8th Annual Report Identifies World’s Top 501 Managed Service Providers
Thank you for joining us on this journey to IT Enabled Growth. We hope you found this information useful and picked up a few tips that will help you align your technology strategy to your strategic objectives.
So, how has Connections for Business enabled over 2,000 customers turn their technology into a competitive advantage and growth enabler? Unlike traditional managed service providers or break/fix models, Connections for Business starts with your business objectives in our proven, 5-step process to IT enabled growth.
Downtime. Audits. Regulations. Security breaches. Customer expectations. These are only a few of the things that put your business at risk when not managed proactively and effectively. Whether you want to deal with them or not, they are real threats and cannot be swept under the rug.
Remember when we needed to remember things? The other day I was standing in the grocery store and went completely blank as to what I came to buy. I had not captured a list in my phone, and had to call my wife to get it.
A consulting firm recently surveyed 412 technology and business professionals responsible for the technology needs of small (99 or fewer employees) and small mid-market (100 to 250 employees) organizations in North America.
For most companies, outsourcing IT is the right option.
When technology is not a core competency in your company, it will quietly and invisibly bleed your time and money if not managed effectively. Costs are reactive and quietly pile up with every issue you face. Before long, technology costs become a money pit that offer little to no return back to your companies' success.
Many organizations do not have the want or need to employ an internal IT organization. Inevitably, someone in the company lacking qualification and time has to play the IT support part on a weekly basis and put out the fires. Every hour they spend on IT related issues is an hour they are not focused on strategic objectives they were hired to deliver. It is a silent productivity killer that consumes an average of 5-10 hours per week.
You wouldn't think that hackers are trying to get into your fridge, but they are (check out http://www.businessinsider.com/hackers-use-a-refridgerator-to-attack-businesses-2014-1).
