Should My Small Business Have an IT Support Provider?

In a word, yes. But as a small business owner, you may wonder why you should care about managed IT services? After all, you likely can’t afford to hire a full-time dedicated IT staff. Yet, how can you ensure your computer system is up to snuff? Ask yourself these five questions:

  1. How do you monitor your network?
  2. How do you install, integrate, and maintain that network?
  3. How do you provide desktop support to your staff?
  4. How do your protect yourself from data breaches?
  5. How do you choose what new technology to use?

Have you found you’re sorely lacking in these areas? No worries. There’s a cost-effective way to help with all these things, and that solution is to have small business managed IT network services. These professionals can help you implement tools, processes, and procedures specific to your business network and needs. Plus, they can make suggestions, make system fixes and provide updates so you’re always prepared should an emergency crop up.

5 Advantages of Small Business Managed IT Services

1.     Cost Savings

An IT budget is not cheap. You have to budget for costs like hardware and software costs, cloud solutions costs, maintenance and labor. Perhaps you are already outsourcing each of these, but those costs can add up quickly. But when you have a managed IT service provider behind you, they can develop a roadmap of service costs and needs that will allow you to better plan each month, thereby saving you money over time.

2.     Reduced Downtime

Technology changes at such a rapid pace these days, which means every business can benefit from having a proactive IT strategy in place. This allows you to react quickly when problems arise, thanks to a team of experts ready to assist you with anything from power failures and security breaches to data loss or other disasters. All of these issues wreak havoc on your systems and may cause your customers to lose faith in you.

Your team of IT experts is familiar with your network, working diligently and quickly to prevent downtime.

3.     Access to Experts

With continuous access to a team of professionals who have a working knowledge of your business, you can always get troubleshooting advice and have pressing issues addressed. Your team is on call when you have a question, want to stay up to date with the latest technology trends or want solutions that ensure higher profitability. Plus, they can help with specialized projects, providing consultation on other network-related tasks.

4.     Access to the Latest Technology

Your business must evolve as technology does. Managed IT services can ensure you adapt to new technologies, as they can inform you about the latest cloud solutions and how to handle network security.

5.     Higher Employee Productivity

Your employees are the heart of your organization, but they are likely your biggest monthly cost. You must ensure they have the resources they need to do their jobs properly. How can they do that if their computer has a virus or crashes? Take a proactive approach with managed IT services that can step in and fix the issue quickly to not only boost productivity, but to also increase employees’ positive attitudes and lower their frustration.

As you can see, there are many advantages associated with having managed IT services for your small business.

Choose Monmouth Computer Associates

To find out how your small business could benefit from our managed IT services, call us at 732-681-2360.