Are you choosing the right technology for your business requirement?

Small businesses understand increasingly how information technology is able to improve their business processes. Whereas in the past IT-spend was often considered to be a 'grudge purchase', people are now more keen to use desktop computers for their key requirements – this includes everything from accounting to e-mail and document storage.

…but at what cost?

Information technology infrastructure in small businesses tends to grow organically. Equipment is often a mixture of old and new, and is purchased from many vendors with price commonly being the deciding factor. As its footprint increases in the business – its criticality increases correspondingly.

Trade-offs between capital expenditure and ongoing maintenance costs are not easily apparent for such purchases. A great deal may prove expensive if failure or poor configuration of a critical component affects your operations . Costs may also be incurred through inefficiencies introduced by the wrong choice of solution.

and when things break …

-  You try to fix it yourself.

-  If that doesn't work then you call for ad-hoc support. They charge by the hour.

-  And it's more hours than you thought.

How about an alliance partner?

At SmallBiz we take a different view to the typical ad-hoc support that others offer. As a long term alliance partner, we provide you with a range of service plans and products aimed specifically at supporting and improving the processes of your small business in a hassle-free way.