Technology Insights That Drive Results

Many SMB owners think IT downtime only costs them a few productive hours, but there’s a lot more at stake when your systems go down. Customer satisfaction and loss of brand integrity are just two of the key losses apart from the more evident costs such as lost productivity and a temporary dip in sales.

Did you know that this year there will be more mobile web surfers than stationary ones? That means more prospects are accessing your business website more through their smart phones, tablets or other mobile devices than with a laptop or PC. If you thought you had time to make the switch this year, you may want to reconsider in light of new research. A recent study revealed that around 40% of prospects move on to a competitor if they have a poor mobile experience. How prepared is your business fo

In an age where most business happens online, not showing up in Google search results can really hurt you. While there’s no real shortcut to showing up consistently on web searches, there are a few quick fixes to get your site to show up on your potential customer’s search results.

Backup Files Every Day – As catastrophic as data loss is, the number of businesses that still are not backing up their network is unbelievable. According to the Symantec Small to Medium Size Businesses (SMB) data, only 23% of SMBs are backing up their data on a daily basis and fewer than 50% are backing up data weekly. Any number of events can result in data loss, so the importance of frequently backing up your network cannot be overstated.

Small and medium sized businesses today are relying more than ever on IT systems to efficiently run their business, support customers and optimize productivity. These systems house sensitive digital data ranging from employee and customer information, to internal emails, documents and financial records, sales orders and transaction histories. This is in addition to applications and programs critical to daily business functions and customer service.

According to Symantec SMB, 50% of SMBs admit to having no backup and disaster recovery plan in place. 41% of those surveyed confessed that they had never even given much thought to implementing a disaster recovery or business continuity plan. If you are one of them, then you really need to think about whether you can afford the status quo. Answering these questions will help you decide.

2016 was a banner year for large organizations proving vulnerable to pernicious data theft, although they were far from alone.

Disaster can strike your business at any time. Whether it is the result of a natural disaster such as an earthquake, or a system crash resulting in a loss of critical data, encountering one can wreak havoc on your ability to conduct your business.

As more businesses make the shift away from fully self-managed IT operations and toward data and services hosted in the cloud, the debate rages on whether or not a private or a public cloud hosting arrangement is the ideal setup, particularly for small businesses.

It’s undeniable that the market for software development is vast, with many companies budgeting as much as $1.5 million over a 12 to 18 month period for custom application creation.

Ask any of the tech people at our Florida office and they’ll tell you that the same thing. Office 365 (O365) is an IT solution that makes an impact.