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Solid IT Infrastructure helps you stay safe online..!

With IT infrastructure you need “to build your house from the foundations up” to ensure optimum protection from Cyber Crime, quite simply this means that it is imperative that the following components are met:

Reliable Communications/Broadband

depending on size of enterprise/speed a secondary link may be required for VOIP.

Structured Networking

appropriate structured networking cabling and/or wireless would need to be installed to connect all devices within the organisation. Appropriate Networking hardware ensuring the utmost security is applied to protect the organisations users and data. This will of course need to be tailored to each individual organisation or business.

Standardised Hardware

where appropriate all hardware should be purchased together with as few as models as possible, this will have the following benefits:-

Any updates can be tested and can then be applied to all machines ensuring continuity.

Support is proactive as it’s easier to be notified by one hardware vendor of issues as they may arise.

Issues encountered will be fewer as only one manufacturer will be affected by operating system and software updates.

Reliable Communications/Broadband

depending on size of enterprise/speed a secondary link may be required for VOIP.

Structured Networking

Standardised Hardware

where appropriate all hardware should be purchased together with as few as models as possible, this will have the following benefits:-

Any updates can be tested and can then be applied to all machines ensuring continuity.

Support is proactive as it’s easier to be notified by one hardware vendor of issues as they may arise.

Issues encountered will be fewer as only one manufacturer will be affected by operating system and software updates.

Structured applications

Software used to do business should be kept to a minimum and where appropriate co-exist/share data, allowing the most valuable asset your data to be utilised and manipulated to actually do business.

Security Software

On a daily basis more and more issues arise with security breaches affecting companies and individuals, it is imperative a structured and multi-layer security software approach is utilised to protect your business.

Software/Application updates

sometimes overlooked by many businesses the applications and software that you use will produce updates to their product to improve features or close security issues, these must be applied to provide stability.

Business Continuity

We can never be sure that the worst scenario will actually happen however we do have a plan for this circumstance, this is called business continuity. Should the worst happen this will allow your business with minimum impact continue to trade.

Important Note

By implementing a structured approach to your IT needs, as your business grows you can minimise the disruption and cost of bringing new staff, new technology and services into your organisation.