Small business IT basics

Do we need an IT provider if we only have eight employees?

Short answerYou need someone accountable for it. Whether that is a full agreement depends on what you run.

Eight people still means eight email accounts to secure, backups that need to work, computers that need patching, and a network someone should be watching. The question is not whether the work exists, it is who is doing it. Right now it is probably your office manager, in between their real job.

We support businesses at that size regularly. We will also tell you honestly if a lighter arrangement makes more sense for where you are.