Controlling Costs

Technology Service Plans Should Fit Both Your Business And Your Budget

Many small businesses struggle to design and support their technology infrastructure.  With a infinite array of products and services to deploy, selecting the right technology and the right-sized support can be overwhelming and take over your costs.  Purchasing the proper technology and the proper level of technology support,  avoiding being locked into a vendor selection and improving the allocation of your resources are all important considerations in choosing a solution that fits both the needs of your business and your budget.

Why Right Sizing Your Technology Is Important:

• Complexity – The infinite array of computer hardware and components make it difficult to select a technology solution that’s just the right size for your business.  As a result, you may over buy-equipment and software, which is a waste of your money.  Under-buying results in a compromise to your service reliability.
• Application Confusion - With the complexity of today’s web applications, a detailed understanding of database, web server and file server technologies is necessary to select the appropriate software solution.  Sometimes something as simple as an upgrade will suffice.  Understanding what’s new with technology, how it scales, and its long-term operational cost impact, is critical to maximizing your technology investment. 
• Rapid Advancement – Today’s technology is changing more rapidly than ever before.  New servers operate more efficiently than older ones, and many even as young as 30 months old may not be able to handle new technology — like server virtualizaton — which can save you money on hardware and long-term management costs.

How We Can Help:

• Server Consolidation – We design and implement server consolidation plans that can assist in lowering your overall cost of ownership and streamline ongoing management.
• Vendor Selection – We will not require you to sign any service commitment contracts, and we can help you select other software vendors and services that do not require these commitments as well.  This will give you flexibility to upgrade and downgrade as your  business and budgetary needs change.
• On-Demand Support Services – We help control costs and prevent under- and over-deployment issues with support that easily scales for a new product launch or service, then scales back for normal operational business levels.
• Network Optimization – We analyze your current operations to find ways to improve reliability, performance and security — all without additional hardware expenditures.
• Server Sizing – We can help you select a server and related services that are just right for your needs by monitoring your current server.
• Management Services – We provide monthly network management services for a montly predictable expense, eliminating the need for costly in-house system administration staff.