Jeremy Wanamaker | Jan 24, 2023
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IT problems are frustrating, productivity-sapping, and totally avoidable.
Many business owners end up believing that common technology problems are simply a cost of doing business in a modern business environment so totally reliant and driven by information technology. But that’s not the case. Each and every one of your IT issues is solvable.
To that end, we’ll take a look at common technology issues in business – and the best way to solve them.
With these common problems with IT fixed, your business will be able to reach new heights of productivity and efficiency.
$9,000 per minute. That’s how much your business stands to lose – on average – during an unplanned network outage, according to one study.
While that number is being inflated somewhat by multi-billion dollar entities like Facebook, even for small- and medium-sized businesses, you can stand to lose hundreds, if not thousands, of dollars for every minute your network goes down.
That’s because keeping your employees productive means keeping your network up and running. If it goes down, that essentially brings all business workflows (for most industries) to a total halt. Even slow internet can cripple the overall productivity of your business, over time leading to massive revenue drain.
This is one of the most costly problems with IT when unaddressed. The solution, however, is rather simple: if your business faces recurring network slowdowns and work stoppages, have your network assessed by expert network technicians.
They’ll be able to identify the root causes of these issues and put a stop to them. That means no more outages, no more slow performance. This not only helps your business end its expensive downtime, but also helps boost morale among your workers; no more aggressive, futile tapping of a computer screen hoping to jolt the network back to life.
Cyber attacks are proliferating. In 2021, the FBI encountered almost 900,000 individual complaints of suspected cybercrime. And these attacks aren’t focused exclusively on large companies; hackers have begun targeting small and medium businesses with increasing regularity and are, in fact, more targeted than larger corporations.
This increased focus on small businesses is due to the fact that, while the potential payout is less, smaller businesses tend to be far less protected. The stakes are high: The United States Securities and Exchange Commission released a report that estimated that half of the small businesses that suffer a cyberattack go out of business within six months as a result.
Without the proper cyber security defenses in place, your business is vulnerable.
The best way to counteract this issue is to implement cyber security protections like:
To name a few.
What’s more, you need active and reliable teams in place that are able to address security risks the second they appear. For instance, should a breach be identified at night, it’s not good enough to deal with it the next morning during regular business hours; you need effective solutions implemented immediately to prevent data loss and other catastrophic outcomes.
One of the most potentially dangerous IT problems in business is data loss.
Data has become vital to so many businesses, powering them forward and forming a foundational pillar of most businesses’ operations.
Consider this: say you run a roofing company – data’s not all that important to you, right? After all, you specialize in roof repairs, a centuries-old industry. But consider what would happen if you lost all your client contact info. As well as invoicing records. And also, you don’t have any of your electronic records and receipts for tax purposes. And payroll’s gone, too. As well as employee contact information.
This would be difficult to bounce back from – in fact, many businesses never do.
While cyber security and limiting access to your data are helpful, not all data loss is due to hackers. Sometimes it’s accidentally deleted, and other times your hardware (if you’re storing data on physical hard drives) can malfunction or even be destroyed by natural disasters like a flood.
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Business continuity planning can counteract this potentially calamitous IT problem.
Data backups, disaster recovery plans, and cloud storage can all help to ensure that, no matter what comes, your business data is protected at all times.
Easily one of the most common technology problems, scaling your technology to meet growing business needs is difficult yet critical.
Technology issues in business related to scalability can severely hamper productivity if not proactively addressed. It can lead to your business being unable to service more clients as it expands, or to lose clients as workloads increase and your technology lags behind. .
Proactive planning makes scaling problems with IT pretty much a non-issue.
Consider working with a CIO or a much more affordable (and often more experienced) vCIO.
A vCIO (virtual CIO) doesn’t mean working with some sentient AI, but instead getting help from a managed services provider that can help you develop long-term IT strategies and roadmaps. That way, you can take proactive steps to:
That way, you can more effortlessly scale your business technology to meet your evolving needs.
If you want to avoid these common technology problems, you need an experienced and elite technology partner.
Complete Network has years of experience providing industry-leading services for businesses of all types and sizes. We offer both comprehensive IT services and supplemental services plans, catered to meet your business’s precise needs – with not a penny of your IT budget wasted
Get in touch with us today to find out how we can help supercharge your IT environment while reducing your costs.
In an ideal world, technology would be a consistent source of competitive advantage and benefit for small and midsized businesses. The reality is that many fail to realize that confidence.
Without the right resources and support, even a highly skilled technology team can become overwhelmed by the growing list of technology management duties. When important tasks get neglected, it creates ripple effects throughout an organization that damage productivity and efficiency.
The co-managed IT services model solves these problems by providing your existing IT team with all the support and resources they need to successfully plan, manage, and defend your network technology.
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