Small Business Servers are flexible Small Business Servers need to be flexible in order to achieve your goals as a business, if your goal is to grow quickly then a server with the capacity to grow with you is central to avoiding unforeseen expenditure. If your goal as a business is to sustain growth organically a stable platform to run your business on is of equal importance. Small and Medium Business (SMB) servers don’t need to be expensive and often
What is Monitoring Software? Monitoring software is designed to enable an IT Department to retain visibility of all their IT systems, from standard PCs to complex infrastructure designed for datacentres. A network management agent allows you to monitor all desktops, servers, laptops, printers, firewalls, routers and switches. This is achieved through leveraging SNMP, NetFlow, Syslog, Traps and configuration backup – in effect everything every IT system uses to report on their status. Our Security Operations Centre (SOC) As A Service solutions
What is Desktop Support? Desktop Support is sometimes referred to as Deskside Support, we prefer the latter term and so will use them both interchangeably. Deskside Support is in-person support, be it for day-to-day or project activities, and is often conducted by experienced analysts who are familiar with the daily operation of your business and IT hardware. Being on-site often gives many advantages because an analyst can build an intimate knowledge of how a business operates and what it values,
Is Digital Transformation more than just tech? Digital Transformation is simply more than technological advance – the right technology with the wrong process or culture will still fail. This cultural oversight is why more than 70% of all digital transformation programmes fail. Failure is defined as providing no business value, i.e. the project was simply an expense with no material return on investment. This is a shockingly high number and an unaffordable cost for SMEs who often work in very
Making IT Equipment Last Longer It is the case that if the world will truly succeed in navigating its journey to a circular economy – kit needs to last longer. In fact, everything needs to be built to last longer and be re-usable (to multiple degrees). The first step to ensuring that IT Equipment lasts longer is to build a CMDB – a Config Management Data-Base. This is in order to record every IT asset your business has bought, still
Implementing DevOps in Your Daily Operation When it comes to DevOps very few organisations can compete with our partner Red Hat. They even offer extensive and freely available knowledge on the subject – that is the joy of working with The Open Organisation. What is DevOps? To quote Red Hat: DevOps uses source code management systems and automated testing software to simplify the development process, while automated build and deployment tools streamline the work of the operations team. DevOps is effectively
Defining Hybrid Working Hybrid Working is treated as the best of both worlds between working in a ‘traditional’ office environment and working at home, or in leased premises. Some organisations refer to this as Work From Anywhere, or Agile Working. In practice this has its own technical challenges but the main issue firms may face when adopting Hybrid Working will be cultural – is the organisation ready to accommodate the fact that staff may be working in a setting where
Agile Working using flexible solutions Many of our legal clients are facing significant challenges retaining their junior staff, as explored by Law and Broader founder Chrissie Wolfe. Many of these new hires are familiar with remote working, relaxed about data transfer and expect their employers to embrace more agile working practices such as only needing to be physically present in the office two days a week. Achieving this while maintaining high levels of service, accommodating for clients who require in-person
Cost effective IT for small business Small enterprise often have tight budgets but need to be able scale quickly when it comes to capabilities – this includes sustaining cashflow, staffing levels, and operational efficacy for IT systems. As a proud member of the FSB we have a deep awareness that small business don’t want a sales-pitch, they want a service delivered to their standard. You also abhor an unexpected cost – a supplier who acts like it isn’t ‘their problem’
Managed IT Services obfuscate costs As an IT Consultancy we at Hayachi Services reject the concept of Managed IT Services. We often work with Managed Service Providers (MSPs) to help them retain clients, and the churn of clients that many MSPs have is typical of the sector. As a small business you need two things from your IT Estate to ensure you can grow: stability and reliable service. This is more oft than not the opposite of what a Managed Service
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