Three Top Trends CEOs and IT Directors Need to Know to Avoid IT
Disasters
JASPER,
Ind., Feb. 2, 2023 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- Within
the last several weeks, old and outdated tech has grounded planes
and snarled airline traffic nationwide. If maintaining IT
infrastructure and updating IT systems is so difficult for some of
the most essential services in the country, how can everyday
businesses and services expect to keep up? The answer is getting
proactive, according to the expert team of engineers at Matrix
Integration, a strategic IT infrastructure partner for more than
1,000 businesses and schools in the Midwest and beyond. Working
closely with their clients, Matrix's engineers have identified
three major trends that businesses need to address in 2023 to keep
their systems up to date and avoid major shutdowns that could cost
millions of dollars in lost revenue.
Tim Pritchett, engineer
operations manager at Matrix, is also a former CTO who is focused
on helping clients keep their mission-critical data safe and
operations running smoothly.
"We always get calls for emergency situations, like when a
system goes down and the company realizes data hasn't been backed
up for three months," said Pritchett. "It's like getting a call to
put out a fire, when some proactive maintenance would have
prevented the fire in the first place."
Stay Proactive to Combat These Market Trends
Outdated IT and infrastructure have been identified as a major
reason for the air traffic issues in recent days and weeks. The
engineers at Matrix Integration have recognized three major
challenges that are trending in their clients' businesses, and
recommend a number of ways to stay ahead of technology
meltdowns.
1. Supply chain issues are making it difficult to replace old
equipment. Keeping technology up to date is challenging when
hardware is difficult to source, and this issue will continue into
2023. This means that companies need to extend the life of their
existing equipment. "Keeping equipment clean and up-to-date with
firmware is key," said Rex Weisheit,
a network engineer at Matrix Integration. Another tip: logging
activities like patching, updating and service agreement deadlines.
In one case, the Matrix team found that half the hard drives in a
client's server farm had already failed and their support had ended
six years ago. "This is something the Matrix team can help with,
but companies can do themselves if they have the time and
capacity," said Cody Beadles, Matrix
engineer.
2. Cybersecurity insurance is demanding more. Cybersecurity
insurance is a necessary business expense today, insurance issuers
are continuing to increase their requirements to issue a policy.
Pritchett and his team often see businesses scrambling to get
protections in place to meet insurance company deadlines. "Make
sure you know when your policies are coming up for review," said
Pritchett. "They will audit you, and you need to be ahead of the
curve to avoid being dropped from your insurance carrier." And,
without a policy, businesses could lose thousands, if not millions
of dollars if a system is hacked.
3. The "Edge" requires updates in almost every area of IT. If a
company is ready to take advantage of computing in an edge
environment, that upgrade affects nearly every aspect of its IT
infrastructure. "The edge is pushing everything," said Beadles.
"This includes security needs, speed requirements and capacity
requirements. We're seeing an influx of Big Data management which
starts to directly affect the datacenter."
For more information on Matrix Integration or trends in
enterprise-level IT, visit matrixintegration.com.
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About Matrix Integration
Matrix Integration is a strategic IT solutions and managed services
provider that has been in business for more than 40 years. With
clients regionally and offices in Indiana and Kentucky, Matrix Integration works closely
with businesses and institutions to provide personalized consulting
and managed services along with networking, data center, security,
collaboration, telephony, and computing solutions. Strategic
partners include Hewlett Packard Enterprise, Aruba, Cisco, Meraki, VMware, Microsoft, and
Veeam. Matrix Integration is a Women-Owned Small Business (WOSB)
and Women Business Enterprise (WBE), that has consistently been
recognized on industry lists including CRN Solution Provider 500,
CRN Managed Service Provider (MSP) 500, CRN Women of the Channel,
and CRN Tech Elite 250.
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