The biggest threat to your I.T infrastructure: Your own employees Did you know that your employees often unwittingly ‘help’ cybercriminals gain access to your system? Often, employees play a part in compromising the security of your IT infrastructure, even without them realizing it. For example- When your employees use their own devices for work purposes such as to access emails, …

3 things your Managed Services Provider (MSP) wants you know Are you considering bringing a MSP on board? Or perhaps you already have one. Either way, for you to truly benefit from your relationship with a MSP, you need to build a solid bond with them. As a MSP who has been in this business for long, I can tell …

Don’t make these IT mistakes as you grow! During the course of IT consultancy, we come across a lot of clients who are not happy with the way their IT shaped up over the years. They feel their IT investments never really yielded the kind of returns they expected and come to us looking to change the trend. When analyzing …

IT Red Flags to Watch Out For As someone running a SMB, you probably have a lot on your plate. You are the core decision maker, responsible for growing your business, keeping your clients happy and getting all the working done. Often, when you have so much going on, one area that gets overlooked is IT. When you are so …

Assessing your MSP in the first appointment Handing over your IT to a MSP is a major decision. Who do you choose and more importantly, how? While there’s no rulebook that will tell you exactly how to proceed, here are a few hints that can help you decide how invested your prospective MSP is into you. How well do they …

3 Things to consider before you sign-up with a cloud services provider More and more SMBs are migrating to the cloud and that is not a surprise considering the numerous benefits the cloud can offer them. For a SMB, the cloud is a cost efficient and secure answer to their growing data needs and IT security requirements. The cloud grows …

Getting the most out of technology As a professional you are in business because you have specific expertise. You have the commitment and drive to succeed, and keeping your practice successful requires all of your attention. However, you didn’t go into veterinary work to be an expert in emerging technologies. Managing technology can be a real distraction and pull energies …

Keeping everything up and running on a minimal IT budget We talked in an earlier blog about how not benefiting from economies of scale can hurt a small practice’s abilities to take full advantage of technology. In addition to the cloud, another resource to get around these problems is the the outsourcing of certain tasks, including strategic technology planning to …

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 practice as well as for backup …

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 robust 24/7 monitored, redundant infrastructure. As …