Solutions Catalogue & Free IT Tips
Business information is often one of a business’ main assets, yet the risk of data loss through a catastrophic incident, corruption or theft may threaten the ability of your business to survive.
It’s something that no business owner wants to think about. What would happen if tomorrow all your information was gone? All of your client records, emails, financial records, documents, artwork and HR fi les totally destroyed, gone? History tells us that almost half (43%) of all businesses who suffer a catastrophic data loss will never reopen and even more will be out of business within a year.
Small businesses are among the most vulnerable because too-often they lack full-time IT support, which means backups may not be running, or may not be backing up all of your critical fi les.
Fortunately Computer Troubleshooters has easy Backup and Disaster Recovery (BDR) solutions ranging from simple, low-cost online backup options up to our fully managed BDR solution.
Purchasing new computers and hardware is easy, every retailer will sell you whatever they have in stock or on special. How do you know what is best for your business? At Computer Troubleshooters our business is managing IT networks and ongoing computer performance, we don’t derive the majority of our income from hardware sales. We can help design the right specifications for your needs on a holistic basis. If you purchase the hardware we will integrate it into your network.
In putting together a network solution, upgrade or a simple hardware addition we can help in recommending the solution, quote on purchasing (if required) and integrating. This includes migrating data from an old computer/server to new hardware.
Focusing on Small Business IT Services & Computer Networking Products our 2010 Solutions Catalogue covers area such as Network and Computer repairs, Backup & Disaster Recovery,Internet Security & Protection, Networking & Systems, Computer Hardware & Accessories, Telecommunications, BEST Managed Services, Cloud Computing, & Host home Managed Services plus our Preferred Vendors in each category. Our focus as a group is to provide great support to Small Business & solutions that help our customers get the most out of their IT.
We strive to be the Trusted IT Advisor to Small business in Australia.
Our 2010 IT Tax Tips provides a range of tax effective ways for Small Business & Home use customers to consider their IT support expenses and hardware investments in a tax effective manner in the lead up to the 2009/2010 end of financial year. Small Business in particular can take advantage of a number of tax incentives and rebates that apply to Computer Support and Computer Hardware, obviously we recommend consulting your tax advisor for specific advice for your individual situation.
Many businesses are finding benefi ts in not “owning” their hardware and remotely accessing software applications. Through a licensing agreement from a large provider they can experience scalability, fl exibility and ease of setup. The applications themselves are “hosted” in secure data rooms accessed by staff through an internet connection. Access to servers can also be rented saving on setup,maintenance,
security and facility rooms cost.
Are you suffering from slow computer performance ?
When you turn on the computer is the startup time slow ?
Is your computer slow to to open programs ?
Does you computer take time doing calculations and turning pages ?
Do you feel something like your computer is much slower than it ran before ?
Here are a few tips on improving your computer's operating performance -
Keeping your business in business is our business. Service on demand is our most
flexible service offering, simply call us whenever you need us for services such as:
- New equipment - Sales and installation. Data transfers from old to new systems
- Hardware - Installations, setups, repairs, routine maintenance and tune-ups.
- Software - Licensing, installation, upgrades and troubleshooting.
- Networks - Fixed and wireless, installation, support and troubleshooting.
- Server networks - Design, installation, support and maintenance.
- Email and internet - Setup, assistance and spam protection.
- Security - Internet (virus/spyware/trojans/malware) protection and removal.
- Data protection - Backups, storage and data recovery.
- Web - Website Design and hosting.
- Mobile email - Windows mobile, iphone and Blackberry setups and maintenance.
Anti-virus software is no longer enough. Every business needs a Security Strategy to protect their valuable information and integrity of their computer systems. Computer Troubleshooters can design a solution based specifi cally on your businesses requirements.
A recent survey revealed while 76% of users thought they had internet protection only 42% actually did!
Increasingly business customers are also focused on employee productivity with the rise of social networking sites, instant messaging and gaming. Internet bandwidth management has become increasingly important as data transfers of music and movies grow exponentially, with business expected to carry the cost of employee downloads. If you have an escalating internet bill this may be why. This is when you need a Trusted IT Advisor to find a solution.
As your Trusted IT Advisor we strive to offer a complete IT solution for your business. As such we have developed additional services based on requests from our business clients. Some of these are handled locally, others are handled by dedicated and prescreened specialists around the country.
These services include:
With the growth of electronic photography and video we now have many of our personal memories and records in digital form. Plus we also expect our home PC to perform much like our business computers. Unfortunately we often forget the value of this personal information until it is too late or we think it is too expensive to have our home computers regularly maintained.
Our clients liked our BEST business plans so much that they asked for something similar to manage their home computers, so we created H.O.S.T. (Home & Office Support Technology). Based on similar technology to BEST, our inexpensive HOST plans give you peace of mind without breaking your wallet.
If IT plays a critical role in your business to the point where you lose business operations or continuity if your computer or networks fail, you need to consider a more proactive approach to your IT management by using managed services to reduce the risk of business losses.
What really happens when your technology lets you down? How much staff time is wasted dealing with slow computers or system crashes? And if your system crashes, how do you recover your data? If you don’t know these answers you need a Trusted IT Advisor.
That’s why we created Business Enhanced Support Technology (B.E.S.T.), the industry’s leading managed services support plan for small businesses.
When a business or a home office consists of more than one person, questions arise about how to share critical business information and technology resources such as printers. Most small businesses start to link computers together with a network and are unaware that the benefits of a ‘server’ computer may actually be within their budget.
But why do you actually need a server - we thought we would summarise a few tips so you could judge for yourself if you need a server.
In a world where communications are constantly evolving, how do you improve your ability to communicate with your staff, your customers and the outside world? Internet and email access has changed vastly in the last few years with increased wireless and smartphone usability combined with massive improvements in data speeds and allowances.
Have you reviewed your teleco bills from your current provider in the last 2 years? If you haven’t you are almost assured you can save signifi cant amounts.