Why is maintenance important?

Preventive maintenance is important. How important? Ask yourself three simple questions.

Would losing the use of one of our computers be a major inconvenience and possibly costly to my business?
Would losing the data contained on one of our computers or our server be costly for my business?
Do your staff become stressed, irritable or even demotivated when their IT equipment doesn't work properly?

If the answer to any of these questions is yes, then you should consider putting a regular maintenance structure in place. Don’t be one of the thousands of businesses a year that end up losing money because of costly downtimes or disastrous data loses.

Regular Maintenance makes your IT system more productive, more reliable, more stable and increases the useful lifetime of your equipment.

Good preventative maintenance procedures can detect and resolve most hardware and software faults before they occur. Preventative action can then be taken to eliminate the fault or replace the failing component before downtime can occur.

Not only does regular maintenance help keep your systems up and running, it also makes them run more productively and last longer. Your IT systems are an investment; maintenance is the way to ensure that your business receives the maximum return for that investment.

IT failures are a significant factor in staff stress levels and demotivation. If staff are confident in the reliability of their IT systems, they'll be less stressed, better motivated and more productive when using them.

UpSource Ltd maintenance packages.

UpSource Ltd offers customised maintenance packages to meet the needs of your IT systems and your business. We can offer remote and out-of-hours maintenance services that means that all of the maintenance is performed without disrupting your staff’s access to your systems meaning that necessary testing can be done, and any updates and hot fixes can be applied outside of your normal trading hours.

Our maintenance packages ensure that your software is kept up to date with the latest service packs and hotfixes and that your computer hardware and peripheral equipment drivers are the most current versions available from the manufacturers. Anti-virus and anti-spyware software is also kept up to date and tested regularly to ensure your systems are protected from external threats like viruses, worms, trojans, malware spyware and adware.