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Servers’ Benefits


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Seven ways a server can benefit your small business:
  • Fast backups
  • Control things like email
  • Increase privacy
  • Multi layered protection
  • Share resources more effectively
  • Anytime access
  • Manage accessories

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Hi, in this video we will discuss some of the ways your small businesses can benefit from having servers in your environment and in today’s digital world. Many businesses rely on laptops and cloud services to run their businesses. Others deploy desktops and include on them some of the key company services. But how can you introduce servers to help manage your business environment more effectively and professionally, ensuring that there is a better risk management, as well as significantly achieving more benefits. There are seven ways that a server can help make your business more efficient.
  • As data continues to grow, fast backups for your data become important and with servers you can minimize the risk of lost data with quick backups and redundant hard drives.
  • Control things like email, so with servers you can centralize business email system and help make it easy to manage.
  • Security is very important in today’s day in age. Servers will help you to increase privacy; ie: protecting sensitive files and control who has access to them.
  • Security also means you can bring with servers multi layered protection. This means that you can help defend your business’s IT network by filtering or blocking unwanted content.
  • Operational servers allow you to be able to share resources more effectively. You can share files, printers, contact lists, calendars and such items.
  • You could also bring about anytime access. This means accessing your server base files and data and email from virtually anywhere, allowing employees to be able to work remotely without depending on their peer’s PCs and laptops.
  • Lastly server the way to manage accessories much more better so you can control printers, scanners and other accessories from one centralized location.
When you decide to invest in any other ICT purchase, key issues need to be remembered. You are not just making sure to buy for your current needs, but also need to take into account that the products can scale as your IT demands expand. Don’t just buy something that is just good enough for today, but think about how you can ensure that you protect your investments as well as making sure that you are ready for tomorrow as well.
So I hope that those benefits can help you assess if it is the right time for you to invest in a server in your business.

I don’t need a hard disk in my computer if I can get to the server faster… carrying around these non-connected computers is byzantine by comparison. Steve Jobs