Small businesses often struggle and scratch their heads when it comes to supporting their IT infrastructure. It is often the case that small businesses, even medium sized businesses place IT on their ‘To do list’. It is important to recognize that IT Support doesn’t have to be complicated and can easily be integrated into new or existing infrastructures. There are many options available but not all will be suitable for the type of business you are in. One option that is becoming more and more popular with businesses of all sizes is outsourcing your IT department to a 3rd party. This can dramatically cut costs because you nolonger need to employ an IT team directly.
Before you go ahead and hire a company to manage your IT, you need to ensure they are the right people for your business. Afterall, you will have to deal with this company for a while so it is vital that you choose them wisely. Take a look at the checklist below. This will hopefully assist you in making your decision: -
- Are they local? (how long will it take for them to arrive on site if they need to swap parts?)
- What kind of support do they offer? (telephone, email, onsite?)
- When do you have to pay and whats included? (weekly, monthly etc)
- What does the support cover? (Hardware, software or both?)
- Are there any additional fees?
Hopefully the list above will assist you when you are making your decision. Outsourcing your IT can be a great decision and benefit to your business but spending a little time planning before hand is critical.
101 IT Provide quality IT Support In Leeds, Yorkshire & UK. Please visit our main website www.101IT.net for more information about our services.
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As the release date for Microsoft’s long awaited Windows 7 operating system approaches, many businesses will be asking the question ‘Should we upgrade?’. Well, it’s a good question and one we cannot answer just yet as we are still in the process of testing the Beta version. However, at first glances things are looking very promising indeed.
So what is it like? Well folks, love it or hate it our initial impression is that the interface is very similar to Vista however with a few improvements. Technically there are some advancements but we are still in the early days of testing so we won’t say too much just yet. Next week we will post more about our findings…
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