IT Preventive Maintenance Can Provide a 10:1 Cost Saving

Proactive IT network maintenance might sound technical, but for business leaders it comes down to one thing: reducing risk and avoiding expensive surprises. A dollar spent now will save more than a dollar later by avoiding:

1. Lost productivity with outages,

2. The cost of reactive “break-fix” work,

3. Costly cybersecurity breaches,

4. Paying for unnecessary software licences,

5. Unnecessarily short asset lifecycles and

6. Slow network performance.

Preventative maintenance ROI data varies considerably because failures affect each organisation differently. However, published data range from a 12% reduction in IT opex, 500%+ ROI by extending equipment life and a 10:1 saving by preventing a cybersecurity breach.

Ember Technology has automated much of the preventative maintenance work to minimise our cost, and we spread it across the year for budgeting purposes. We email quarterly in advance to give you peace of mind that we’re taking care of this important work.

Regular software licence checks, including Microsoft 365, ensure you’re current, compliant and that you’re not paying for more than you need.

Routers, switches, and Wi-Fi equipment quietly power your business every day. Over time, they slow down, fail, or become outdated. Routine firmware updates keep them secure and stable, reducing outages and protecting against cyber threats.

Checking the age and performance of your computers and hardware helps your budgeting and avoids productivity issues.

Domain name, website hosting, and security certificate checks prevent embarrassment and website security warnings that damage trust.

Cybersecurity checks are essential, and the maintenance has become more extensive. At a simple level, permissions reviews ensure only the right people have access to sensitive systems and data. Firewall ‘patches’ must be up to date, and vulnerability scans identify gaps. When staff change roles or leave, access should change too. More about this in another blog post.