Wednesday, December 19, 2012

Managed Network Services

As a business owner your time is precious and so is the money you spend on your business. Making sure that every penny is spent properly in an area that will best serve your business is important for continued success. Perhaps this is why so many business owners spend countless hours debating on how to move forward managing their network.

Keeping full-time IT professionals on staff is an extremely costly venture and with remote networking services available many business owners of all sizes are opting to go with managed network services. Not only are these services much more affordable than keeping an IT team on staff but business owners get peace of mind knowing that there is someone monitoring their networks 24/7 and can fix the vast majority of problems from an off-site location.

While an IT professional working in an office will spend countless hours working with firewalls, data backup, routing, troubleshooting, and even network monitoring, off-site managed networking services do this round-the-clock without ever necessitating that business owners pay overtime for such services. While managed network services aren't always the best option for some businesses the vast majority of businesses, both large and small, will benefit greatly from such services.

If your a business owner who is looking to cut those high IT costs, be sure to contact us and ask us about our managed network services. We can help your business save money and be more efficient at the same time.

TH2 specializes in Orange County IT Support, Orange County IT Services and Orange County Computer Support.

Friday, December 7, 2012

A Business On The Cutting Edge: IT Consultations

With the ever shrinking IT department being part of today's business world many business managers and owners find themselves in a conundrum. Having fewer IT professionals on the books and working in-house means that smaller teams must handle more work than ever. In some cases such scenarios can lead to a decrease in overall productivity and even costly networking fixes when a small team hits the proverbial wall and can no longer handle the tasks that a large team normally does.

When business managers and owners find themselves in this spot they tend to panic and will sometimes erroneously spend thousands of dollars on services aimed to fix the problems that their small team either could not fix themselves or are responsible for. There are solutions out there however that aim to help businesses with small IT staffs save time, money, and even increase network optimization and productivity throughout an office.

Any business that has stuck to the old way of doing things for far too long can benefit greatly from the services offered by a reputable IT consulting firm. Moreover so can those businesses that have continued to run poorly optimized networks for years on end. When business and its small IT staff work with an IT consulting firm new perspectives and ideas are introduced with the ultimate goal being a streamlined and efficient network. IT staffs will also benefit from IT consulting because new technologies and new information will be shared. This is effectively no different than sending a small IT staff back-to-school albeit at a much lower cost. Businesses that hire an IT consulting firm will find that the networks become less expensive to maintain, they'll have lower base costs, and are less likely to have incidents of errors and failures.

One of the biggest benefits to come from working with an IT consulting firm are cloud solutions. Cloud solutions essentially allow a business to store their data off-site and through the use of their computers browsers. It is an extremely cost efficient tool and when properly applied it will save businesses the hassles and high costs of on-site storage. It also helps reduce incidents and the risks associated with data loss.

In addition to cloud solutions IT consultation firms will also introduce businesses of to all types of cutting-edge technology, all of which are designed to help improve network functionality and productivity. Computing technology advances at a rapid rate and businesses can find themselves and the technology they employ obsolete in the blink of an eye. When working with an IT consultation firm however businesses will always be kept on the forefront of technology which will help their business, customers, and employees stay current and perhaps even one step ahead of the game.

TH2 specializes in Orange County IT services, Orange County IT company and San Diego IT Services.

Shared Printing Devices

Both businesses and home users with multiple computers in their home can benefit greatly from utilizing a shared printer over a network. Not only does utilizing a single printer across one network negate the need to purchase multiple printers but it also cuts down on maintenance and repair costs as well as there is just one machine that needs help.

Integrating a new printer into an existing network, either home or business, can be a complicated process however and is one that can be frustrating for both savvy and un-savvy individuals. While home networks are generally much smaller than business networks introducing a new printer into such a network and making sure that all computers on a network recognize the new device is only half the battle. There are of course software issues to deal with and even operating system upgrades that might be necessary in order to accommodate any new device. Businesses will deal with these projects and then some. In addition to the aforementioned issues businesses will also have to contend with security measures in place and adapting a network to host a new printing device.

Once they've been properly implemented a single or even multiple printers being shared on a network bring a multitude of benefits to anyone who uses them. If you need assistance in setting up new printing devices in your office or on your home network please be sure to contact us so that we may be of assistance!

TH2 specializes in Orange County IT Support, Orange County IT Services and Orange County Computer Support.