Buy What You Need - Not What They Want You To Need
Some IT support companies are just trying to make a quick buck. Instead of contacting you for a consultation to find out what kinds of services suit your needs, they just want to sell you what they offer in their niche so they can make a quick buck. In most of these circumstances, they'll either offer too much or too little for your needs: since what they're offering isn't suited for your business, they offer too much power or too little.
But why do they do this? And, more importantly, how do you avoid it?
Why It Happens
Some IT companies are simply stretched too thin with a small amount of tools, not enough budget, not enough employees, or some combination of the above three. If they seem particularly biased towards a certain kind of tech, it's probably because they are: endorsements or partnerships with other businesses, for instance, may encourage them to push that particular product. Think of how TV providers offer bundles with separate Internet service providers at a lower price: because of the partnership of these two companies, they're pushing each other at you as "the best" option, even if they aren't.
How To Avoid It
Find out what you need. You can do this by getting a private consultation from an IT expert, as opposed to going straight to people who want to sell you something. Running a search for IT consultants in Oklahoma City, for instance, may be just what you need to find the right party for this.
However, if you need to get a consultation from a business, try and get them to explain the why you need what they say you need and how what they're offering will help you. If they can't prove to you that they're able to help, that probably means that they can't.
Having a good understanding of the underlying technology is the main way to avoid getting taken advantage of by sleazy IT support companies. Don't hesitate to run some Google searches based on the issues you're having; Google remains a useful tool to even the highest level of professionals, and you're no different.
What We Offer
Of course, we feel like we offer what you need, no matter what that is. The reason being is that we actually have a wide variety of different solutions based on our expertise, and we aren't actually particularly favored to any one of them. We're not focused on what'll make us the most cash- we're focused on what you and your business actually needs, and we don't have a problem explaining that to you with a consultation.
Our services include:
• Private Cloud. A customized architecture maximizing cloud benefits.
• Hybrid Cloud. Mixes on-site, private cloud and public cloud benefits.
• Multi-tenant cloud. Wherein multiple separate instances operate within the same environment. They don't interact, but they're in the same computer/server.
• Managed Services. Outsourcing of IT tasks and other management to a managed service provider, like us.
• Break-Fix. Break something? We fix it, and that's all we charge for.
If you're a local Oklahoma City business that needs some IT support and doesn't know what to buy or where to go, you should contact us. To learn more about IT services and the cloud, feel free to contact EMSCO Solutions for a consultation or read our blog for more information.
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