Small Business Technology Assessment

---

Small business owners rarely have the time or knowledge to fully understand their technology assets and ensure that technology is working for them and their business. In most cases, small businesses do not have technology savvy employees, sometimes relying on friends or family to help. As the business grows or the technology expands (more computers, more applications, more online services), business owners often turn to IT consulting firms to outsource technology management and maintenance. But even in those cases, business owners and their staff may not fully understand what technology they have, how everything is configured and used, and what improvements might be possible.

To that end, we’ve created our Small Business Technology Assessment to provide small business owners with information regarding their technology and recommend changes that could (or should) be made. The assessment can include review of any of these areas:

• Network infrastructure and topology
• Asset labeling and tracking
• Access control
• Security protection
• Data access and control
• Wireless network access
• Redundancy and disaster recovery
• Software licensing
• Email policies and use
• Website assessment
• Social media use
• Remote access and collaboration

While an assessment might include all of these areas, each Small Business Technology Assessment is tailored to meet the needs of individual businesses and owners. And each assessment will include recommendations so that business owners can take action to make changes and improvements.