Business IT Evolution

Many new business ventures start off with little or no complexity and few staff. The business owner has a concept that they believe will work, dreams up a company name and gets excited about designing a logo and business card.

Depending on the product or service, they may already have developed a website and thought about email addresses. Typically, they begin working from home or small premises with an internet connection, basic email account, a mobile phone and tons of enthusiasm.

Their computer is often a laptop with free antivirus and no backup solution. Systems are generally simple with and as they move through stages of "excited", "reality check", "somewhat hopeful", then to “Hey, this might be working!”

Companies change as they experience growth, adding staff, purchasing specialised software solutions and requiring more from their hardware and network. As the complexity increases the business develops systems, procedures & policies to provide a level of control and monitoring.

What we find, is with the increase activity and demands on the business owners time (and resources) their network and cyber security is often overlooked.

This is why Computer Culture strongly recommend getting your IT provider involved at an early stage so that they can provide IT solutions that are scalable and adaptable to the businesses changing needs.

These solutions will cover:

• Network design, device patching and user management
• Protection from viruses, malware and hackers
• Remote accessibility and setting up others to work remotely
• Data storage, protection and backup
• User cyber awareness training and education
• Disaster Recovery Plan

Addressing these requirements involves an array of solutions with customisation for each organisation. Having regular reviews and sticking to upgrade cycles are important to maintain the level of protection.

Please contact our sales team if you would like to know more about this assessment process.