When I.T. Bombs!
Surprisingly, failure of an I.T. system isn't always a single catastrophic moment...it can be a slow and gradual demise like the arteries of a butter addict 30 years from now.
Here's a little story to set the all-to-familiar scene...
A nifty little consulting company called - say - General Joes HR Ltd - employs 6 staff and runs a bunch of mugly old computer boxes dotted around the office. These are plugged almost randomly it would seem, into nerdy-looking smaller boxes with tiny blinky lights. I.E. – nobody really knows WHAT any of the stuff actually does. All this dusty old kit – on a fantastic day – stays on continuously without interruption for at least a good few hours solid …beyond that, the office swear-jar profits sweetly.
In all seriousness – this scenario is common, and could be any number of offices the nation over that are running similar configurations.
So then - let’s freeze-frame a moment in a day at the General Joes HR offices and do a quick rectoscopy on the I.T. infrastructure there…very quickly some worrying signs emerge - and these are common issues in many businesses that boil down to 4 - these, we refer to as ‘The Onion Quadrant’:
The Onion Qudarant
The Onion Quadrant is our very own reference matrix that will quickly enable you to determine which of the 4 key areas of your business I.T. are most likely to be the cause of staff and managers’ teary response mechanisms kicking in the moment the proverbial fan takes a dusting of unpleasantness…read on to uncover your biggest vulnerability:
Sweaty Parts
Your Data: the documents, reports, images and everything else that is the priceless stuff keeping you in business - made with your team’s own blood, sweat & occasional tears and possible swear word.
So it bombs when...
Hard Bits
Your Hardware: not like the annoying bits in your hokey-pokey ice-cream, but your computer hardware that is supposed to be the ever reliable ‘engine’ to you & your staff’s productivity…
So it bombs when...
Soft Bytes
Your Software: the programs & utilities you & your staff need to do the really important stuff – like reports, documents, eMailing…whatever your company relies on to make cash on a daily basis…
So it bombs when...
Random Memory
Your B-Plan: Remembering you have up-to-date backups and snapshots of all PC’s so when you suffer major disaster, you’re OK – you’ve got your ass covered because you remembered…
So it bombs when...
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