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Letter from the CEO
"There's never a dull moment in IT. The long hours and
complexities of our industry require our team to function as a
well-oiled machine. And in order to maintain such a machine, we
must make time for a little fun.
Switchfast's beach volleyball team is one way that this
happens. Friendships built outside of the workplace translate into
better communication and patience inside the workplace. Our
employees develop a sense of work/life balance that helps pull
everyone through the tough stretches.
So as your colleagues chip away at the daily grind,
remember: all work and no play isn't worth whatever it pays."
Best Regards,
Matt
Contact Us
4043 N Ravenswood
Suite 203
Chicago, IL 60613
Tel: 773.241.3007
Fax: 773.241.8972
www.switchfast.com
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Aging hardware can be much costlier to keep than to
replace
Thanks to the state of the economy, it's tempting to try and
push the limits of your hardware to delay inevitable upgrades. This
may seem like a money-saving measure on the surface, but the truth
is that there is a significant cost to NOT replacing out-of-date
hardware - one that can very easily trump the cost to purchase its
replacement.
- Maintenance - Needless to say, old hardware is
much more prone to failure than new hardware. In many instances, it
only takes a few surprise maintenance bills to equal the cost of
completely replacing the piece of equipment in question. Instead of
budgeting for a single, planned upgrade, your company could be
burdened with several unplanned bills and still be left with an
unreliable resource.
- Energy Consumption - Technology is constantly
being forced to meet new energy compliance requirements. Over a
given period of time, newer, more energy-efficient hardware could
recoup a major portion of its cost through savings on your energy
bills.
- Decreased Performance - Sluggish servers and
workstations can affect your employees and customers in
significantly negative ways. Employees can lose hours and hours of
productive time each month simply by spending time waiting for
computers to load their work. By lengthening speed-to-market and
delaying employee responsiveness, opportunities can be lost and the
customer experience irreparably diminished.
- Downtime - This is the worst of them all. All
too often we hear people tell us that they want to continue pushing
their hardware "until it blows up." Not only will these companies
have to pay for the hardware to be replaced anyway, they'll also
have to suffer the consequences of an unforeseeable and potentially
devastating period of downtime sooner or later. What's worse is
that critical systems tend to fail when they're being used the most
- an occurrence that naturally coincides with a business's most
profitable months.
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Beach Volleyball Season is Right Around the Corner!
Summer's almost here, and at Switchfast, that means beach
volleyball season! Switchfast is happy to be a part of the Chicago Sport and Social Club's summer
volleyball league. This year, Switchfast's team is poised to
compete like never before. Team captain, Chris Barker, has been
training relentlessly throughout the off-season and promises a
dominant performance from his teammates.
Switchfast's first game will be on Thursday, June 11th at 6:30pm
at Montrose Beach. Feel free to stop by, hang out, and cheer us on!
For more information on Chicago Sport and Social Club's events and
activities, visit their website at www.chicagosportandsocialclub.com.
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Sometimes small changes make a big difference
When you get used to doing things a certain way, sometimes
simple but significant improvements to your processes can slip by
under the radar.
One example of a simple improvement with a great cost to benefit
ratio is the use of dual monitors, as outlined here in the New York Times.
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