The 4 stages of application usage

Big Data is here and we’ve started to get some interesting information spanning across our client base.

Here’s an example showing the year long process of adopting a new software package. This happens to be Office 365 and all of the software that comes along with the suite.

 

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We see at steady march from initialized status, where some of your staff has started to use 1 piece of the suite (email for example) rapidly passing core where most everyone are using 2 pieces of the suite (email and Office usually) on toward Diversified where 20% are using more than the core and finally to optimized where we see at least 40% of staff using 4 or more of the applications in the suite.

Usage is important. It means that you are seeing value in getting deeper and deeper into the Office 365 suite of applications and your staff is integrating it into their daily work lives.

The march toward optimization takes time. Processes and work flow have to change. Staff has to be trained.

As your partner in technology we’ll be watching these percentages and hope to see that the dark green optimized level continues to increase and comes to dominate the graph. We’ll bring you new ideas and training opportunities so you can get more and more value from this investment.

Optimization means that your investment has been worthwhile and is providing value and function to your business.

-Amy, President

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