Lack of backward compatibility and licensing restrictions on Microsoft software mean that - if you are anticipating business growth, you might be wiser to invest in a volume licensing rather than buying individual licences which are not transferable.

The typical life span of a small business server will only be 4-5 years, so your investment should be carefully balanced between the capability for managing anticipated business expansion and the initial cost.

Fancy printers may seem to be a bargain until you work out the cost of consumables.

If you are considering this technology you will have a lot of questions that are specific to your business that you would like answering before making the investment. Questions like; What is the most cost effective way of achieving what I want to achieve? How difficult will it be to integrate this technology into my business? What other benefits can I make from this technology? Is this the right solution to my challenge or is there something better?

Many businesses waste large sums of time and money by making the wrong investments in technology simply because they don't have the time or resources to fully consider all the options.

SMEO therefore provide a service that aims to take much of the time intensive ground work out this process, thereby helping businesses to make the wisest investment, we:

• spend some time gaining a full understanding of your business needs
• complete a full audit of the existing technology at your premises
• provide you with a comprehensive report on the potential benefits available from technology, software, systems and procedures that will meet these needs
• research suppliers for value, response time, reliability, efficiency, effectiveness, economy, flexibility, capacity, standards, satisfaction, accuracy, locality, security etc.
• negotiate the most competitive price for your requirements
• negotiate any contract and service level agreement to ensure a 'win win' relationship
  

We are looking at such technology on a daily basis so have the advantage that we already know a great deal about the various solutions available. We have also seen how businesses have integrated this technology and can advise how to avoid any of the pitfalls that they may have experienced.

If you would like to know more, why not give us a call and we can provide an outline proposal. Or if you prefer complete an online enquiry form.