If you own a small business, you know that you need to optimize technology – and on a budget.

Having a technology budget is key to your company’s success, but how can you craft a budget that fits your needs if you don’t know anything about technology spending?

You can learn how to make the most of your technology dollars and optimize technology – and it’s helpful to learn what normally goes into an IT budget.

Generally, the best IT budgets include the following:

  1. Personnel costs
  2. Hardware and infrastructure costs
  3. Software and networking costs
  4. Telecommunications costs

Depending on your business, there can be additional costs (like training) but this is a good starting point. Once you lay all this out, you can slowly start to see the picture of how to optimize technology for your business and set your own budget.

This might sound pricey, but there are ways to make it cost effective and tailored to your company’s needs – all while keeping your small business secure and running smoothly.

Here are some ways to optimize technology budget:

  1. Find a small IT provider. Sometimes, you can get better support – and a better cost – by skipping the big-name companies and finding a small company to provide IT services.
  2. Make sure you are getting the software you need – and not all the extras you don’t. You know you need email, a schedule or calendar and some kind of bookkeeping or accounting program. But beyond that, you can pick and choose -within reason – the additions tailored to your unique needs.
  3. Don’t buy a fancy, expensive system only to fail to train your employees how to use it. If you invest in proper training, your employees will have to call tech support less – and they can optimize technology to be more efficient.
  4. Security is something you really shouldn’t skimp on and it’s a fast-moving area that demands only the best. Invest in it – and in data backups.

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