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The break-fix cycle of IT is a well-known drain on business profit, but some companies have yet to move away from it. They just assume that if their technology is working fine, it’s not costing the business anything. This is far from true, and the true cost of this is rooted in the amount of billable hours, emergency repair premiums, and staff frustration your company endures.

Remember the good old days? You had an IT problem, you called your Managed Service Provider (MSP), and they’d swoop in to save the day. Maybe they’d fix your server, patch a system, or help you set up a new laptop. It was reliable, necessary, and... well, a bit reactive.

Most business owners view remote work as a perk they begrudgingly handed out during a crisis and now want to claw back. They see it as a compromise on productivity.

Does the new year have your business relocating offices sometime in the next 6 to 12 months? One of the most expensive mistakes a business can make when moving is treating IT like the last box to be packed (or unpacked). Instead of running the risk that your IT won't work as intended in your new space, we’ve compiled the three most important IT considerations for your new office location so your team can hit the ground running.

As a technology expert who has watched the digital transformation of businesses that you never thought would do it, I’ve seen one department consistently struggle: Human Resources. HR is the side of the business that needs some consistency. Whatever else happens, HR has to handle the people-side of a business while buried under compliance forms, payroll disputes, and whatever else they are confronted with. This environment is a recipe for burnout.

How often do you find your day, meant to be spent on running your business, instead being spent on keeping your business running? How frequently do you see your day being eaten away by all the minor issues and interruptions that arise?

As an IT expert who has spent years under the hood of various professional service firms, I’ve noticed a recurring pattern. Many lawyers are brilliant at practicing law but are often held back by a digital anchor; outdated servers, fragmented files, and manual billing processes that eat away at billable hours.

Disruptions to your operations are no longer a possibility, but an inevitability. Situations like natural disasters, major IT failures, and security breaches happen every day for businesses all over the world, and you can bet that each of them is scrambling to minimize downtime to keep their reputations and bottom lines in check. What they might not know is that a business continuity strategy is at the heart of any successful recovery, and despite what you might think, it’s easier to carry out than you might suspect.

Does your business technology drive you up the wall with uncertainty? Are you reacting to IT problems when you would instead prefer to proactively leverage technology to drive your business’ growth? It’s not your fault; it’s the result of a phenomenon known as the Executive IT Gap, and it’s keeping you trapped in an endless cycle of reactive, costly, and inefficient technology decisions that are slowing your business down.

If and when an employee departs from your business, they should go through a comprehensive offboarding process. This process should include the physical handoff of keys, laptops, and any other assets or resources they used during their employment with your business. While it’s easy enough to collect these physical items, it’s harder to shore up your business on the digital side of things.