So here I sit at the DMV waiting to renew my license and I get to blog on my iPhone. Isn't technology amazing?
A lot of small companies lose productivity because they wait for things to break rather than maintain. I really do not understand this. You do not wait for your car to break before you get an oil change, you maintain your car. You check the oil, change it, check the tires and fluids. Your car is an asset just as your computers for your companies are assets. You need your car to get to work, you cannot work without a computer. Why would you wait for your computer to break and have downtime? How much an hour are you costing your company when something is down vs. what you would pay to keep it up? It is miniscule. If you are a 3.5 million dollar company and you don't have a technical person, you probably have issues you don't even know about and it may present bigger issues in the future that will cost your company more money. Little nagging issues turn into big ones. You can get all the tools I mention on this blog plus 10 hours of service a month for about $15,000 a year. Isn't that worth it to keep the flow of your company? How much do you lose for downtime? Note it cost even less than that for smaller companies and you will get seasoned techs.
The best companies and consultants are the ones you pay and you never see. Your computers are always working and you never see the guy but once a month. Well, thats because he looked after your system! There are so many utilities that companies can use these days. Did you know there are managed anti-virus? The anti-virus will send messages to a tech and they login to your computer and fix the issue before you even see it. There are also self healing tools that consultants can load into your computer that monitors the temperature of your computer and also does diagnostics. Did you know that if you hard-drive is spinning faster than normal, it's probably about to die. How do you know if it is faster than normal? Well there are agents that will alert techs of companies so that you don't have to be faced with the critical issues. You are the expert of your company, hire an expert for your technology.
Some would say that my blog is a propaganda for tech companies... DUH, it is. But choose one that is dependable. There are so many tools out there that a consultant will provide you and will not break the bank. Don't wait for your stuff to break down, the money your are saving is probably costing you more from the productivity standpoint.
Next UP : Standardizing and why you should do it...
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