Connecticut's IT Managed Services Blog

When most small- to medium-sized businesses consider expanding their market, they tend to look closer to home for new opportunities. Since Connecticut is a relatively small state, many central Connecticut businesses tend to look at Massachusetts and New York State to expand their sales. Both territories are nearby, but since they are different states it means different telecommunications infrastructures. Even if your operation is only expanding a few miles, crossing state lines makes IT planning more complex.

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A true measure of business success is expansion. Opening up new markets and satellite offices demonstrates that business is booming, but one of the biggest mistakes any business can make is unplanned expansion. Growing too fast or without carefully considering what kind of infrastructure you will need to sustain a larger operation has proven to be the downfall of many companies. You especially want to plan out your IT strategy to give you centralized control of data and gain a more accurate picture of global operations.

All businesses are going mobile these days. With the boom in smartphone sales and the proliferation of laptops and tablets, now you can access the office from any location, and many people do. You walk into the nearest Starbucks or coffee shop and chances are you will see dozens of people with their headphones in, working on their laptops. Geography is no longer an issue for business thanks to the mobile enterprise, and there are a number of Connecticut mobile start-ups that are fueling the growth of mobile business.

More Connecticut businesses are expanding their workforce, and with staff expansion come new pressures on IT departments to accommodate new employees. Business productivity is increasingly being driven by computer technology, so it’s important to get new workers connected to the company network as quickly as possible. With all the other responsibilities the CIO and IT department have, supporting new hires typically is not high on the list. Keeping pace with an expanding workforce and expanding computing demands is what keeps Connecticut businesses competitive, which is why more IT departments need to adopt new strategies to keep pace with staff expansion.