There’s no denying that business technology is evolving at a rapid pace. Companies can either react as challenges happen and hope they can hang on for dear life or be proactive and have a strategy for their IT infrastructure.
When you get out in front of technology instead of struggling to keep up, your business can grow faster and become better optimized.
What do we mean by “better optimized?” It means to have technology that not only works as it should but also helps you in reaching your business goals for profitability.
Being digitally optimized can help businesses:
- Lower costs
- Reduce cloud waste
- Eliminate time-consuming manual processes
- Improve customer experience
- Free up more time by automating administrative tasks so staff can focus on revenue-generating tasks
- Prevent a potentially devastating cyberattack
- Protect data and ensure data privacy compliance (without high costs)
What Is the OST IT Services Buyer’s Guide?
Optimizing your technology sounds great, but many business owners don’t know where to begin. They are unsure how to put the foundational elements in place for a productive IT strategy and end up chasing one cloud app or IT solution after another trying to find the silver bullet of efficiency.
The OST IT Services Buyer’s Guide is designed to help you optimize the most important foundational area of your technology infrastructure… your choice for the IT provider you use.
Choosing the wrong IT provider can hamper your optimization efforts no matter what you do because the most important part of your entire IT strategy isn’t working as well as it should.
Our IT Services Buyer’s Guide (which is a free download) can help you ask the right questions and understand your technology infrastructure better. Which will help you make that infrastructure and your business run better in 2022.
Small businesses that optimize their use of technology earn 2x as much revenue per employee and have revenue growth nearly 4x as high as those that don’t.
IT Services Buyer’s Guide Overview
Following are some of the highlights of our IT Services Buyer’s Guide to give you an idea of how you can benefit from this helpful resource.
Technology Can Change Everything in Your Business
From the ability to take payments online any time of day or night to a ransomware infection that takes your business down for a week, technology can change everything in your business quickly.
Not understanding the full importance of having a technology strategy can leave your company at risk daily of poor productivity and a breach of data that cost your business significantly.
Understanding just how fast your business health and wellbeing can change because of technology is the first step to optimizing your use of technology.
Why Do Businesses Switch IT Service Providers in RI?
It’s easy to get into a habit of working with an IT provider that might not be serving you well and think, “Well, this is just the way it is for anyone” or “Things haven’t been perfect, but it will be a hassle to switch.”
Sticking with an IT provider that is just servicing your devices, but not helping you grow and evolve your use of technology can stagnate your business.
Learning why other companies switch IT providers can help you see that there are better options out there and encourage you to seek out a better IT partner for your technology strategy foundation.
Why You Should be Skeptical of all IT Support Companies
If you don’t ask the right questions and approach a new potential IT provider with skepticism, you can end up with a service provider that is going to do the minimal effort it takes to service your account.
They also may not know enough about new technologies and how they’re being used (AI, machine learning, automation, etc.) to give you proper guidance that can save your business money while fueling growth.
The OST IT Services Buyer’s Guide will provide those questions for you, so you know what you need to ask to find the perfect IT service partner.
What Every IT Support Company Wishes You Knew About IT
What you don’t know about IT support can hurt you when it comes to choosing the best IT provider for your needs. You might immediately go for the cheapest, not stopping to think that you get what you pay for.
Our buyer’s guide will teach you the important things you need to know, including concepts like the “support triangle,” which includes quality, price, and speed, and how it impacts your overall IT service choices.
Download the OST IT Services Buyer’s Guide Now
The team at OST prides itself on providing exceptional IT support and helping Rhode Island area companies use technology to optimize their business operations. Improve your IT in 2022 by downloading our IT Services Buyer’s Guide.
Want a one-on-one? Call 401-773-7766 to schedule a consultation or book a video call now.
