Choosing Computer Management Services to Avoid Dealing with IT Issues Yourself

choosing computer management services to avoid dealing with it issues yourself

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Computer Managed Services

You might be a company that’s avoided computer managed services in the last year because you normally handle IT issues yourself, or through an in-house tech team. But an IT issue might have developed recently, and you realized just how much time it takes dealing with IT issues. Even if you rely on your IT tech team in fixing problems, you still had to take time to get staff coordinated.

It gets worse when something happens on a weekend and IT staff isn’t available to take care of a problem in a hurry. You perhaps had some experience with this. Then you know how challenging it is to bring someone in to fix the issue without paying them overtime. Even if they perhaps fixed the problem, paying overtime becomes expensive when you’re trying to cut corners on your budget.

An on-site IT team is expensive overall on your payroll. Especially when technicians don’t always spring to action unless something goes wrong.

Things ultimately go wrong at the worst possible times in the IT world. You’re possibly at a point now where you’re simply tired of dealing with it. With your workload likely huge, taking time to deal with an IT issue is really a back-breaker when you’re overwhelmed with other work.

What you need is excellent computer management working behind the scenes without being obtrusive.

Keeping Your Computers Running Optimally Behind the Scenes

Here at 4 Corner IT, we offer an excellent computer management solution. It works internally so you don’t have to worry about calling in IT techs at inconvenient times. Our team monitors your system 24/7 and takes care of issues before they get out of control. We also use prevention tools from the beginning so it prevents the worst issues from ever developing.

We’re additionally there as IT support when you need us by phone or in person. There isn’t any waiting around to get an issue addressed when you need your computers running optimally at all times. Even better, computer management places all your IT issues in our hands so you focus on your own work.

Taking away IT burdens when you’re tired of dealing with them regularly is the best gift for yourself and your company this year.

Contact us here at 4 Corner IT to learn about the management services we provide. This also includes cloud services so you’re prepared for the worst possible disasters.

What Managed Services Have to Say about Anti-Virus and Malware Protection

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Is it Worth it to Invest in Anti-Virus and Malware Protection?

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You may be surprised to hear it, but many businesses still struggle with viruses and malware. A lot of focus has recently been shifted over to cyber crime, particularly because of the development of the cloud. But the reality is that many businesses still haven’t secured their equipment to protect against viruses that have been around for years.

Of course, you’d be hard-pressed to find a business that has absolutely no anti-virus or malware protection. The problem isn’t that they’re not aware of such issues, but rather that they’re not thorough in protecting against them.

An example of this is running an anti-virus scanner during work hours. This may sound like a good idea since employees will be there to take care of any detected viruses. But what really happens? Employees are disrupted by the scanner and just turn it off. A recent Tech Advisory article explains how this happens:

“These days, it is essential that you have anti-virus, malware, and spyware scanners installed on all machines and devices in your company and that you take the time to configure these properly. It could be that scans are scheduled during business hours, or they just aren’t updated. If you install these solutions onto your systems, and they start to scan during work time, most employees will just turn the scanner off thus leaving systems wide-open.”

So even if you have anti-virus software installed, you’ll want to make sure that it’s configured right. In addition, try to run the scanners at a time when employees aren’t at the computer. This way there’s no one there to cancel the scan.

This is an easy step that businesses can take to avoid a common problem. After all, they say that you’re supposed to work smarter, not harder.

If you’d like to talk more about managed services or anything else, contact us. Thanks.

Managed Services for IT: Eliminating Old IT Approaches in Favor of Proactive Solutions

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Managed Services for IT

Utilizing managed services for IT may have crossed your mind lately as you continually face the problems of other IT teams who you rely on to fix technical issues. In-house teams, especially, can be a major dilemma for companies.

It makes it more challenging when you’ve had that in-house team on your payroll for years and probably treat those people like family. But then, you’re likely having numerous headaches due to their response in fixing things properly.

You also have the issue of outside IT teams that only fix things when they happen.

What kind of issues will you be dealing with here that could be made so much easier if you hired an IT support and management service?

In-House IT Team Knowledge

Yes, knowledge is the key here in how IT issues get properly fixed. Because your IT team has been with you for possibly a decade or more, they have no field experience of what’s really going on in the real world of technology. While they may know basically from reading, first-hand experience working with it is a different story.

When all they know is your own systems, there could be a new technical problem developing they don’t understand how to fully fix. It’s possible they may fix it temporarily, then the same problems keep occurring afterward. After the same issue keeps recurring, you must know that your in-house team isn’t quite up to what they were when you first hired them.

However, be careful if you end up going to an outside IT company that charges one-time fees for a service.

Services Charges by Other Vendors

Many IT companies that don’t provide managed services will simply scalp you by fixing one problem and charging you a fortune to do it. Despite these teams having field experience, why hire someone that charges so much when you can hire a company that manages your systems all the time and gives you 24/7 support besides?

Here at 4 Corner IT, our managed services and IT support provides affordable rates so you can have an affordable plan and still gain the benefits of solving tech issues. That’s because we use proactive solutions to help prevent any problems from developing in the first place. Prevention is going to be the key to preventing any kind of IT issues, and it’s a smarter and different approach to how it works with other IT teams.

At the same time, you get tiered support plans from us that can go from basic on up to managing all your technology products throughout your company. This works for both the small and large business, so never get into the mindset that IT problems can’t happen to you. Without proper management of IT, anything can happen, including vulnerabilities in lack of security.

Contact us here at 4 Corner IT so we can tell you more about our IT support and management services. Let’s get started taking care of things early before they create any severe downtime.

Managed Services Support You and Your Business Breakthrough

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According to a recent article from Forbes, the anatomy of a business breakthrough can be defined in three simple steps: intention, peeling off the layers of the known, and getting inspiration from outside sources. The article offers, as an example, Jack Andraka — a 15 year old who created a faster, more accurate test for pancreatic cancer.

Jack’s intention came from a personal tragedy. His uncle was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer when it was too late to do anything to save his life. Jack wanted to find a way that doctors could test for this cancer early enough for medical treatment to be effective.

Jack set about peeling off the layers of the known by evaluating every bit of current information about what guides a diagnosis of pancreatic cancer. His inspiration from an outside source? An article he was reading one day about carbon nanotubes. The source had nothing to do with the diagnostic tools for pancreatic cancer.

Jack, however, had spent a lot of time gathering information about the disease and the test that discovers it. And his breakthrough moment came when he realized that carbon nanotubes could be used in the task of diagnosing pancreatic cancer.

Jack’s eureka moment, though unusual given his young age, is not unusual in-and-of-itself. Eureka moments happen in business and science every day. Perhaps you are even on the brink of your own eureka moment. And perhaps, if you could focus a bit less time on your business technology and a little more time on your business itself, that moment would come.

4 Corner IT supports the pursuit of your business breakthough. Our managed services ensure that the technology you need is running as efficiently as it can and that there is a disaster recovery plan in place so that, in the event something happens to your equipment or your data, you can be up and running again quickly.

For more information about managed IT services from 4 Corner IT and how we can save your time and protect your information while offering you the best in technology solutions, contact us.

Focus on Support When Choosing a Backup and Disaster Recovery Service Provider

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computer-supportNowadays there are several cloud computing companies that can offer you a disaster recovery service provider.

With so many different providers to choose from, oftentimes businesses are not sure which one to pick. Some factors, such as location and price, are intuitive and self-explanatory, while other factors, such as slight differences in plans and technology, require more research.

Is a Backup and Disaster Recovery Plan worth It?

One factor that businesses cannot overlook by any means is support. Typically, when a business opts for managed IT services, they are admitting that they don’t have a professional knowledge of them. Therefore, they should select a service provider that is willing to walk them through everything and assist them through any troubleshooting.

recent LinkedIn article discusses the factors that businesses should consider when selected a disaster recovery service provider. The article explains that the best service providers offer support at anytime and are willing to assist their clients through times of trouble:

“The best DRaaS providers deliver service around-the-clock. They bring experience and expertise to the table and allow you to choose from a full suite of support options like designing and testing the DR plan, notifying you of any problems and restoring your environment after a disaster.”

When searching for disaster recovery service providers, it’s important to note the level of support they promise. If it’s important to your business, then be sure to only select a service provider that is willing to go above and beyond in terms of assisting your business.

At 4 Corner IT, we are proud of our excellent technology and our resources, but we believe that we differentiate ourselves in terms of the support we provide for our clients. We’re willing to adapt to your company’s workflow so that our assistance is efficient and effective. We focus on your business as much as we focus on our technology, and are dedicated to helping your business grow and prosper.

If you would like more information about disaster recovery, contact us.