If you could look into the future and see your business with 99.9 percent uptime, what would be the first thing to go through your brain? We imagine it would be something related to the incredible growth that such a feat can bring about, as well as instant relief that technology troubles have effectively become a thing of the past. Today, we want to look at what this uptime could look like for your business.
Greater Productivity
Every year, the average employee loses around 2 to 3 percent of their total billable time due to technical friction, i.e. reboot times, slow file syncs, and temporary network outages.
That might not seem like much, but when you expand that to a full 20-person team over the course of a year, that becomes significant:
- Three percent of a work year is around 60 hours per employee.
- For a 20-person team, that’s 1,200 hours of lost production.
Imagine paying a full-time employee to just sit around for seven months scrolling memes on their phone. That’s what your business could be losing due to technical friction.
When you’ve stabilized the technology your business uses every day, you can take back the time issues that would have cost you and put it back into the employees that build your products, sell your services, and create your assets.
Boosted Employee Morale
If your business continuously suffers from technical issues, it has a compounding effect on your company culture.
Issues that seem minor at the moment, like slow VPNs or unreliable VoIP calls, can accumulate over time and get in the way of employees who are just trying to do their job. They might even try to find other employment, especially if they have expressed concerns in the past that have gone unaddressed. With 99.9 percent uptime, employees aren’t interrupted as often, and they can achieve the flow state needed to tackle deep, meaningful work, which can lead to greater employee retention and a relatively frustration-free work environment.
Businesses that can retain employees while avoiding the pitfalls of technology issues can take bigger risks, pursue more lucrative projects, and trust that their IT won’t buckle when put under additional stress.
Converting Emergency Funds Into Growth Capital
A more resilient model can create significant change in your IT budget (in the best way possible).
Instead of reactively spending money on technology repairs, you’ll instead invest in a proactive approach that covers all costs well in advance of any technical failure. You aren’t throwing thousands of dollars down the drain for emergency server repair or an unexpected ransomware recovery. Instead, that capital can be directed toward channels that actually make your business money. For example, you can automate processes that would otherwise require time and effort to save money and open up more opportunities for your team.
One year of uptime can make a difference, and if you’re ready to take it seriously, we have a deal for you.
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