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Even though IT support partners provide short-term support for specific needs (such as projects and break/fix work), they can become hugely valuable long-term stakeholders in a company’s success. It is therefore very much worthwhile to spend the time finding the right IT support vendor for your organization. With that in mind, here is a quick guide to choosing an IT support partner in Roseville.
Start with working out where you are now and where you’d like to be in the future
Hopefully, your basic IT infrastructure will be working perfectly already (or perhaps you’re a start-up and don’t have any yet). If that’s the case, then you can skip straight on to thinking about your future plans.
If, however, part of the reason why you’re looking for an IT support partner in Roseville is that you’re having issues with your current set-up, then you need to take a good, hard look at what those issues are and what they mean in practical terms. In particular, you need to be honest about whether the issue lies with the infrastructure itself (and/or how it’s set up) or whether it lies in a lack of regular care and maintenance. If it’s the former then you do need an IT support partner, but if it’s the latter then you need a managed IT services partner.
Similarly, when you’re thinking about where you’d like to be in the future, remember that IT infrastructure does not maintain itself. In other words, even after you and your IT support partner in Roseville have completed and signed off on a project, there’s a good chance that you’re still going to need someone to take ownership of managing the new/updated infrastructure on an everyday basis and that someone will probably be a managed IT services partner in Roseville.
Keeping this in mind can help you to be more realistic about your needs, wants and budget, especially your budget. This will help you to communicate clearly with IT support services and this will help them to understand your expectations and hopes. This, in turn, will help them to put together a proposal that is effectively customized for your organization.
Decide how local you need your IT support partner to be
If you start looking for an IT support partner in Roseville by doing an internet search on the term, then you are probably going to end up with a list which combines IT support vendors in Roseville itself, IT support vendors in the Roseville area and IT support vendors which offer services in Roseville, but which are actually based elsewhere. This could be anything from across the state to across the country to another country.
You need to decide for yourself where your “break-point” is. When making this decision, there are two points you might like to bear in mind.
First of all, the more local a provider is to you, the easier it is for them to reach you. This means that you could potentially have your meetings in person. It also means that they could reach you quickly in an emergency – and vice versa.
Secondly, most service providers (including IT services vendors such as IT support partners) insist that the service contract is written under their local law and that any disputes between you are settled by their local courts. If a service provider is located close to you, then this is a non-issue. The further away they are, however, the more expensive and challenging you might find it to pursue legal action.
Make sure you are clear about all the relevant terms of service
Generally speaking, headline services and prices are just convenient indicators of what’s possible. You really need to look into the details to know if any specific IT support partner is a good fit for you. That means, you want to know the end-to-end process for both project-work and break/fix-work, everything from raising the initial request/ticket to sign-off/resolution. You also want to be clear if this process is consistent in all circumstances or if there are variations on it, for example according to time of day or service category (and price).
Similar comments apply to understanding the pricing model(s) and payment terms. An IT support partner’s ad hoc pricing menu is usually of very little real-world relevance. You need to understand the options for bulk/advance purchase and what terms are attached to these (e.g. expiry dates on credits/hours bought) and whether there are any additional discounts available such as for prompt payment.
If you’d like to speak to a reputable and experienced IT support partner in Roseville, please click here now to contact Salient IT.
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