It’s never been more important to be switched on to smart technology. Facebook, Twitter, iPhone, iPad, Android, The Cloud, VoIP, 3G, 4G, GPS, super-fast broadband, TV On Demand, QR codes and good old eCommerce. A few short years ago, these technologies and ways to communicate just didn’t exist. Today, our insatiable appetite for technology demands that businesses respond accordingly.
Take a look around your office. Consider the amount of technology hardware in which you’ve invested. PCs, Macs, laptops, servers, printers, landline phones, mobile phones. The list goes on.
How much have you spent on these items in the last three years? If the pace of technology development continues at this rate, how much more will you spend in the next three years?
Streamlining your basic IT services is about moving away from the expensive hardware investment model and moving towards a lightweight, user-based model. How much of your investment do you REALLY use? Are you like most businesses who buy hardware to plug a single need?
You should think about how The Cloud could help protect you from expensive ongoing investment.
Many business owners see working in the Cloud as an additional risk. What if my broadband goes down? What if there’s a power cut?
Fortunately, technology steps in to help save the day, yet again.
An Uninterruptible Power Supply (UPS) connected to your broadband router, network switch and computer will keep you running in a power cut.
Many broadband routers now have ‘redundancy’ options to handle just the possibility of your broadband connection going down. These have a fail-safe connection to a 3G dongle, or even a spare broadband connection that uses a different Internet Service Provider.
Redundant broadband and power protection shows you’ve taken precautions to address the most likely problems.
