What it Takes to Upgrade Your Technology

Is your business prepared to invest all the time and resources it takes to implement a major change in technology? Implementing new business technology is much more complicated than hooking up a new PC at home. If you're planning on upgrading your company's technology, then you will want to know what you're getting into.

Shopping
Shopping can be a pleasurable experience if you're both knowledgeable and passionate about what you're shopping for. While many business owners are passionate about technology, it's difficult to find a business owner enthusiastic about servers, networking, routers, and all the other necessary components that make up an IT infrastructure. People that are really into networking usually end up going into the IT field and do what we do for a living. We enjoy shopping for business technology and finding the right solutions, which is why we make ourselves available to help!

Shopping for business technology is not as easy as shopping for consumer electronics. Finding the right solution for your business requires assessing the technology needs of your company, understanding what the needs of your business will be in the next five years, knowing all the different solutions on the market, and understanding how long it will take each solution to provide you with a return on your investment (ROI).

Installation
After spending a nice chunk of change on what you need, you now have to install everything. Business technology and networking requires a little bit more expertise than hooking up a plug and play device on your home PC. Installing a new NAS device on your network requires using the correct cables, setting up access points and permissions, making sure the new software licenses are all in order, testing everything to make sure your system is reliable, and much more.

The chain reaction principle applies to IT networks. If just one component fails because of improper installation, then your entire network will be disabled and cause downtime, or your network's performance will be hindered and slow operations down. No pressure. Having trained professionals install precision equipment that affects every aspect of your business is the best move. Thanks to the unlimited amount of information on the Internet, you can find a tutorial and do the installation work yourself, just be prepared to sink a lot time into it because the learning curve is high.

Training
Take all the time and energy you've invested into learning how to properly install your new technology, and now add more time to the process because you will have to train your staff on how to use it. New software usually has a tutorial that can make training easy, but it will still eat up a lot of company time, and if you don't have a dedicated IT support team, then you will also need to verse your staff on how to troubleshoot the new technology when something goes wrong--and something will go wrong, even the best technology isn't 100% reliable.

Unless you're some kind of intellectual genius, and you are an expert in not only your field, but you're also an IT expert and can handle all of these responsibilities, you will greatly benefit from having your local IT experts at SMART Services shop for, implement, and train your staff when it comes time to upgrade your technology.

Your time is valuable and it can be much better spent doing more important things for your business like finding ways to increase revenue, instead of having to research technology websites, shop for deals, and compare features. SMART Services can not only save you time with the upgrade process, but we can also save you money when it comes to performing routine maintenance and repairs with our managed IT services. Call us 586 258-0650 to learn more and have the experts take care of everything!