With the addition of recent team members who are now fully trained in our ways and ready to take on more responsibilities, we can open the doors to more clients who want to experience our brand of Technology without Tears.
The kind of clients we are looking for will range from microbusinesses upwards, but they have several things in common:
- They understand how important their IT systems are to their business and realise how devastating the repercussions would be of a serious down time incident, especially if they do not have a reliable and secure backup of their data.
- They recognise that they do not have all the skills necessary to run a secure and efficient IT system themselves in-house as IT is not their core business.
- They are willing to invest in professional and highly experienced service providers who keep up to date with the constant changes and compliance requirements relating to IT.
Choosing an IT company to look after your IT systems is like choosing any other highly skilled professional who will become part of your extended business. Your accountant and your solicitor are privy to many things you might not want the outside world to know about, and as such you choose somebody after building up a relationship, or by asking a trusted person for a recommendation. If anything, choosing an IT company is even more critical, as not only do they have access to all of your data, they are in the unique position of being able to completely mess things up for you if they do not know what they are doing. We have had to clear up after too many cowboys over the years, and sometimes what they have done is beyond salvage.
Take a look at the recommendations on our website and arrange a coffee meeting with us so that we can give you some more ideas about what we can do for you that the cowboys cannot, and let us bring you the peace of mind of Technology without Tears.
Diana and Clive
Diana is a founder and Managing Director of Octagon Technology.
Twenty odd years ago Diana was teaching IT at a college in Essex when local companies started to come in and ask her for help with their computers. This led to the creation of Octagon Technology alongside fellow lecturer Clive, with a vision of providing Technology Without Tears for our clients.
Nowadays, Diana concentrates on the less glamourous side of the business, dealing with the statutory reporting, the strategic planning, the budgeting, forecasting and cash flow analysis. She also looks after the payroll, together with the human resources policies and procedures.
Clive is the CIO at Octagon Technology and has special responsibility for Privacy and Security. To understand these issues better he is currently studying on a distant-learners course for a MSc in Advanced Computer Security and Digital Forensics at Napier University. If you would like to talk to Clive about security or privacy issues and feel you could buy him a cup of coffee give me a call and I will book some time with him for you.
If you would like to talk to Diana about any of the issues raised in this article, please let me know and I will ask her to contact you and answer your questions.
If you would like to talk to Diana or Clive to see how Octagon Technology can help you then please let me know and I will help you make this meeting happen.
Kamila
General Manager
Octagon Technology Ltd
