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  • 5 Ways A Managed Service Provider Helps You Predict Future Technology Spending

    5 Ways A Managed Service Provider Helps You Predict Future Technology Spending

    Managing technology costs can feel like trying to hit a moving target, especially when you’re balancing growth, compliance, and the need to stay competitive. That’s where we come in. As your trusted IT partner, we don’t just keep your systems running – we help you look ahead and plan smarter.

    Here are five ways a managed service provider like Valley Techlogic helps businesses like yours predict and manage future technology spending:

    1. We Map Out Your Technology Lifecycle

    From aging laptops to outdated software, every technology asset has a lifespan. At Valley Techlogic, we actively track the condition and performance of your IT equipment and applications. We’ll let you know well in advance when it’s time to replace or upgrade, allowing you to spread out costs and avoid unexpected failures or downtime.

    Real-World Example: Instead of replacing 20 employee devices all at once, we’ll help you stagger replacements over several months, keeping your team productive and your budget balanced.

    1. We Monitor Usage Trends to Forecast Growth

    We use powerful monitoring tools to analyze your IT usage across cloud services, licenses, bandwidth, and storage. This allows us to identify growth trends and project when additional resources will be needed, before they affect your operations or budget.

    Real-World Example: If your Microsoft 365 OneDrive storage is steadily climbing, we’ll alert you before you hit your plan’s limit, and help you prepare for the next tier, avoiding surprise charges.

    1. We Build Strategic IT Roadmaps Just for You

    At Valley Techlogic, we believe your technology should align with your business goals. That’s why we create detailed IT roadmaps tailored to your growth plans. Whether you’re expanding locations, migrating to the cloud, or upgrading your cybersecurity posture, we’ll outline the timeline, strategy, and associated costs so you can plan ahead.

    Real-World Example: Planning to open a new office? We’ll map out all your infrastructure needs, from network installation to secure connectivity, and give you a budget you can bank on.

    1. We Help You Stay Ahead of Vendor Pricing Changes

    Keeping track of software licenses, vendor contracts, and pricing changes can be overwhelming. We manage those vendor relationships for you and stay ahead of any cost increases. We’ll alert you to renewals, help negotiate better deals, and recommend alternatives when appropriate.

    Real-World Example: If your VoIP vendor plans a 20% price hike, we’ll let you know early and offer options like renewing ahead of the increase or switching to a more affordable solution we’ve already vetted.

    1. We Identify Risks That Could Lead to Costly Surprises

    Reactive IT spending often stems from a lack of foresight around risks like cybersecurity gaps or compliance issues. Through regular assessments, Valley Techlogic identifies vulnerabilities and provides proactive solutions. Addressing these risks now can save your business from unexpected fines, breaches, or data loss.

    Real-World Example: We’ve helped clients avoid costly ransomware incidents by spotting outdated firewall configurations and implementing stronger security protocols, before attackers could strike.

    At Valley Techlogic, we don’t just support your technology we help you strategically manage it. With our proactive approach, you’ll always have a clear view of what’s ahead and how to budget for it.

    Ready to take the guesswork out of your IT spending? Contact us today and let’s plan your technology future together.

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    This article was powered by Valley Techlogic, leading provider of trouble free IT services for businesses in California including Merced, Fresno, Stockton & More. You can find more information at https://www.valleytechlogic.com/ or on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/valleytechlogic/ . Follow us on X at https://x.com/valleytechlogic and LinkedIn at https://www.linkedin.com/company/valley-techlogic-inc/.

  • Is it time to call in the reinforcements? 5 benefits to co-managed IT services

    Is it time to call in the reinforcements? 5 benefits to co-managed IT services

    For many small to medium sized businesses, they have one go-to person for their IT needs. This person knows the business inside and out and whether they were in IT to start or just discovered they had an affinity for it, they are a reliable resource the rest of your team depends on when something goes wrong.

    The downside is they’re just one person. It’s a minor disruption if they call out sick or take a vacation, if they were to quit that minor disruption turns major. It’s tenuous to rely on a single person for such an important task alone.

    Even if you ran your business for years without anyone being in charge of IT, how dependent were you on technology at that point compared to now? Year over year, spending on technology for small businesses continues to grow (the average being between $10,000 to $49,000 for per year).

    Technology spending is an investment you make in your businesses future and having reliable support to utilize that investment is key to making sure that the effort, time and money spent on it is not wasted.

    The employee you have in charge of technology for your business is also an investment, and they may have felt they needed more help and support as your business has grown but may have felt unsure how to make that request. It’s difficult for employees to let their bosses know they feel overwhelmed without worrying that it’ll lead to them appearing inadequate.

    The truth is for most businesses, technology has a lot of moving parts. You most likely have a team that relies on devices to do their job and if multiple things go wrong simultaneously, one single person can’t be in two or more places at once. That’s a lot of pressure for your IT person, and a lot of downtime for the employees stuck waiting for their turn.

    You also can’t expect one person to be good at all things, your IT person may be great at fixing the company website when it’s down or troubleshooting network errors, but you could be calling in reinforcements already (at an exorbitant rate) when something outside their wheelhouse is on the fritz.

    We’ve spent a lot of time talking about why you should consider co-managed IT without outright saying it, but here’s are 5 ways co-managed IT can help your business:

    1. Access to 24/7 emergency support. It’s unfair to expect your IT person to be on call around the clock 24/7 365, but with a co-managed solution emergency support is usually included.
    2. Access to a variety of skills. A co-managed solution will have a team of people who have a varied skill set, so when you call in for support, you’ll have the right person for the job the first time (minimizing your downtime).
    3. Access to software solutions. Your co-managed provider will have access to software solutions that would otherwise be too expensive to procure for your business alone, but because they’re providing it for many clients the cost for you is much more reasonable (or even free).
    4. More hands-on deck. As we said, your IT person can’t be in two places at once. If they’re knee deep in something, we can be that extra help that you need, and they’ll appreciate.
    5. Much less expensive then bringing on an additional person. Finally, the cost of a co-managed plan is going to be much less expensive than the cost of hiring an additional person.

    Co Managed IT Services

    In fact, at Valley Techlogic we have a plan tailored for co-managed situations. If many of the things in this article rang true for you and you’d like to learn more, simply book a consultation with us today.

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    This article was powered by Valley TechLogic, an IT service provider in Atwater, CA. You can find more information at https://www.valleytechlogic.com/ or on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/valleytechlogic/ . Follow us on Twitter at https://x.com/valleytechlogic.