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The Technology Expert
A Cincinnati Business Courier Special Q&A Session
with Michael A. Sutter, President
Budget Business Computers
QUESTION:
In this current economy of severe ups and downs how can our company still be able to provide high quality IT equipment for our employees who desperately need to do their jobs efficiently and productively? |
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ANSWER:
The economic downturn has been good in that it has opened everyone's eyes to new ways to look at spending. Spending is not automatically "bad", but spending unwisely is. Buying all the "bells and whistles" may not be "good" spending. Budgets stay strong when the purchases are based on quality, value and meeting needs. Whether your company is a Fortune 1000 business or much smaller and independent, you want value for your IT dollars.
Budget Business Computers (BBC) was created to fill a need for companies who wanted to stretch their hardware budgets and that includes companies with budgetary constraints as well as thriving businesses. BBC recommends purchasing pre-owned and off-lease Business Class computer equipment. Business class equipment is built with higher quality materials that are manufactured to run longer than consumer class equipment. All equipment comes with a warranty. Equipment available includes desktops, laptops, flat panel LCD monitors, printers, Cisco equipment, routers, etc. A customized solutions process is provided for each company, which adds to the advantages of purchasing pre-owned and off-lease business class computer equipment.
BUDGET BUSINESS COMPUTERS:
Helping Businesses Achieve a Better Bottom Line.
© 2011 All Rights Reserved: Budget Business Computers
Cincinnati, OH | Phone: (513) 617-4822 |
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Cut Technology Costs Even as While It Continues to Evolve
January 16, 2012
Technology is constantly changing, but business rarely does-which is why you can still cut costs on your technology budget.
The money you save by purchasing pre-owned business class computers can be put to use on updating ever-evolving software.
Michael Sutter, president of Budget Business Computers, has noted that technology is at a point for businesses that further advancement is not
needed at the time. Business technological needs generally consist of email, word processing, internet and spreadsheets. Yes, having touch screens
on everything and HD 3-D is impressive, but is it worth the cost?
The fact for businesses is that it is not. Instead of buying the latest laptop each year for $1,500 to $2,000,
pre-owned business class computers can be purchased for maybe $500. For most professions these computers will suffice and save the company a significant amount of expenses. All it takes
is running the same business model that's been working and a few minutes to perhaps wipe the computer hard drive clean from the previous owner.
For decades companies have stressed the need for staying on top of the latest technological trends to keep up with the demand from the technologically savvy
consumer market, and to appear up to date and innovative compared to their competitors.
With new technology becoming obsolete nearly as soon as it is released today, it seems that markets are at a point where having version 2.0.1 is acceptable
when compared to 2.0.2. Products are often times updated through staying connected to the internet, making the latest model of something just unnecessary when
the changes are subtle and could easily not be noticed by the market.
On top of that is the fact that many businesses are no longer locally hosting files and software, instead opting to use sharing centers online and keeping
it all on the "cloud." This allows for significantly smaller hard drives and no real reason to pay for expensive technology that simply isn't needed.
The trend is that while technology keeps evolving, the way businesses use computers does not. All it takes is a refurbished computer and just like that your company saves
money and stays productive.
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The Technology Expert
A Cincinnati Business Courier Special Q&A Session
with Michael A. Sutter, President
Budget Business Computers
QUESTION:
When a company offers Value Added Services to a project, does this affect the actual bottom line cost of the products purchased? |
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ANSWER: There are numerous ways your Return on Investment (ROI) can be computed. These are found in the "value added" portions of a purchase or business agreement. The actual dollar cost, whether it be in the hundreds, thousands or millions of dollars, is not your actual bottom line cost. Value added services could be in the form of:
- Time spent to insure the correct product and quantity is purchased,
- Contacting partner companies to assist with logistics for short or long distance
moves of equipment,
- Working with partner companies in the environmentally friendly and safe disposal of obsolete IT equipment,
- Arranging for partner companies to provide the installation and sale of all types of cabling,
- Managing the removal of equipment and furniture from storage areas,
- Arranging for the sale of stored equipment that has become surplus capital assets and turning that equipment into cash, and
- Providing computer and networking services with partner companies.
These "value added services" improve a company's return on investment plus the
time saved by employees not having to arrange for all these extras to be done. Budget Business Computers and their Value Added Services Team can add value to YOUR company and improve YOUR ROI.
Helping Businesses Achieve a Better Bottom Line.
© 2011 All Rights Reserved: Budget Business Computers
Cincinnati, OH | Phone: (513) 617-4822 | sales@BudgetBusinessComputers.com
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Friends and Valued Associates,
I'm proud to share that last week, my company, Budget Business Computers, was featured in an article in the Cincinnati Business Courier. The article, titled "Some firms finding 'less is more' with computer systems," addressed how organizations are able to work with companies like mine to replace or upgrade their dated technology equipment and save precious funds in the process, which can be allocated for other needs.
The article includes one error in paragraph 5, which implies that pre-owned machines
usually cost $500 to $800. Actually, we are typically able to provide industry-standard pre-owned computers for $250 to $350. Otherwise, the article paints an accurate picture of the opportunities associated with pre-owned IT equipment.
We're excited about this recent coverage, and appreciate your contributions in helping to make this recognition possible.
Less is more?
Some firms finding 'less is more' with computer systems
A Cincinnati Business Courier Article Profile
Michael A. Sutter, President
Budget Business Computers
Friday, September 16, 2011, 6:00am EDT
James Ritchie Staff Reporter - Business Courier
In the constantly changing realm of information technology, maybe it was inevitable that the
decades-long trend toward more powerful computers would reverse itself.
Some Greater Cincinnati computer businesses are capitalizing on a less-is-more approach to technology that is being embraced by their clients. Among the hot areas: secondhand hardware, cloud computing and managed services.
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Michael Sutter, president of Budget Business Computers, finds, for example, that while processors keep getting faster and memory keeps expanding, the average business has the same computing needs: email, Internet, word processing and maybe spreadsheets. He's generating more than $1 million in revenue per year by reselling hardware that large corporations no longer want.
"The idea is to redirect the money to other things in your business," said Sutter, who started his Cincinnati-based firm in 2009. "I don't fit every business, but I fit a large portion of them."
Instead of paying $1,500 to $2,000 each for new laptops, a company might get pre-owned machines for $250 to $350, he said. The slightly outdated models might not be good for a graphics-intensive business, but they're perfect for a technician checking escalators, a counselor entering patient information at a nonprofit clinic, or a call-center operator logging product orders, he said.
In an average month he moves 500 to 1,000 computers – mostly Dells because of their wide acceptance in the business world – after wiping them clear of data. A concept that Sutter sees pushing his business along is cloud computing, where companies hire data centers – facilities that house systems in a climate-controlled environment with backup power supplies, security devices and redundant communications connections – to hold their information. Firms that move completely into the data-center "cloud," with software and data residing on shared server space, can get by with a bare minimum of hardware.
"They need less technology," Sutter said, "because they aren't storing their information on the computers. They're running it virtually." Kelly Berkemeier, operations manager at Crestview Hills-based e-solutions provider Isocnet, said when it's time for major equipment upgrades, companies are increasingly reevaluating whether it's a smart expenditure. Her firm offers data-center space in the Tri-State that it leases from Cincinnati Bell Inc.
Clients can provide their own servers, or the 15-employee Isocnet can supply and manage the equipment. Customers "are in business to do what they do, not be an IT company," she said. "We can often look at the IT spending of a company and cut it in half."
Unfortunately, she said, firms often see the value of a data center only after they lose data in a disaster, natural or otherwise, and realize it wasn't backed up. Cincinnati Bell has invested $36 million in data centers already this year and plans to keep building. At present it has 17 facilities spread throughout Ohio, Kentucky, Indiana, Illinois, Texas and England.
Industry experts put the current adoption rate of outsourced data centers among Fortune 100 corporations at about 10 percent. It's likely lower among smaller companies. Erlanger-based Emerge IT Solutions, too, has a rapidly growing managed services business with about 70 clients. Jesse Kegley, a managing partner in the firm, which also provides other IT and audio/visual solutions, said Emerge IT will likely hit the 50-employee mark early next year. That would be up from about 40 now and only 25 a year ago. Like Sutter and Berkemeier, Kegley is making sales to executives who want to streamline their expense structures in the wake of the recession. Though he's competing with huge cloud providers like Google and Microsoft, he believes Cincinnati-area managers like doing business with a local firm, especially if the price is competitive.
"We had a vision much earlier than the market actually adopted this," said Kegley. "We started in 2006. The market is still in the early adoption phase, but we see a lot of opportunity here – slow, steady adoption."
© 2011 All Rights Reserved: Budget Business Computers
Cincinnati, OH | Phone: (513) 617-4822 | sales@BudgetBusinessComputers.com
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The Technology Expert
A Cincinnati Business Courier Special Q&A Session
with Michael A. Sutter, President
Budget Business Computers
QUESTION:
In this current economy of severe ups and downs how can our company still be able to provide high quality IT equipment for our employees who desperately need to do their jobs efficiently and productively? |
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ANSWER: The economic downturn has been good in that in has opened everyone's eyes to new ways to look at spending. Spending is not automatically "bad", but spending unwisely is. Buying all the "bells and whistles" may not be "good" spending. Budgets stay strong when the purchases are based on quality, value and meeting needs. Whether your company is a fortune 1000 business or much smaller and independent, you want value for your IT dollars.
Budget Business Computers (BBC) was created to fill a need for companies who wanted to stretch their hardware budgets and that includes companies with budgetary constraints as well as thriving businesses. BBC recommends purchasing pre-owned and off-lease Business Class computer equipment. Business class equipment is built with higher quality materials that are manufactured to run longer than consumer class equipment. All equipment comes with a warrant. Equipment available includes desktops, laptops, flat panel LCD monitors, printers, Cisco equipment, routers, etc. A customized solutions process is provided for each company, which adds to the advantages of purchasing pre-owned and off-lease business class computer equipment.
BUDGET BUSINESS COMPUTERS:
Helping Businesses Achieve a Better Bottom Line.
© 2011 All Rights Reserved: Budget Business Computers
Cincinnati, OH | Phone: (513) 617-4822 | sales@BudgetBusinessComputers.com
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