The company's
network of interlinked computers can be compared to the circulation
system in our bodies, transferring information, rather than food and
oxygen, to every part of the company that needs it.
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Data
Recovery
A company stores data on its
computers. That data includes invoices payable, customer details,
debts, etc. If something goes wrong with the computer hard drive the
data could be lost. Companies go out of business because of
catastrophic data loss caused by computer crashes.
Hard drive disks spin at up to 8,000 revolutions a minute, They are
highly engineered, but, because they have moving parts, wear occurs,
and disks stop working.
There are many companies who will attempt to retrieve
your data from a
non-functional hard drive. The service is not cheap...
IT
Facilities Management
The
infrastructure equipment supporting
an IT Equipment Room can include;
Standby Generator, UPS system, Electrical Switchgear and distribution,
Fire Suppressant system, Air Conditioning, Building Monitoring System,
Data Cabling, Building Services and general cleaning.
The handling of the day to day administration of all of these
maintainance contracts, placed with different suppliers at different
times, is time consuming and a distraction from the individual made
responsibles' role within their organisation. Contract renewals,
maintenance visits and break down situations, for each supplier need to
be arranged and supervised...
Information
Management
There are two main types of information
where access needs to be managed;
1) Company Information
2) Private Individual Information
Companies limit access to certain information on their computer network
as a matter of routine. Not everyone will be able to access last
month's sales figures or know the detailed plans for next year.
Management
of sensitive information of
this type is can be achieved by firewalls and password protection
within a company's computer network. Access to the information can also
be at various levels, eg read only or editing rights...
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Document Management & Archiving
Documents
Remember when the computer was going to
give us the paperless office? That was a good one.
Scanning all your documents is time-consuming, so is expensive in staff
time. It is possible to outsource the scanning for a lower cost, but
security considerations come into play.
One solution that an increasing number of companies are considering is
to employ a specialist document management company to do a one-off
"tidy up" and archival of years of accumulated paperwork.
The company will also put in place a system to ensure improved
document management in
the future...
Database
Management
People used to think of a database as
something that held customer details in an easily recovered form. There
are still databases like this, but databases now include a much broader
range of uses than ever before.
Many websites are database oriented. Customers enter details of what
they are looking for and the web server searches the database to find
them. If the customer is looking for a 4 door Ford saloon that does 30
miles per gallon in Fort Worth, the database can find a series of good
matches for the customer's needs and increase the likelihood of making
a sale.
The initial setting up of a database
structure and its
subsequent management are crucial to the success of the website...
UPS
Systems
The quality and consistency of the
electricity supply depends on the load and load variations being placed
on the supply by local businesses.
You can protect your computers and the systems that depend on them by
fitting a Uninterruptible
Power Supply (UPS)
System.
The simple plug-in devices are a waste of time and money if your
business computer crashes. These low cost "UPS" systems are really just
basic mains filters that remove the worst of the voltage spikes.
If you want any protection at all you need to consider a system that
has sufficient battery power as a backup to allow you to close your
system down manually if the power fails...
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