Efficient IT for Less for Your Small Business

organizational meetingBack in the day, only big companies were eligible to use state-of-the-art IT solutions and enjoy 24/7 security. Thanks to Managed Services, superb yet economically priced IT is now readily available to small and medium-sized businesses.

Like a lot of small to medium-sized businesses these days, you perhaps have become greatly reliant on Information Technology (IT). You certainly want your own IT department to offer the functionality and security that huge organizations benefit from. But cost is most likely holding you back—the large amount of money needed to design, install and maintain such a setting is usually too expensive for smaller organizations.

Fortunately, today you can have both the best IT and the most cost-efficient solution—because in Managed Services, they are one and the same.

Managed Services is an IT model that provides IT management and security remotely. Utilizing the latest and most sophisticated technology, we can readily monitor and manage your network, determine possible issues, and solve them before they harm your business.

These are the 2 major advantages:

Superior IT – With Managed Services, you can accomplish the functionality and security that previously was only available to large companies.

Inexpensive Price – Enjoy better IT without costing a fortune. Because of economies of scale, Managed Services enables you to create an infrastructure that delivers essential IT services to staff and clients without having to build or maintain these services internally.

Contact us now to learn how our Managed Services can help improve your IT and save you money.

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Disaster Recovery Plan: Why It’s Impossible to Survive Without One

damaged umbrallaSince disasters are erratic in nature, any forward-thinking company knows that it cannot survive one unprepared. With a disaster recovery plan in place, you’ll have peace of mind and the confidence that your business can continue after a disaster—and without much interruption.

Simply put, organizations that suffer data losses generally fail as a consequence.

In fact, that statement is based on study by the Department of Trade and Industry, which discovered that 70% of small businesses that experience a major data loss eventually go out of business within 18 months.

This statistics shows that a majority of small businesses have failed to protect themselves against a number of problems. According to Ontrack, data loss is due to the following:

  • Human error – 44% of the time
  • System or hardware breakdown – 32% of the time
  • Software malfunction – 14% of the time
  • Computer virus – 7% of the time
  • Site disaster – 3% of the time

Data loss is very catastrophic—because your data is critical to your business. To illustrate this, just imagine the outcome if you lost access to your IT systems, including:

  • Client databases
  • Supplier information
  • Financial reports and documents—from invoices to tax records
  • Product catalogs
  • Marketing materials
  • Emails and correspondences
  • Document templates
  • Employee records

Like insurance to your business assets, the same idea is applicable to your data. Regardless of its location, your data needs to be constantly protected from every potential danger.

The good news is that with a strong disaster recovery plan and an efficient backup solution, you can easily resume business in just minutes or a few hours in most instances.

With these crucial things in mind, it’s best to protect your data to secure your business. Ask us how today.

Published with permission from TechAdvisory.org. Source.