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preserving the integrity of your investment

mind the gap

Your business systems may be world-class, robust and powerful. But their usefulness will be diminished if staff are unable to exploit the systems effectively. That’s when mistakes happen, sometimes very costly too. New projects may well make adequate provision for training staff: users, managers and technicians. But a few months down the line, people [...]

Our systems are completely resilient

Reality: does not mean unbreakable

Even the strongest systems have weaknesses

points of weakness

We invest a great deal of time, money and effort into making our iT systems as resilient as possible. And yet, no matter how strong we make our fortresses, our business systems are still at risk from the slings and arrows of outrageous misfortune because even the strongest systems have points of

vendor driven churn during hard times

When times are tough iT purchasers reduce their spending, by cancelling or postponing investments until the economic climate improves. A simple survival strategy for those who use and buy iT but a portent of doom for those who make, sell and run iT. However, when the flow of new sales dries up, iT vendors [...]

The Myth:

Sunset dates keep the iT world moving forward

Reality: users are forced to spend money when they can least afford it

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