How much do you know about your company's IT environment? Do your current IT solutions support your business objectives? Are you putting off projects because they need technical support and project management that you may not have?
If you answered yes to any of those questions, IT consulting would be beneficial to you. IT consulting and management services can help you with technology solutions for your business.
St. Louis Managed IT is a group of IT professionals who are proficient in many different areas of information technology. With our well-rounded team, we can assist companies throughout St. Louis and the surrounding area with whatever IT solutions you may need.
Many companies or independent contractors offer IT consulting but may not put your company's needs first. Not all IT is one size fits all, St. Louis Managed IT gets to know your company and helps to build an IT infrastructure that best fits your needs.
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We provide complimentary consultations to those looking for better IT solutions.
If you're looking for technical support as part of a larger project, our team of IT professionals can help with whatever stage of the project you're needing hep with.
If your company is using St. Louis Managed IT for consulting, a list of what to expect is below:
Project Management
No matter the project, our IT professionals can do it all - from general management to organizing custom software. Our staff has experience in a wide variety of Project Management type roles and can come in as an extension of your team and work with decision makers to understand the desired outcome of the project, put together a budget, and stick to the desired timeline.
IT-Focused Business Consulting
A great managed IT partnership is more than just technical support. St. Louis Managed IT works with you to determine your company's long term goals and helps to provide IT solutions to help you get there. Our IT professionals are able to look at your company through an IT lens and suggest how to best invest in your technology.
Partnering with Internal Information Technology Team
If you're needing a team to handle the help desk and IT support side of our business, St. Louis Managed IT has several services that may help. Having a dedicated team for the help desk can help to alleviate your internal staff so they can focus on IT planning and strategic projects.
St. Louis Managed IT can provide services in the areas listed below:
Complete IT Environment Consulting
Our team of IT consultants analyze the following areas of your business when providing IT planning for your company's entire IT infrastructure:
- IT Security: Our IT professionals take a look at what security measures are already in place and analyze what changes could be made to better this department. If your company is using our managed services, we make any updates that may be necessary.
- Backup & Disaster Recovery: It's important to establish a good backup and disaster recovery plan for your company. Each company is different and having a custom plan that considers budget, possible downtime, and amount of data stored is imperative. If managed services is part of our partnership, our team monitors and tests all backups periodically and in the event of a disaster, we deploy the technical side of the business continuity and disaster recovery plans.
- Cloud Services: Our team takes a look at your company's needs and helps to determine if a cloud-based storage or in-house servers would be best for your IT environment. If the cloud makes the most sense for your company, we take a look at services like Microsoft Azure or AWS for your cloud infrastructure.
- Email: Our consultants take a look at what email platform is currently being used and make suggestions based on what platform would best suit your company. If your email platform is working well for you, our IT professionals can help with spam filtering options to best protect your company from hacking.
- Application/Software: Our IT professionals analyze what current applications and software your team is using and make recommendations to keep your business running efficiently and effectively.
- Hardware: We take a look at what hardware your company is using to make sure it's the most up to date equipment. If not, we make recommendations on what machines could be replaced and we can do any setup needed.
Frequently Asked Questions
What are Managed IT Services?
Managed services is consistent support for any IT related needs. Whether that's technical assistance, updates, scheduled maintenance, or server support. Our expert IT professionals are on-call for any emergency IT needs as well.
What is IT Management Consulting?
With managed IT consulting, our IT professionals get to know your business inside and out. By knowing how your team best functions, our consultants can help tailor your IT infrastructure to best fit your company. St. Louis Managed IT has years of experience in all areas of IT and can help your company find cost-effective solutions for your technology.
Why is Cybersecurity Important?
If your company uses the internet, it needs cybersecurity. For all modern businesses, it's a matter of when (not if) you will encounter a security breach. Setting up layers of cybersecurity to protect your data is a necessity and St. Louis Managed IT can help.
How do I know when it's time for a new backup solution?
Data backups are essential to keeping your business running smoothly in the event of computer malfunction or a data breach. Being able to pick up where you left off could save your company time and money. Backups are continually changing so having a conversation at least once a year could ensure your backups remain effective and secure.
Can you help my business implement custom software?
Of course! Our IT experts can help advise you on what software would be best for your company.
What areas do you serve?
The St. Louis metro area.
IT Planning for the Future
At St. Louis Managed IT, we believe that planning for the future is essential. An overarching look at your IT environment can give you an idea of what equipment and programs you may need to update in the future. This can allow you to strategically budget for your future IT needs instead of surprise purchases over the next few years.
With an IT consulting company like St. Louis Managed IT, you can rest assured knowing that any issue that may arise will be take care of quickly and efficiently because we know our clients inside and out.
If you're curious about an IT assessment or have any other questions, please reach out to St. Louis Managed IT.