Understanding IT

The Cost of SPAM (Based on an 8hr Work Day)	Small	Medium	Large	Your Employees
Number of Employees	10	25	50	*
Avg. Employee Salary	$45,000	$60,000	$90,000	$ *

SPAM per Person
Amount of SPAM per Day	150	150	150
Seconds to ID & Delete	5	5	5
Seconds Wasted per Person	750.00	750.00	750.00
Minutes Wasted per Person	12.50	12.50	12.50

Time Wasted (Entire Company)
Minutes Wasted per Day	125.00	312.50	625.00
Minutes Wasted per Week	625.00	1562.50	3125.00
Minutes Wasted per Year	32500.00	81250.00	162500.00
Hours Wasted per Year	541.67	1354.17	2708.33
Days Wasted per Year	67.71	169.27	338.54
Person-Weeks Wasted	13.54	33.85	67.71
Person-Months Wasted	3.19	7.97	15.93

Annual Cost of SPAM to Your Company	$11,948.53	$39,828.43	$119,485.29

The Hidden Cost of Lost Productivity	Staff	Finance	Sales	Your Employee
Annual Employee Salary	$45,000	$60,000	$90,000
Annual Sales Generated by Employee	$0	$0	$250,000

Monthly Salary	$3,750	$5,000	$9,375
25% Overhead for Benefits, Taxes and Insurance	$937	$1,250	$1,875
Total Monthly Cost	$4,687	$6,250	$9,375
Hourly Cost (assuming 75% productivity)	$36.06	$48.08	$72.12
Hourly Revenue Generated by Employee	$0	$0	$160.26
Total Hourly Value of Employee	$36.06	$48.08	$232.38
Est. Hours of Downtime per Month due to Computers	2	2	2
Monthly Cost to your Business	$72.12	$96.16	$464.76
Useful Lifetime of a PC (years in service)	3	3	3
Total Lifetime Hidden Cost per PC	$2,596	$3,462	$16,731

Understanding Automation - How We Leverage Automated Services

The strategic use of automation allows us to protect your business from harm.

Business technology is the bane of the modern worker. No matter how well-intentioned the members of your staff are, when they have computer troubles, it complicates everything they are trying to accomplish. This, in turn, complicates every goal you are trying to accomplish.

The automation of IT service delivery gives you a direct line to a stronger business by streamlining the services that your customers rely on. This is accomplished by removing downtime from the equation, while also securing your data and protecting your infrastructure. Since we only automate repeatable and routine tasks, it makes it so we can provide a comprehensive IT management service for an affordable monthly rate.

Understanding Ransomware

What You Need to Know About the Malware that Hits Your Data, and Then Your Wallet

Cyber criminals have no shortage of tools at their disposal in their attempts to abuse and take advantage of those they set their sights on. Recently, however, it seems that more and more of them select ransomware as their weapon of choice. Knowing what ransomware is, and how to avoid falling victim to it, is critical to a business’s survival. Fortunately, this particular malware has a few distinct characteristics that make it relatively simple to identify and describe.