Invest In Technology Upgrades

Businesses need to routinely invest in, upgrade and/or replace older, obsolete and unsupported technologies.

This can help improve overall productivity and efficiency, reduce maintenance, downtime and IT costs, ensure access to and compatibility with the latest software and related technologies, improve security, and reduce/mitigate security risks and breaches.

Businesses should routinely review/evaluate:

• Computer hardware, software and operating systems (OS)

• Data storage solutions (in-house servers, NAS, SAN, cloud storage)

• Network equipment (routers, switches, firewalls, cabling, general network infrastructure)

• Battery backups for critical systems

• Data protection systems and solutions (onsite/offsite backup and redundancy, virus & malware protection, Internet security, intrusion detection, access control)

• Business continuity plan & solutions (replication & redundancy, fail over, remote access)

• Telephony (in-house PBX, hosted or cloud-based PBX)

• Office equipment (studio copiers, large format printers)

• IT solutions providers (Internet Service Providers (ISPs), data/voice services, e-mail, hosting, audio/web conferencing, collaboration tools/solutions)