How to Create an Effective IT Strategy (That Actually Works)

Many businesses lack a solid or effective IT strategy. And without realising it, these businesses are actually hindering their growth.  An effective IT strategy is valuable. It lines up your IT and technology capabilities with your business objectives. As such, it maximises your return on investment. Strategic IT planning ensures a business is accountable and…

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9 Reasons to Consider Outsourcing Your IT

For many businesses and business owners, IT problems can be incredibly frustrating, not to mention, costly. But by outsourcing IT to experts, you can avoid common technical pitfalls and IT support issues. And with an outsourced team fully managing your IT processes and services, you can boost productivity and efficiency levels.   In fact, business efficiency has…

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10 IT Support Issues That Occur Every Day (And How to Avoid Them)

  IT problems can be extremely frustrating whether you are an individual or a business owner. Small business owners often lack the expertise, and most corporate IT environments are too complex to be handled in-house. And although the number of systems and applications used throughout a business may be relatively easy to use, problems can…

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What is your IT security strategy?

As a business the last thing you should have to worry about is your IT security strategy and if you have the right IT team behind you, then it shouldn’t be a concern. But what if you don’t have that confidence in your team or you haven’t taken the first steps to securing your network.…

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Disaster Recovery & Business Continuity

Common Disaster Recovery and Business Continuity Questions My IT provider keeps asking me to consider spending a lot of money on business continuity or at the very least a disaster recovery plan but why? What’s the difference between disaster recovery and business continuity and what should I focus on? Do I really need to worry…

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Hidden Costs of Managing Internal IT

As a business, it’s never easy deciding whether you should manage your own internal IT. Or whether your IT services should be provisioned as an external service. In fact, the same can be said about insourcing vs. outsourcing IT support. What’s often missed is the cumulative unforeseen costs beyond the initial capital outlay of in-house…

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Being IT Agile!

So what does it mean to be IT agile and how does this define the businesses approach? Simply put, companies need a vision for the future. This enables decision-makers with goals and objectives. Decision-makers need a strategic IT roadmap to have the ‘know-how’ to get the business where it needs to be. Owners need to…

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Why IT Due Diligence is Important

To most the words “due diligence” drum up images of TV legal dramas or perhaps company buy-outs. Confidently, you say, that’s something only lawyers and legal bods need to worry about? right? unfortunately not. Due diligence in IT is something your Business must adopt to stay safe and avoid disaster. Does your business stand up…

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