Your business can have the right technology
at the right price. Here's how to get it.

Issue

• Small business owner invests in PCs, printer, server, network
• Avoids cost of maintenance, upgrades, security, technology plan
• Inadvertently places vital data, and the business, at risk

Question

• Why are owners of small businesses reluctant to spend on new technology?

Answer

Interesting feedback on that question comes from a Comdex Research Panel, as reported by BusinessWeek in its Small Biz edition.

• 17% lack employees with necessary info-tech skills
• 14% say just running the business leaves little time for IT upgrades
• 13% don't know how to apply technology effectively to their own company
• 8% can't justify the expense with a clear return on investment

Solution

• Usual answer is a service firm that does "break-fix" repairs
• Need remains for senior-level judgment: best choices for your issues
• Trend now is to use technology consultant for analysis and plan
• That firm then provides proper level of hands-on for each task
• Result: small business, like big one, gets best fit for its needs