The Mainstream IT Systems Health Check

Our clients frequently tell us that they are unsure about their technology foundation. Whether their systems have evolved as the need arose, supported by an outside firm, or their "IT Guy", they need additional confidence. Such knowledge will either provide peace of mind or the ability to chart a clearer path.

The Mainstream IT Systems Health Check is a comprehensive 30-point system check developed by Mainstream to assure your systems will support your business. This is the first step towards a proactive IT approach that avoids that "break-fix" mentality. By being proactive, you can help avoid losing business-critical systems that can cost you dearly.

Mainstream utilizes our experienced IT technicians onsite for this Health Check. On the average, this process takes 4 hours per server and ? hour per desktop/laptop.

Areas evaluated and compared to business best practices resulting in recommendations for improvement:

Physical environment to include HVAC, security, power, location
Internet and network connectivity and security
Server health for hardware and software
User account best practices
Workstation and Laptop review (typically 2-5 machines as a sample)

Mainstream will also conduct brief interviews of up to 3 employees to gain better insight into the issues or problems that the users experience. Quite often issues go uncorrected as users either do not want to bring them up, or they just live with them because it has always been that way. We will try to uncover the computer-related issues that limit your company's productivity during these interviews.

You will be provided with a Health Check report detailing any discrepancies along with recommendations for address each.

I'm ready. Contact me!

Disaster Recovery Statistics

According to research by the University of Texas, only 6 percent of companies suffering from a catastrophic data loss survive, while 43 percent never reopen and 51 percent close within two years.
Gartner estimates that only 35 percent of Small-Medium Businesses have a comprehensive disaster recovery plan in place.
International Data Corporation estimates that companies lose an average of $84,000 for every hour of downtime. According to Strategic Research, the cost of downtime is estimated at close to $90,000 per hour.
According to a recent NFIB National Small Business Poll, man-made disasters affect 10% of small businesses, whereas natural disasters have impacted more than 30% of all small businesses in the US. Hurricanes and tornados are by far the most destructive force causing power failure, flooding, customer loss, and the closure of many businesses.
According to a recent Touche Ross study, the survival rate for companies without a disaster recovery plan is less than 10%.
According to the analyst firm IDC, about 70% of all successful attacks on computer networks were carried out by employees and insiders.

Now I'm ready. Contact me!