RELIABILITY IS JOB 1

When designing a tech environment for your South Florida business—reliability is key.

Having a reliable IT / tech environment provides several benefits to your business.

Uptime - Your tech is available 365 x 24 x 7.

Portability - Access from anywhere, anytime.

Recoverability - Resilience to natural disasters ( it's hurricane season 2019 ).

Productivity - The ability to work the way you want.

Security - Protection is built-in. As much as you need.

To build a reliable tech environment you’ll need to set things up a certain way.

The key is the cloud.

By leveraging cloud apps and services your business can easily and affordably build a reliable tech environment.

The following is what I call the Tech 6.

The Tech 6 are the 6 IT related items you’ll need to build your reliable tech environment with.

The six items are:

Your email in the cloud

Your files in the cloud

Your business apps in the cloud

Your phone system in the cloud

Your fax in the cloud

And 2 internet connections in your South Florida office

So how do you get there from here?

Here’s a quick overview of some tech options to choose from.

Your email in the cloud - Microsoft Office 365 or Google G Suite.

Your files in the cloud - Microsoft Office 365 or Google G Suite.

Your business apps in the cloud - Intuit QuickBooks Online, Xero, HubSpot, Salesforce

Your phone system in the cloud - DialPad, Nextiva or 3CX.

Your fax in the cloud - Nextiva or eFax.

And 2 internet connections for the office - Comcast, AT&T, or Crown Castle.

I hope this helps to provide you a guide on how to build a reliable IT / tech environment for your South Florida business.

Obviously, there’s more to this than just buying a few things to build a tech environment.

Knowing The Tech 6 is the starting point.

The next step is partnering with a good IT Company to help you get there.