How Advanta Dental bit off more than they could chew.
Advanta Dental was always hesitant about spending any money on preventative Information Technology. They thought making backups and monitoring computers was not necessary for a dental office. And that seemed to save them a lot of money – until one day, someone at their office made the mistake of opening an email that unleashed recently well known Ransomware on the company’s network. It wreaked havoc on their technology infrastructure. Unfortunately, it took them almost an entire day to realize something was wrong – and by that time, the virus had crept outward across the office network, and had encrypted almost all the patient files in the company database.
Advanta Dental had contacted us with their technology emergency situation. While we were able to react quickly and clean the virus off their system, the virus had already done its damage. Since there weren't any recent backups, they had to pay Ransom bitcoins equivalent to about $2000. Additionally this attack resulted in 4 days of downtime for Advanta Dental.
Cost: ~$2,000 | Downtime: 4 days
Step #1
Perform daily full backups of all files in patient database
Step #2
Install and monitor antivirus software
Step #3
In case of a virus attack, kill the virus, and restore backed-up files
How our managed backup service saved Integrated Pain Care thousands of dollars in Information Technology costs.
Integrated Pain Care’s network was attacked by a Trojan virus from an email, which crawled across the network, encrypting every file it found. The company realized something was wrong, and called us – and luckily, they’d been subscribed to our Managed IT service for months already.
Integrated Pain Care’s network was attacked by a Trojan virus from an email, which crawled across the network, encrypting every file it found. The company realized something was wrong, and called us – and we connected to the affected server right away. We quickly killed the virus. Since we’d been making daily backups of this company’s database, it only took about an hour to get all their data back, and to get them back up and running again. They were back in business the same day.
Cost: $0 | Downtime: 1 hour
Step #1
Eliminate the virus
Step #2
Restore all lost data from most recent daily backup
How we saved Peter Burns Law Office thousands of dollars just by checking their phone bill
Peter Burns had called us to fix some issues with internet connectivity. As we examined their system, though, we found that they were still paying for a whole bundle of services from AT&T, which they’d signed up for about ten years ago – and weren’t using. Somehow, they’d never reviewed their phone bills in all those years.
We reviewed their bills, found all the charges for services they weren’t using, and ordered them an optimized internet package with a faster internet connection – a package that only included services they’d actually use. They ended up becoming regular customers, and signing up for our Managed IT services. We’re happy to still be working with them today – and they’re happy with us, too.
Savings: $300 /month | Results: Faster internet connectivity
Step #1
Tracking the connectivity issue to its true source
Step #2
Putting together an optimized internet plan for the office
Step #3
Arranging this new internet plan with the phone company
How Our Intervention Transformed the Information Technoloy System of a Ratto Law Firm
Ratto Law has seven branch offices throughout our local area – all of which were using a range of different computers, with a huge variety of different operating systems and software versions. This caused a whole host of problems: One day, one computer would crash. The next day, another computer wouldn’t connect to the internet. Nothing was predictable, and nothing ever seemed to get permanently fixed.
We spent an entire day at one of their branch offices, cleaning all the computers, making sure everything was organized, systemized, optimized, protected from viruses, and updated to the latest versions. Today, we manage more than 60 computers for the company. If they ever encounter an issue, they call us and we fix it the same day – usually remotely. If we have to make a site visit, we also handle that the same day. But the vast majority of the time, everything simply runs as it should.
0 hours of downtime in past 2 years |
0 major virus outbreaks in past 2 years
Step #1
Systemize all operating systems and software for the entire company
Step #2
Organized, optimizing, and virus-protecting all computers
Step #3
Remotely maintaining and monitoring all computers, keeping all software up-to-date
How we saved a graphic design company's network
Like all graphic design companies, this company works with a huge amount of data, mostly in the form of graphical files – all stored on their network. As the company began to grow, this network database started to fall apart. Designers had problems saving files on the network – data often got lost, and people had to reboot every day. In fact, the company’s systems were down a full 25 percent of the time. When they landed a big new contract, they decided it was time for a change – so they called us to fix these problems.
We replaced all the company’s outdated devices – most of which weren’t working properly. We set up a better server architecture, so they could save and retrieve files without any issues. We also set up regular backups of their data, so they’d never lose a file again. They now subscribe to out Managed IT service. Thanks to our active network maintenance, they experience no downtime at all – and if they ever accidentally delete or damage a file, we can instantly retrieve it for them.
0 downtime in past 2 years |
0 files lost in past 2 years
Step #1
Setting up a better server architecture, so designers could save and retrieve files without any issues
Step #2
Setting up daily backups of company data, so they’d never lose a file again
Step #3
Remotely maintaining and monitoring all computers, keeping all software up-to-date
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