What would a start-up company with just a handful of people need to do to build a cost-effective IT infrastructure?
Leverage the Internet to the max! Start with a reliable, secure connection to the Internet. It is important for small business people to be able to focus on their business without worrying about technology and disruptions. Commercial grade reliability, security and scalability are of the utmost importance. The Triangle has several good Service Providers. I recommend local Internet Service Providers who can provide a Service Level Agreement (SLA) with the staff and experience to back it up. Yes, commercial grade is more expensive but is usually worth the incremental cost when you consider the cost of downtime and unproductive management attention. How much should an early-stage company focus on Internet security? As more and more financial transactions happen via the Internet, you can bet that deviant people will continue to find new and creative ways to hack into systems. More often than not, however, it is the simple, obvious things that people neglect, like keeping their software upd
