How To Identify Your IT Needs
Most organizations have a feel for their broad gaps. But when it comes to accurately pinpointing the focused needs of your company, it requires more than just gut.
Follow this proven process to detect and determine your specific consultative requirements.
Top Causes For Needing An IT Consultant When You Need To…
1. Define Your Patching Schedule
One of the first question we are sure to ask the internal team during the early stages of needs assessment are details surrounding your patching schedule. This helps us understand when the last patch was, how you organize updates, and what critical areas require implementation immediately.
2. Design Application Support
What is the age of the current applications being used by your organization? How much time is spend “trying to make” applications work? This is a key area that we dive into with regards to how applications are managed on an ongoing basis.
3. Detail Your Cyber Security Plan
There’s a lot of vulnerability for organizations that have not outlined a cyber security plan. Without consistent execution of proactive and routine scans, there isn’t a threshold to keep cyber criminals from stealing data or causing damage. Your plan, or lack of a plan, tells us how much risk you face and what actions need to be taken.
4. Decide Your Disaster Recovery
In the event of a disaster, due to natural causes or man-made mistakes, what recovery processes are in place to restore required systems? If there is a lack of planning, this reveals a potential risk when disaster does strike.
As an organization, it’s important to not just limit yourself to IT, but to think beyond technology and how your business is run. The ultimate question you need to answer is where you want to be as a business and what you hope to achieve. If you’re a government agency or retail, for example, don’t just think about your current customers or end users. Think bigger!
“Many organizations are starting to notice they must now pay attention to security,” says Koerner. “With concerns over websites being hacked or not having a good posture in front of their intellectual property, there’s an overall vulnerability awareness that drives organizations to seek solutions for better control over their information.”
Get The 6 Steps To Choosing The Right Managed IT Service Provider.
“Choosing the wrong partner can waste your time, take considerable investment, and divert your resources to accomplish goals that may not be the best ones.“
There are six steps to choosing the right managed IT service provider for your organization. Walk through these steps with your internal team to assess your IT needs, team requirements, methods, and how to get started!
Information and Technology should help your business. Not hold it back.
When managed properly, technology software, hardware, and services can be powerful tools for any business. They can multiply staff impact, create efficiencies, and give you a competitive advantage. But when it’s not well-managed, IT services can be a source of frustration and wasted time and energy.
Businesses of all sizes, in all markets, have trusted Enterprise Solutions Consulting for more reliable, better performing, more cost-effective IT support services. Contact Enterprise Solutions Consulting to start the conversation.