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The 5 Costliest IT Mistakes That
     A Business Owner Can Make

Because of the unpredictable nature of business ownership, the tasks involved in building a solid IT infrastructure frequently take a back seat to the more immediate demands of meeting sales goals and taking care of customers.
Managing Your Business Network
Not all Managed Services Providers are equal. gFACTOR ensures that your business is running smoothly and ready to get you where you want to go.
6 Questions To Ask Your IT Partner
How to find out what you need to know when selecting a Managed Services Provider.




Architects/Engineers/Construction Firms

"gFACTOR brought order to our network and gave us a real peace of mind about the reliability of the system they installed. I have a tremendous amount of confidence in the work they’ve done for us. I recommend them to others not only because of the high level of service, but because of the personal relationship and the ethics that go with it.”
– Jim Stumbo, AIA, Partner, Stewart Cooper & Newell Architects

Common Challenges in A/E/C Firms:

  • Working with and backing up large files
  • Collaborating with remote office

The gFACTOR Solution:

gFACTOR has worked with numerous architects, engineers and other technical services professionals to address challenges like these. One long-time client who has benefitted from the entire gFACTOR solution is Stewart Cooper Newell Architects in Gastonia, North Carolina. SCN is a recognized leader in planning, designing and administering the construction of government, law enforcement and institutional projects.

gFACTOR designed a high-performance, stable network that has dramatically improved system availability and speed. SCN's solution organizes and secures their critical data, and performance is monitored in real-time to alert technicians when resources are at sub-optimal levels. We established a nailed-up VPN to provide fast, secure communication and data sharing between SCN's offices. Performance is maintained and the network is proactively managed using gFACTOR's Managed Workplace monitoring and a Bronze Service Agreement that provides cost-effective support and expert oversight of their IT assets.

Recommended Products and Services For A/E/C Organizations:

  • Virtual CIO
  • gFACTOR Monitoring (more info)
  • Continuous Protection Service (CPS) Backup Solution
  • Microsoft Small Business Server
  • SonicWALL firewall/VPN appliance