To get a successful technology project, you need the perspective of the pros

Every business should be looking to technology to increase efficiency and accomplish their organizational goals. When a business looks to introduce new technology, it often presents challenges that could impact its ability to function optimally.

Our team of dedicated IT technicians are proficient in helping our clients deploy the technology they need in a manner that ensures they can hit the ground running. If you have some anxiety about adding the technology that can immediately improve your business because your team lacks the knowledge and experience needed to do so, we can help!

Comprehensive IT Support is Just a Phone Call Away

For any business that relies on IT, the relationship employees have with that technology typically determines how productive they can be. If computers fail or they have operational issues with that technology, it can put a major dent in what they can accomplish. As a part of our enterprise-level IT support offering, we provide user access to a comprehensive help desk that can remotely troubleshoot problems with your technology, whether they be technical or operational.

The Advancement of IT in Construction Creates Management Questions

In the information age, technology touches all businesses. Construction teams need the support and services that other businesses need, but they also need those services to support their project-centric operations. With both in-office and field teams, technology can be the answer to your business’ collaboration concerns. We deliver the tools and services that construction companies need to successfully collaborate and move business forward successfully. 

Get Your Business’ Technology the Oversight It Needs to Be a Powerful Asset For today’s business, technology plays an important role. Unfortunately, this crucial part of your business is prone to malfunction. Malfunction means downtime. At OCIT, we know that the more you can ward against downtime, the more successful your endeavor will be. To that end we offer comprehensive monitoring and management services that keep your technology functioning properly, helping your business meet its goals.

With cutting-edge technology of our own, we are able to remotely monitor all of your hardware and your network around the clock. The goal of this service is to help your business reduce downtime. You see, malfunctioning or failing technology is a nuisance, sure, but the cost to a business pales in comparison to the cost of downtime. The better your business’ technology functions, the greater the opportunity for your entire business to be productive. 

Cloud-based file storage is nothing new, but it has become an important part of cloud service delivery. The world’s most trusted name in consumer and business software, Microsoft, offers a file storage platform, OneDrive for Business, that gives each individual employee using Microsoft Office 365 individual storage for their files.

OCIT is known for proactive IT management, but what you may not realize is that we are also a one-stop shop for all of your hardware, software, cloud, and support needs. We proudly offer Microsoft products, including OneDrive for Business and Office 365, as we believe that businesses should have access to the very best resources. 

There is no question that a small business can benefit from technology, as has been proven time and time again. However, an issue can arise if a business bites off more than it can chew, so to speak, and ultimately creates a spike in costs. A responsible business owner will resist this temptation and prioritize the solutions they need over the ones they want - building profitability and generating capital needed to make other improvements.

In this blog, we’ll examine some of the implementations that can deliver a good return on investment to a small business.

The cloud has proven to be an extremely useful tool for the modern business. Not only does it provide anywhere-anytime access to applications, processing, storage, et al; it also delivers those products as a service, allowing you to budget for recurring costs rather than major upfront ones. This provides your organization with functional, supported, and secure computing environments that eliminate a lot of the support costs that traditional computing environments require. It sounds like a perfect scenario for small and large businesses alike, but things aren’t always what they seem, as a lot of cloud users have found that they have incurred several hidden costs by using cloud platforms. Today, we take a look at these hidden costs.

Data security isn’t a matter to be taken lightly, as too many businesses have found out the hard way. Unfortunately, there are far too many simple ways to correct common security issues - enough that it’s foolish not to do so. We’ll review a few ways to fix security issues, after discussing one of, if not the, most egregious security failings in modern history.

The password isn’t nearly as secure as it used to be. Hackers have begun to take advantage of extremely powerful solutions designed to brute force their way into accounts by using software to rapidly guessing thousands of passwords per second, making it extraordinarily difficult to prepare yourself for them.

What’s the best way to guarantee that passwords aren’t going to be the downfall of your company? A great start is by taking a close look at password best practices and two-factor authentication.

How much does your business rely on technology to keep your organization running forward? As business technology becomes more complex, it’s becoming increasingly popular for organizations to have their own internal IT departments to manage and maintain it. Yet, small businesses don’t often have the necessary funds for such a feat. How can your company afford quality IT service? You can start by pursuing managed IT solutions from a managed service provider.

Despite what detractors say, regulations are in place for good reason. They typically protect individuals from organizational malfeasance. Many of these regulations are actual laws passed by a governing body and cover the entire spectrum of the issue, not just the data involved. The ones that have data protection regulations written into them mostly deal with the handling and protection of sensitive information. For organizations that work in industries covered by these regulations there are very visible costs that go into compliance. Today, we look at the costs incurred by these organizations as a result of these regulations, and how to ascertain how they affect your business.

Profitability is less the measure of being able to turn a profit, and more the measure of how much profit you can make. For the successful small business, the integration of technology can dictate what kind of annual margins you are looking at. For the new company, however, it can be something even more critical: the difference between setting a course for success, or wallowing in failure. Today we analyze the cost difference between hosting your IT in-house, or choosing to host it in the cloud.

The late American author Kurt Vonnegut once wrote, “New knowledge is the most valuable commodity on earth. The more truth we have to work with, the richer we become.” Written in the 20th century, it has been put in practice by 21st century businesses. As the Internet has grown, the amount of companies expanded, and the amount of data that those companies collect has grown exponentially, especially now that there is a market for such data.