specific date to return the leased laptops.<\/p>\n

cloud-based firms are also finding that the life of their workstations can often be extended one to two years as the bulk of computer processing is being done on the cloud-based servers.<\/p>\n

the key components firms should be concerned about when evaluating workstations are<\/p>\n