By Rajani Baburajan, TMCnet Contributor

In a scenario where today’s businesses are forced to cut costs and reduce resources, technologies like virtual office offer sustainable solutions to help businesses flourish without putting much strain on their corporate budget.

The virtual office combines a set of communications technologies such as hosted/virtual PBX (News - Alert), virtual extensions, toll free numbers, conferencing, and more. Virtual office providers like Phone.com (News - Alert) also allow businesses to manage their connections, including calls, texts, e-mails, social networks and business schedules. 

Intelligent Office (News - Alert) San Francisco, another company offering virtual office solution, has just come up with an eco-friendly solution that alleviates the increasing strain on physical resources by businesses and consumers.

The virtual office service allows clients to share offices, meeting rooms, resources, and staff helping them realizes both environmental and monetary efficiencies. The on-demand, à la carte concept allows a business to function efficiently without needing dedicated, full-time resources.

Additionally, Intelligent Office provides address/mail services and virtual receptionists that help clients improve their businesses without investing hugely on valuable resources. They need not lease physical office space or hire a full-time receptionist to project a professional image.

“Sharing resources is a great way to reduce one’s footprint and achieve sustainability,” said Wilson Tandiono, director of Intelligent Office San Francisco, in a statement. “This model has gained traction in the vehicle sharing industry (according to surveys quoted in a RAND study, 9 to 15 vehicles are displaced for each shared vehicle).”

“It has continued to pick up momentum for shared office spaces and virtual assistants as well,” Tandiono added. “As the pioneer in the virtual office industry, Intelligent Office continues to innovate and brings eco-friendly solutions to more businesses.”

Sustainable technologies like virtual office can have a direct impact on environment. They support the modern trends like telecommuting and home-based businesses that shift the workspace paradigm. Intelligent Office’s virtual office solutions can provide the methods and infrastructure for the mobile and home-based workforce to work effectively and efficiently.