White Papers & Case Studies
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The Essential Guide To Managed Backup
10/27/2014
The cost for each day of downtime for an SMB is a staggering $12,500 1 . That is a price tag that few small business owners can afford to pay and is the reason that managed service providers need to make sure they have a strong backup offering for their customers. Even a couple of hours downtime could cause your customers to experience lost revenue, lost customers and the permanent loss of data.
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Systems Integrator’s Choice Of Cloud Backup Solution Leads To Growing Recurring Revenue Stream
9/15/2014
As a soup-to-nuts provider of IT support and managed services, DataServ Corp. caters to the needs of small to mid-sized companies from two to 100 employees in the Midwest market. DataServ functions as systems integrator, a full-time contract IT department, as well as a provider of managed services, depending on the client.
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Building Higher IT Business Continuity In The Face Of Disaster
8/27/2014
Most disasters strike when you least expect them. Some – like hurricanes – give you more warning. But in either case, it’s a real problem if disaster brings your business to a grinding halt. Forces of nature, malicious acts, or even a simple mistake can have a long-lasting negative effect on your business. This idea paper offers some first steps and follow-up steps you can take to upgrade your disaster preparedness.
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Why You Need Backup And Disaster Recovery
8/13/2014
Let’s get this out right here at the beginning: at some point down the road, your data is going to be in danger. It could be a machine error. It could be a virus. It could be a tornado the size of Nebraska. But sooner or later, you’re going to be in a situation where you’re at risk of losing some or all of your data.
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The Top 5 Sources for Lead Acquisition
8/7/2014
From CEOs who aren’t using marketing to grow their business, we often hear the same reasons why: lack of time, lack of money, not sure where to start, stuck in the technical part of the business, wearing too many other hats, the list goes on and on. Coupled with not knowing where to start, the category of not having a list to actually market to, is a major complaint that we’ve heard from many an IT business owner. It makes a lot of sense really. You can have access to all of the content in the world, but if you don’t have any leads to actually market to, then there’s no point in marketing.
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Plan Your Next Lunch And Learn
8/7/2014
Technology companies have something that not everybody has, technology know-how. We’ve got the scoop. We know our stuff. Why not use that knowledge to get people interested in your company. Start a Lunch and Learn! Lunch and Learns are a great opportunity to show the residential and business community that not only are you a technology company, but you can put your money where your mouth is. You can help others find their way through the scary technology forest full of man-eating operating systems, social media sorcery and Office goblins. Oh My!
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The Marketing Automation Playbook
8/7/2014
Every business has one thing in common: the desire to achieve more revenue and faster growth. Marketing automation is the technology that allows businesses to streamline, automate, and measure marketing tasks and workflows so that they can increase operational efficiency and grow their revenue faster.
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VAR Provides Backup Appliances To Healthcare Clients
6/19/2014
Not only do healthcare providers generate enormous amounts of data, but retrieving that data for patient care and complying with regulations to retain that data — as well as regulations for data protection — necessitates the correct backup and storage solution. Jeff Pearring, president of CHATR, a Brooklyn, NY-based reseller, says, “This puts a huge strain on a hospital’s ability to meet requirements. It would mean warehouses full of paper.”
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Managed Or DIY Backup: Talk To Your Customers About Options
6/9/2014
Many businesses rely on partner companies to assist them with their technology needs. This relationship helps the business focus on what they do best and on what they understand, without the need to build an internal IT organization to support all of their tech- nical needs.
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Marketing Measurement…Who Even Does That?
5/7/2014
Performance improvement and optimization are goals that many companies strive to achieve. As business owners, we want to build organizations that can practically manage themselves with staffs that are proactive and self-reliant when it comes to accomplishing tasks. The same goal should be practiced when it comes to approaching your marketing efforts.