As in life, not having a plan in business is a recipe for headaches and potential disaster. Given how much small businesses depend on Information Technology for their daily operations, having a plan for the technology needs is crucial to the success of any business. An IT plan is essential when it comes to budgeting for IT expenditures. At Help Desk Cavalry, our team members have a great amount of experience dealing with technology in business, one of the services we offer our customers is the ability to leverage our combined experience to help with your IT planning. Your IT plan and budget can encompass a variety of items. Some key examples are: Replacing Equipment, Future Growth, Security Audits and Disaster Recovery.
We have found that replacing equipment before things go wrong is a great way to keep things running smoothly and keep employee productivity up. Having a budget for this takes the stress out of IT purchases. We typically see that workstations start to show their age after 3 years. Replacing workstations ahead of time saves time, money and frustration. Servers and other network equipment also play a crucial role in your business. Having a server fail can have a huge impact on the productivity of your company. Replacing it every 3-4 years is a great way to minimize the risk of a server failure disrupting your operations.
Planning for growth. Whether you are opening a second office or hiring additional members to your team, we can help you plan for the additional IT costs associated with your company’s growth. Also, we can work with you to make sure critical pieces of your infrastructure will accommodate the expected growth of your business during that equipment’s operational life.
Planning for when disaster strikes is essential. Disaster planning can be as simple as backing up your server or as complicated as a binder full of checklists and steps to take when there is a disruption to organizations technology. We work with our customers every day to make sure that they are taking the appropriate steps to safeguard their important information and minimize the risk of disruptions to their operations.
If you want to start the new year off with the peace of mind knowing you have a plan in place for your IT, please contact us and we would be happy to talk with you about the future plans and technology needs for your business.