Today's Business Challenges
IT Solutions vs. Today’s Business Challenges
“Computers That Byte is a Leading IT Services Provider for Small Businesses.”
Imaging trying to drive your vehicle without a gear shift, steering wheel, accelerator or brake pedals, and no rear view mirror. Sure, once you started it up and gained a little momentum, you’d eventually get somewhere, but would it be where you wanted to go? Would the efforts of your journey justify where you ended up?
Now imagine that your business is that out-of-control vehicle. You’ve started it up and you’re starting to gain a little momentum, but since your Information Technology (IT) systems are inadequate, you have no ability to navigate throughout the business environment and avoid some of the pitfalls in your path. You can’t monitor your competition, maintain relationships with your clients, move around obstacles many others seem to avoid, and you can’t get ahead of the pack.
Smooth-running, custom designed and secure information technology (IT) systems form a solid foundation and provide a strong competitive advantage that will help make your business successful. All the controls to get your business where you want it to be in the safest, most cost effective way are at your fingertips. What’s more, a work environment built on a reliable technology infrastructure has a direct and positive effect on profitability by enhancing customer service, improving productivity, and streamlining communications.
In today’s high-speed technically advanced business environment, Information Technology is no longer a luxury. It has evolved into a crucial necessity to any successful business venture. Unfortunately, IT is not a core competency for most small businesses, so sustaining an internal IT department can be inefficient, costly and non-productive.
Computers That Byte is a leading provider of IT Support Services for small to medium sized businesses. Our experience and expertise can advance your business success by helping you to better utilize, manage or improve your technology systems. We offer a wide range of technology services that can help you address whatever business challenges might surface, and rise above the competition.
Growing your Business
“Computers That Byte's IT Services can help grow your business faster and with less risk.”
Many small business entrepreneurs hope for exponential growth within a specific period of time. Still other, less aggressive business ventures plan for moderate but steady growth continuing over a long period of time. It is fairly safe to say that all businesses strive to be successful and profitable. No matter which road one chooses, it begins with finding prospects, converting them into loyal clients, and attracting professional long-term employees.
IT systems should play a critical role in all growth strategies including name and brand recognition through sales and marketing campaigns, advertising strategies, and lead generation. IT solutions improve productivity by enabling communication, collaboration, and information mining that promotes employee innovation.
Beneath it all, there needs to be a robust and accessible store of information - a data base - about the prospects you generate and the relationships you build with them. This store of information must to be secure but remain accessible to all who depend upon it. Executives and staff within the building as well as sales associates and remote managers must have easy and dependable access to the information that is the lifeblood of your business.
Merely installing some out-of-the-box or cookie cutter IT package simply won’t do. Although it may work somewhat successfully for a short time, it will never grow and expand along with your business and, in the end, stifle your business’s growth and success. Computers That Byte's trained and experienced consultants will help you to select, deploy, and manage the IT solutions you need to successfully grow your business.
IT Strategic Planning
“Computers That Byte can help you build an ongoing IT strategy for your business without the need for a CIO.”
Strategic planning is crucial to any start-up and just as important to maintain success once your business is established. Strategic IT planning is just as vital. IT systems will help to establish and streamline customer service, accelerate time to market for new products or services and reduce operational costs through task automation.
Although IT systems should be an integral part of any business venture, they can represent a significant cost. And, since there are a myriad of choices available, it is imperative to select the right hardware, software and services for your business. The system you select must meet the needs of your business today, but have the flexibility and versatility to grow with you in order to meet tomorrow’s business needs, and do it all within budgetary parameters.
Making the best technology decisions requires knowledge, experience and understanding. Knowledge of today’s cutting edge hardware and software solutions, the experience of having designed and implemented highly successful IT systems, and understanding your specific technology needs all play an important roll.
Misguided IT decisions usually result in poor system performance, system breakdowns, poor communication, poor accessibility to vital business information, and vulnerability to security breaches. Rather than staying ahead of your competition, you sit by the wayside and watch them breeze by.
Computers That Byte’s consultants will help to devise a strategic IT plan for your business. We will show you how to stabilize and secure your current environment, and work with you to plan for the future of your business and recommend the most appropriate IT strategy. What’s most important, we’ll do all this without the financial burden of a full-time IT staff or CIO.
Increasing Productivity
“CTB can recommend IT solutions to increase productivity with optimum ROI.”
In today’s economy, critical ingredients to success include productivity and cost effectiveness. Perhaps one of the biggest considerations for any growing business is the cost of employee wages and benefits. Information Technology helps to improve employee efficiency and has been a major driver in economic expansion over the last 30 years. The ability to automate processes and providing secure “anywhere” access to critical data are just two of the ways productivity can be increased. This kind of technology has allowed smaller businesses to compete effectively with larger companies while reducing their costs.
For example, secure access to company information or data via laptops, PDAs or other remote technologies can help workers who are out of the office to function with the same productivity as if they were in the office. They can access or update information in the same way and perform their job functions as if they were at their desks.
Conversely, many small businesses have invested in technology but have failed to see the projected returns. These are classic examples of poorly made decisions due to the lack of understanding of the full requirements of a particular system or its operation; in other words, selecting the wrong IT solution.
Computers That Byte does not manufacturer IT software or hardware. Our recommendations are solely based on our experience and knowledge of the vast array of solutions available and understanding the specific needs of our clients.
Coping with Change - Moves, Expansions or Acquisitions
“CTB will help you to adapt your IT systems to your new environment.”
As a growing business becomes more successful, major changes usually become necessary. Whether it’s a move to larger facilities, addition of a satellite location, increasing production capacity or even the acquisition of a competitor, change is usually necessitated by growth.
These growth periods provide an excellent opportunity to “take stock” of the company’s IT infrastructure and support model. Change can facilitate the relocation of servers, the set-up of wired or wireless networks, establishment of remote access and a host of other upgrades or modifications to your IT system to continue growth and productivity.
It’s also a good time to evaluate IT support solutions. Do you have the support you need to maintain continued growth and profitability? Do you or your staff have the experience and expertise to integrate two IT environments to become stronger and more productive after an acquisition or merger?
Computers That Byte will help you to navigate these changes smoothly and efficiently, turning yours into a more efficient and productive IT environment. Contact CTB today to see how we can help prepare your company for tomorrow.