USB is a system that is virtually as commonplace as the internet, and due to its great flexibility and prevalence it’s come to be used in many different ways. Businesses looking to get ahead of the game and have an edge over other companies in terms of marketing are availing of this, via the use of promotional USB sticks. Here are just some of the myriad of ways USB storage can be utilized, and help your brand identity in doing so.
Backup: The vast majority of USB flash drives are utilized as cheap, effective and dependable ways to back up important documents and photos. USB storage utilizes no electrical power, it can store files virtually infinitely and flash storage is very tough – all elements leading to its huge growth as an ideal method of safekeeping files. Every important meeting presentation, invoice and speech will have a copy somewhere in case you lose the original file. Where do you think such copies are stored? Promotional USB sticks provide a quick, easy resolution for individuals needing to save a file, while giving the company who gave them out a quick, easy method to brand themselves.
Performance: More than half of all computer systems using the web do so operating either Windows Vista or Windows 7. Both of these operating systems support Windows ReadyBoost, which permits individuals to plug in promotional USB sticks or flash drives and use the free space to improve the computer’s available memory. In old computers, doing this can increase the speed of loading some websites by as much as 500%. Computers suffer slowdowns, and flash storage is an effective way to help improve performance. As more and more computers look to upgrade from Windows XP, technologies like ReadyBoost are poised to put bespoke USB sticks in the hands of more people.
File Transfer: Most present-day computers are hooked up to the internet, a global network letting users to share files in the form of websites and other protocols. But high speed internet access is a long way from being universally available, with some rural locations being forced to use dialup connections or suffering no connectivity altogether. A well-known race took place between a carrier pigeon sending 4GB of data on a flash drive from the UK to Africa, and a computer downloading the same files in Africa through the internet. The carrier pigeon got the data to its destination fastest, proving that at times the Web isn’t always the most effective solution and that traditional, offline methods are far more applicable.
System Recovery: No IT technician or expert worth his salt owns a USB flash drive without a myriad of system recovery tools and programs. USB storage is dirt cheap and very, very dependable meaning a good flash drive is the Swiss Army knife of the computer industry. If a computer won’t start up, can’t access the Web or suffers other typical problems, utilizing a promotional USB stick is likely the most common way of getting files across to repair it. USB flash storage works across Windows, Linux and Mac and you’re far more likely to find a USB port than a CD or floppy drive.
USB flash drives are most likely one of the most popular ways to inter-link with a computer, and everybody from teachers to students to lawyers to engineers will probably either utilize or get them at some point in their everyday lives. By giving off a branded custom USB drives as a symbol of your appreciation to your market or just to promote your enterprise, you can make your business just that bit more special.