{"id":148662,"date":"2016-06-08T08:42:00","date_gmt":"2016-06-08T13:42:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ntegrait.com\/why-managed-it-services-makes-sense-for-growing-businesses\/"},"modified":"2024-02-06T11:46:07","modified_gmt":"2024-02-06T11:46:07","slug":"why-managed-it-services-makes-sense-for-growing-businesses","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ntegrait.com\/why-managed-it-services-makes-sense-for-growing-businesses\/","title":{"rendered":"Why Managed IT Services Makes Sense For Growing Businesses"},"content":{"rendered":"

If you’re growing a business and expect it to be prosperous and successful, then you need to seriously consider having an IT managed services provider overseeing your network security. It’s been true for many years, but especially these days, with all the instances of hacking, which have included ransomware. These can be very costly situations for any business venture, and you really can’t have “too much cybersecurity<\/a>.” Different levels of disaster recovery (DR) preparedness exist, and it’s important to know where your company is on that DR readiness scale. If your confidence level as a whole is not high, then you are likely not at a pro-active or resilient stage of DR preparedness. A good IT partner will analyze your readiness state, and suggest and implement the proper amount of upgrades required to get your IT network and data centers up to speed.<\/p>\n

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Business Growth Parallels IT Network Strength<\/strong><\/p>\n

Business growth parallels IT network resiliency. Your ability to weather disasters like fires, floods, power outages, as well as ransomware or other cyberattacks will predict or prescribe your company prosperity level. This is so because it has been well-documented that businesses at low levels of DR readiness waste comparatively large amounts of time scrambling for data backup and recovery methods — even in the event of power outages. Those companies who can skate right through disaster scenarios and continue to do business where others have no recovery time objectives or recovery point objectives (RTO and RPO) will see higher profitability.<\/p>\n

Don’t Put Off Optimum IT Security<\/strong><\/p>\n

Many startups, SMEs and even larger corporations will wait or defer the expense of optimizing their IT network systems and DR plan. This is a categorical mistake, like driving 100 miles per hour without a seat belt. Disaster can strike anytime, in various forms, including:<\/p>\n