ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT THINGS TO CONSIDER WHEN RUNNING YOUR BUSINESS IS THE MAINTENANCE OF YOUR COMPUTER NETWORK. OVER TIME COMPUTERS CAN BECOME SLOW AND SLUGGISH, WITHOUT PROPER MAINTENANCE YOU CAN BEGIN TO EXPERIENCE POOR NETWORK CONNECTIONS, AND POOR PERFORMANCE. A WELL MAINTAINED NETWORK OF COMPUTERS WILL KEEP YOUR BUSINESS RUNNING SMOOTHLY AND EFFICIENTLY. IN MANY WORK ENVIRONMENTS DIRT AND DUST CAN BE A MAJOR PROBLEM WITHIN COMPUTERS. FANS CAN BECOME CLOGGED AND WHEN MIXED WITH MOISTURE IN THE AIR THE DUST AND DIRT INSIDE YOUR COMPUTER CAN CONDUCT ELECTRICITY IN SMALL AMOUNTS. EVEN SMALL AMOUNTS OF ELECTRICITY CAN CAUSE YOUR COMPUTER TO ACT STRANGLY, FREEZING UP, ERROR MESSAGES IN YOUR SOFTWARE PROGRAMS AND EVEN HARDWARE FAILURE WHICH CAN LEAD TO EXPENSIVE REPAIRS.

DEPENDING ON YOUR OFFICE ENVIRONMENT YOUR COMPUTERS AND SERVERS SHOULD BE CLEANED AND HAVE THE FANS CHECKED OR EVEN REPLACED AT LEAST ONCE A YEAR. WE HAVE BOTH THE FACILITIES AND THE EXPERTISE TO KEEP YOUR COMPUTERS AND NETWORKS RUNNING TOP NOTCH ALL YEAR LONG.

MAINTENANCE ALSO INCLUDES KEEPING WORKSTATION COMPUTERS FREE OF SPYWARE AND VIRUSES, THESE MALICIOUS PROGRAMS CAN GET INTO YOUR SYSTEM DURING REGULAR INTERNET USE WITHOUT YOUR KNOWLEDGE. IT IS IMPORTANT FOR USERS TO UNDERSTAND THAT AN ANTIVIRUS PROGRAM WILL NOT KEEP THEM 100% PROTECTED FROM THESE THREATS. BUSINESS USERS SHOULD BE PARTICULARILY CONCIOUS OF THESE THREATS BECAUSE VIRUSES CAN BE USED TO OBTAIN PERSONAL INFORMATION INCLUDING USER NAMES AND PASSWORDS.