It services and technologies blog

As busy people, it can be hard to prioritize tasks that aren't immediate. Everyone has those things they have been meaning to do for months, but more emergent items keep taking precedence. All too often, we see that your IT strategic planning & maintenance is one of those items that live at the bottom of to‐ do lists.

Technology is at the foundation of the business world. Regardless of what your business does, you are leveraging technology to run it. Without the ability to translate your business’s needs into technology solutions, you will have a hard time obtaining success.

Whether you are a large established business or a bustling start-up, your technology is central to the success of your business. As technology becomes more advanced, we are becoming more reliant on it. Your investment in your IT directly correlates to your business' success. 

Deciding on a proactive approach to your business's IT should be a no-brainer. Your technology is one of your most powerful and relied upon tools- its maintenance shouldn't be an afterthought.

As business leaders, we constantly struggle with difficult decisions. When it comes to IT, the big question is whether you should invest time and money on improving systems before problems arise or rely on quick and expensive fixes when issues occur.  

Properly assigned user credentials are crucial for ensuring the protection of secure information, and there’s no better way to ensure credentials are appropriately distributed than through the use of a credential management system (CMS). 

In this episode of our IT budget breakdown, we are focusing in on how to budget for your IT support costs and how to avoid getting caught in an expensive game of ticket tennis. Having a help desk type service is great but relying on help desk support instead of doing preventative IT maintenance is like choosing to prioritize a fire department over forest management. You put yourself in a situation where you need all hands on deck and emergent action to find a solution, instead of taking steps to avoid the problem all together.

We are all ingraining ourselves into an Internet of Things (IoT) world that, for the most part, benefits everyone – improving efficiency and keeping us connected to the devices and people that are important to us.

With the advancement of technology, almost every aspect of our lives generates data and sends us information over the internet.

All businesses worry about data security, and those that must meet compliance requirements even more so. It can be overwhelming to read through the articles and ads, warning that a single data breach could both financially cripple your business and ruin your reputation. With a significant rise in the frequency and sophistication of cyberattacks, now is a better time than ever to get secure. 

As technology has advanced, the role IT can play in your business has significantly increased. Correctly utilizing technology solutions can enable you to rapidly grow your business. 

All effective organizations know that achieving a positive Return On Investment (ROI) is good for business, but what about Return On Technology (ROT)?

We all know that the right tools can make a big difference. They can increase our efficiency, help us collaborate, and organize everything that’s going on. With the help of these tools, we’re better able to do our jobs.

One of the tools that help businesses get things done better in a virtual environment is Microsoft 365. In fact, more than 84% of small to medium sized businesses have an active M365 subscription.

In this episode of our IT budget breakdown, we are focusing in on how and when you should budget for improvements to your IT infrastructure.

As a quick recap, in episode one, we discussed breaking your IT budget into four main categories: infrastructure, support, security, and strategy. You should be working to align your spending in each category with what is needed to achieve your business’ goals and keep your IT systems well maintained. You can read episode one here.