This week we are celebrating Small Business Week. Convergent Technologies Group is highlighting the ways that IT helps small businesses grow and succeed in a
fast past, technology driven world. Our company was founded in 2005 as a small
business right here in Richmond, Va. Over the years we have used our technology
partners to grow our organization into one that supports some of the largest
Enterprise Customers in the state, while maintaining a direct focus on the
Small to Mid-Size Market. No two businesses are the same and whether you are a
large Enterprise, or a five-person business, IT matters and is equally as
important to your success. Convergent works with small businesses to provide
big business infrastructures and solutions like data storage, creating a mobile
environment and working to give you ease in managing multiple systems.
Storage has become a recurring conversation with Small
Businesses. In today’s data driven world, even the smallest companies are
creating huge pools of storage that need to reside somewhere. In most cases,
this data needs to be accessed quickly and effectively because even the
smallest delays to your customers’ needs can result in lost revenue. Whether
you require Direct Attach, Network Attached, or SAN attached storage,
Convergent has the product portfolio and expertise to evaluate the needs of
your business and offer solutions that fit within your requirements and most
importantly, your budget.
Today’s workforce is more mobile than ever! Statistics show
that the average end user has four to five devices that they use daily. The
question that everyone is asking is how to ensure a consistent work experience,
no matter the device, while maintaining the highest and most up to date
security that is available. If you are like me, no matter where you go for a
business meeting, the first thing you do is try to find a guest Wi-Fi to
connect to while you are there. This is another point of security that nearly
all businesses are having to think about and react to. The balance of providing
a reliable network to your employees, clients, partners and guests, while also keeping
the network and your Intellectual Property is one that we are uniquely
positioned to address for our customers. We have helped customers large and
small secure their networks using a variety of products and partnerships. We can
sit down with you to discuss your connectivity and security needs to build the
right solution for your business.
The third issue that we are consistently addressing with our
Small Business Partners is the difficulty in managing multiple systems in the
same environment, while finding room for all the equipment to reside.
Convergent recognized the trend of the industry to move towards Hyper-Converged
and Cloud ready solutions several years ago and has worked to put together
solutions that will reduce space, while removing the complexity of managing
multi-tenant environments. We partner with vendors that understand that ease of
management, along with the ability to work with Cloud solution providers is an
important step for any business, specifically small businesses.
Convergent is built around recognizing trends, both in the
IT industry and within our customer-base. We work to talking with our customers
to get an understanding of the challenges that they are seeing in the
marketplace, and how IT will play a role in meeting those challenges head on.
We are well-positioned to work with Small Businesses to provide everything from
consulting to hardware, all the way down to Managed Services. Let’s sit down
and talk about what your business needs out of its IT infrastructure and come
up with a solution that fit the need of your specific business!
