With the ever-changing digital landscape, IT maintenance is a major challenge for many businesses. The most common issues that can affect the performance of your business IT operations include hardware, software, and data issues. These problems can have a significant negative impact on your business if they are not handled promptly. What are the Top 5 IT maintenance problems facing businesses today? In this article, we’ll look at what they are and what you can do about them.
1). Forced Obsolescence & Unnecessary Upgrades: The Problem of Why.
OEMs are in the business of selling new hardware. When they EOL/EOS a product they try to force your hand into purchasing new hardware. There is no reason for you to take a perfectly functioning piece of hardware out of your network just because the OEM will no longer support it. We have 30+ years of failure rate data that provides insights into how long a specific piece of equipment should last. One truth is recurring, it is going to last longer than the OEM wants you to believe.
2). Increased Costs: The Problem of How Much.
According to IT analysts, 80% of total IT costs occur after the initial purchase. This is mainly due to high maintenance costs foisted on businesses by the OEMs. It is not uncommon for the OEMs to increase annual hardware maintenance costs by 15% per year for the first five years of purchase. After those 5 years the percentage can be whatever they see fit – even up to a 100% increase for products that have become end-of-life. WWS delivers 50-80% savings over OEM support, increases operational efficiencies and simplifies your maintenance program.
3). Uptime/All the Time: The Problem of Now.
Downtime from network or server issues can have huge negative impacts on a company’s bottom line and reputation. Maintaining service availability percentages with 99.99% availability can be achieved following critical steps. Purchasing equipment that is the easiest to repair and replace is a key step, coupled with load balancing, failover and redundancy. WWS has a truly global approach to Managed IT Services. Our expertise in logistics and strategic stocking depots will ensure your business maintains its operational functionality around the globe.
4). Complexity to Manage: The Problem of More.
Keeping track of multiple service contracts across a multitude of vendors is not easy. When a problem or support issue is identified, there can be extreme confusion working through multiple vendors and equipment suppliers to fix the problem. Conflicting Service Level Agreements (SLAs) slow down fixes and ultimately the end users pay the price.
5). Geographically Complexity: The Problem of Where.
Our global reach extends to 100 countries around the world. We have built a comprehensive understanding of global supply chain management to include complex logistical support, transportation visibility and disaster planning. Our agile services team has the flexibility to help you rapidly scale globally.
