Proactive IT Doesn’t Have to Be Hard

Some businesses have infinite technology troubles, and to be quite honest, it’s because they don’t have a good strategy in place to prevent them. Think about it; the best way to keep your technology operational is to prevent issues from surfacing over time, right? You can do just that with these three methods to prevent big technology problems.

Detect Problems Early On

With a proactive approach, managed by solid IT professionals, you can keep most issues from advancing into bigger and more dangerous problems. This isn’t a difficult task, either; you just need monitoring systems to keep track of your infrastructure and detect potential symptoms of problems, like a slow computer or a sneaky-looking file. Combine this approach with regular updates and clean-ups, and you have a solid approach to keeping your technology working the way it should.

Minimize Security Risks

Network security can be tough for businesses who don’t have the resources to hire a full in-house team of cybersecurity professionals. In reality, you just need IT resources, like our technicians at BSGtech. We like to recommend you implement layers of security rather than just one.

Here’s what we recommend:

• A good firewall.
• Protection on each computer.
• Scanners for emails.
• Making secret information unreadable to thieves.

Make it more difficult for hackers to get in, and you’ll experience fewer attacks. It’s not rocket science.

Plan for Anything

Bad things happen to good people, and they can happen to you, too, if you’re not careful. Whether it’s a power surge or a cybersecurity breach, you can never be too careful with your data. You need to have a plan to back up and restore your data at a moment’s notice so that the unexpected doesn’t sink your business preemptively.

Data backup and disaster recovery is only the first step, though; you need to routinely test your backups and the recovery process to ensure it works should the need arise. This kind of comprehensive backup solution is available through BSGtech, and we’d love to help you implement it.

It Doesn’t Take Much to Mitigate Problems

While it might seem like we’re dismissing the amount of work that goes into keeping your business technology problem-free, the fact remains that, if your business is handling it all properly, it shouldn’t be a lot of effort on your part. That’s why you have us to help handle the technology problems and implementations, all the heavy lifting that you don’t have time for, so you can focus on running your business.

Sound like something you’d be interested in? Give us a call to learn more at (866) 546-1004.