As a small business, you need to be aware of scalability. Running an office, conducting research, or starting a small business out of your basement, keeping your network running is a necessity. Your Because when your network goes down, all your employees are left twiddling their thumbs.
Many people think that Managed Computer Network Services are a luxury reserved for larger businesses, they’re wrong. You don’t have to leave your small business at risk. And you won’t have to do it all yourself, or pay and arm and a leg.
What are Managed Computer Network Services?
Managed Computer Network Services are provided by IT specialists that will cover your IT concerns when it comes to networking solutions. They use proactive, preventative measures to keep your system humming along. As your business expands, so will your network to ensure you can keep up with all the increased traffic that is running in and out of your company. It won’t be long before your company grows and you need to reach out to a Managed Service provider.
Why Do You Need Network Services?
Any regular business space will have a LAN that will have your in house operating systems. But what happens as your company spans out, and you begin creating remote offices? How then do these remote offices, especially if in other states, get a hold of shared files that are needed across the company? The answer is cloud hosted services.
With cloud hosted services, you’ll be able to have wider accessibility to your files across your entire company. This is clearly beneficial. Employees can collaboratively work on files and share them back and forth without relying on LAN. However, since cloud hosted services have expanded, it puts a sizeable strain on in house IT services. They’re often just not qualified or able to sustain them. With a managed service provider, you get help creating a stable environment for these services and ensuring that each of these services are usable, stable, and safe.
What are Business Security Risks?
As any company grows, there will be risks associated with all aspects. While movies portray the biggest issues as disgruntled employees actively sabotaging you (see Jurassic Park), your actual largest risks are accidents.
As your work force expands, you’ll need to train your staff not to get caught up in phishing attempts. If an employee enters their credentials to one of these sites, hackers can cripple your business. Thankfully, managed computer network services providers are willing and able to provide training to employees to avoid these scams, and keep your business safe.
A network going down could be as simple as an employee plugging an ethernet cable into the wrong port. But a network issue could have also come about from more devious entities, like viruses or malware that have hijacked your employee’s computer. Because of this, managed network services are a necessity in any business, small or large.
Overall, any growing business needs these services, because we all use computers and the internet. If you are a small, medium, or changing business, schedule a consultation with Grundig IT. Let’s make sure your business always stays safe and secure.
