Technology has become widespread in the workforce of the United States. As a matter of fact, you’re not likely to get too far away from technology even if you tried. From VoIP systems to laptop computers to the internet and beyond, many aspects of technology make working life easier and more efficient than it has ever been. As a matter of fact, technology has even changed many of the structures of the working world, namely in that it allows more and more people to work from home (or at least outside of the traditional office setting). This allows for hires all throughout the country and even the world, something that makes it easier than ever for the companies in question to bring on the most ideal candidate that they can find.
Of course, technology makes storage of documents and vital information better than ever before as well. For many companies, the cloud has become the ideal storage space. The data that has been gathered on the subject is more than clear on this point, as it shows that very nearly 95% of all businesses and business enterprises use the cloud to some extent as a means to streamline their business. In addition to this, more than 80% of any given company’s workload is likely to be stored on the cloud all by the end of this year. This shows a tremendous growth in cloud usage, but it is certainly not for no reason.
Paper filing services and systems, after all, are very often less than ideal for the current needs of any given company. After all, they are quite highly inefficient, with a great deal of time lost in the usage of them. In addition to this, it has been found that a good deal of documents become misplaced and even fully lost when something like a paper filing system is in use. Unfortunately, this means that even more time that could be otherwise used productively must be dedicated to fixing such errors. Ultimately, the cons of a paper filing system very much outweigh the pros for many an organization here in the United States (and in many other parts of the world as well, for that matter). Therefore, more and more companies are switching to methods of cloud storage.
But when cloud services are in use, IT services to manage them are quite hugely important. After all, up to 30% – nearly a full one third – of all IT service costs will be directed to cloud computing costs. Part of these IT services will be in the realm of IT disaster recovery services. An IT disaster recovery service will help to ensure that the cloud system in place will not be, along with all of the data that it stores, totally lost in the event of a disaster. After all, more than 70% of all businesses have said that they could still function, even in the face of losing all other assets, if they were able to retain their data.
However, this data center solution is one that must be tested well and often. Unfortunately, after all, it has been found that around one third of all companies are forgetting to test their backups but, among those that do, more than three quarters found a failure in the system. Therefore, testing systems is quite the critical thing indeed, to say the very least on the subject matter.
The use of cyber security consulting services has also grown more important than ever, as cyber security consulting services can help to ward off cyber crime. With cyber crime more prevalent than ever, there is no doubt that all companies should be using cyber security consulting services. At the end of the day, these cyber security consulting services are likely to just about pay for themselves, as cyber security consulting services can prevent far more expensive issues from occurring down the line. So while cyber security consulting services can sometimes be expensive, these cyber security consulting services will be more than worth it at the end of the day.
All in all, IT services have become more essential than ever before – and will likely only continue to grow in importance.
