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IT for Small Business

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Small Businesses need to do Monitoring and Maintenance of their computers, networks, and software, just like the big folks do using their IT staff. The costs of an unprotected computer system failure can be fatal for a small business.
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Purpose

Value of, and Necessity for, IT Monitoring and Maintenance for a Small Business.

Larger Businesses have responsible IT employees or IT Department

Small Business: Not immune from Computer problems --more exposed, actually

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Computers are not Refrigerators

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Refrigerator

Consequences of Failure : Melted, spoiled - $100-200?

Maintenance - Low - Dust Bunnies

Lifetime - 20 years ?

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Call Joe Fedor

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Computers are not cars

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Automobile

Consequences of Failure? Inconvenience, car rental, repair bill

Periodic Maintenance: 2 - 3 months? Lube Oil Filter; 50,000 mile job

Lifetime 3 - 8 years ?

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Call Ron Jacoby

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Microsoft Airplanes?

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Airplane

Consequences of Failure : Big Time

Maintenance - Daily... Every 10 hours...Every ...

Inspections - Every Flight, Every Day?

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Call God

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A Computer in Business

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Computer

Consequences of Failure: $$$ - Lost Business, Time & $$$ to Repair, Restore, Replace Data

Maintenance - Dust Bunnies, Backups, Backups, Backups, Updates

Inspections - Event Log (Errors), Backups, AntiVirus/Malware

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Now What?

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What doe$ it feel like?

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Viewpoint

It is not “IF your computer crashes...”

It is “WHEN your computer crashes ...”

What are the consequences? $$$...

How long to Repair, Restore, Replace?

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MONITORING

Maintenance Requires Monitoring

Did the Backups Run?

Are there new/unusual errors in the log?

Are there any new Updates available?

Is the Anti-Malware working?

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Caveat

Monitoring and Maintenance are not a luxury, they are an essential, if you want to stay in business.

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Good Referrals

Businesses with 2 to 10 computers, without an IT employee/contractor

Service Providers

Startups

Businesses that had a”bad experience” with their IT provider

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