
1. Downtime disaster
On average, businesses suffer 14 hours of IT downtime each year. Experts believe such downtime costs more than 127m man hours a year in Europe and North America alone. While large corporations generally have access to a full-fledged IT division, many SMEs are finding themselves:- ‘Putting out fires’, reacting to each issue as it arises and dealing with ‘symptoms’ instead of what might be the root cause of their IT failures;
- Relying on an inevitably expensive contractor to come in and sort out an issue as and when they arise; and
- Even hoping employees themselves can sort out IT problems…
2. Hassle factor
Backups, security, data management, general support – the list of a company’s IT responsibilities are far-reaching and potentially expensive. Business IT services can drive down costs by:- Ensuring all your data is backed-up on their servers;
- Keeping your data safe and secure with top tier security systems;
- Offering experts team to contact in the event of an IT problem arising; and
- Maintaining robust systems at all times.
3. Remote access revolution
4. On site insight
5. Moving goal posts banned
You might be considering a complete overhaul of your IT infrastructure in-house. But as the Harvard Business Review revealed in a survey of IT projects, nothing is ever quite that simple… IT project costs typically overrun by 27 per cent and one in six IT project costs run over by 200 per cent. Business IT services are experts in managing IT projects, all at a fixed price, so you know your bottom line from the outset, and are guaranteed a new IT infrastructure that will work – plus one that is upgradable. Danny Walker is Managing Director at IT Farm.Share this story