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Mitigate Costly New Technology Risks for Continued Stability and Profitability

Partnering with a managed service provider (MSP) is one new approach being used by many companies like yours. Experienced MSPs have access to newer tools that reduce costs by automating many routine in-house labor intensive processes. Break-fix is labor intensive, and labor is one of the most expensive operating costs within your IT infrastructure. The […]

Hardware costs are barriers to growth and stability

Hardware costs are barriers to growth and stability   Unless you are a Silicon Valley unicorn, small and medium size businesses and practices, especially newer ones, usually face serious limitations to accessing the funds to finance significant CapEx investments. This can be a particular problem with the IT hardware necessary for the growth of the […]

How economies of scale make it hard for small practices to compete

How economies of scale make it hard for small practices to compete   Small and start up operations suffer from the problem of “economies of scale,” making it hard for them to compete with larger firms. This is especially true in the area of IT infrastructure. Small practices need, but generally cannot afford, a completely […]

Ransomware and disaster recovery plans

Ransomware and disaster recovery plans   Disaster recovery is a basic element of good continuity planning. Business continuity planning–in the case of schools, the better term might be organisational continuity planning– refers to the broad range of plans created so that a institution can continue to be operational no matter what negative event might occur. […]