Modern Tech Infrastructure That Your Business Needs to Install

Office infrastructure is incredibly important but rarely thought about because most startups and small businesses move into a building that is already built for business. However, many entrepreneurs are starting to build up their own offices from scratch or demolish old buildings due to asbestos concerns or other structural problems that don’t meet the business’s needs.

For example, you might want to have the rooms changed or space reserved for a network storage solution in the future. These changes usually shift the infrastructure of the building or floor you’re performing work on, and it could occasionally mean that you’ll need to reinstall things like cables and wiring. This is mostly handled by the contractor or a professional like this data cabling Melbourne company. It still needs to be considered in the event your contractor doesn’t offer a service to install new cables.

Telecommunications

Although it’s fashionable and hip among startups to not use a phone and instead, rely on digital communications such as email, VoIP and social media, it’s foolish not to have a hardline installed. You can often hire a service such as Norcom Communications to install wiring and sockets for you to install your own phones, but a company will usually bundle in industry-standard phone devices.

A telecommunications network isn’t just used for outgoing calls, however. If your business office is large or stretches over several floors then it makes sense to have a fast and effective form of communication within the office so that your business runs smoothly, and members of staff don’t need to go up and down the stairs just to contact someone else from other departments. If you are having problems with your network, you may want to find a network consult who can be on call should any issues. This will resolve the problems in a timely fashion, and allow your employees to continue working without interruption.

Let’s say someone in your design department has a faulty keyboard or tablet device. It can be solved by contacting your tech department and having them send an engineer, as opposed to having your staff members go to the tech department to bring someone along with them to check the problem, then go back to their office to gather their tools, then come all the way back to the design department just to fix a cable or something trivial.

Networking Concerns

Every business should be embracing the power of the internet and how it can boost your business. It’s important that you get high-speed internet services installed directly into your office instead of going through a cabinet. This way you can ensure that your service isn’t interrupted and there’s no extra layer of troubleshooting.

Occasionally, internet outages aren’t caused by the service provider but a fault in the cabinet. It acts as a hub that routes internet service to several properties. Instead of going through a cabinet, check if your business location supports fibre-to-the-premises and get a line installed directly into your office.

Once that’s sorted, you’ll also need to hire a tech specialist to get an inside network installed. This is used to transfer files between computers easily, for staff members to communicate efficiently and also to store files in a server location that can be accessed by anyone from within your business. This type of storage is safe, fast to access, and you’ll be able to continue working in the event of a network outage.