No two businesses are exactly the same. So why should their connectivity solutions be?
Your number of employees, locations, applications, communication requirements and plans for growth all influence what your business needs from its technology infrastructure.
Yet many providers still approach business connectivity with a simple choice: Package A, B or C.
While packaged pricing might make comparing costs easier, it does not necessarily mean you are getting the right solution for your business.
At Converged Group, we believe there is a better approach.
Your business is not a package
A small professional services company operating from one location has very different connectivity requirements from a growing organisation with multiple branches, cloud-based applications, remote employees and high data demands.
Putting both into predefined packages can mean compromising somewhere.
You may end up paying for capacity or services you do not need. More importantly, you could find yourself constrained by a package that no longer meets your requirements as your business grows.
Bespoke pricing starts with a different question.
Instead of asking, “Which package would you like?”, your connectivity partner should be asking, “What does your business need?”
Understanding your business comes first
Before recommending a connectivity solution, a provider should understand how your organisation operates.
How many users need to be connected? What applications does your business depend on? Do you operate from multiple locations? Are employees working remotely? How important is uptime to your operations? What are your plans for growth?
These questions help determine the type of connectivity, capacity, infrastructure and support your organisation actually requires.
The result is a solution designed around your business, rather than your business being forced to work around the limitations of a predefined package.
Connectivity that can grow with you
What works for your business today may not be what you need tomorrow.
You may employ more people, open another location, adopt new cloud applications or change the way your teams communicate and collaborate.
Your connectivity should be able to evolve with you.
This is one of the biggest advantages of working with a provider that takes a bespoke approach. Instead of choosing a package based only on your current requirements, your solution can take your future plans into consideration too.
A good connectivity partner should not benefit from restricting your growth. They should be helping to enable it.
Look beyond the monthly price
Price will always be an important consideration, but the cheapest advertised monthly fee does not necessarily represent the best value.
Business connectivity supports almost every part of the modern organisation, from email and cloud applications to voice communications, collaboration, security and customer service.
That means the conversation should go beyond bandwidth and monthly cost.
Businesses should also consider reliability, scalability, support, infrastructure and whether their provider has the expertise to support their wider ICT environment.
The right solution is not necessarily the cheapest package on a pricing table. It is the solution that delivers what your business actually needs.
A connectivity partner invested in your success
For over 15 years, Converged Group has helped South African businesses connect, communicate and grow through integrated ICT solutions.
Our approach begins with understanding your organisation and its requirements before recommending the technology behind it.
With expertise across business connectivity, networking, VoIP, cloud telephony, cyber security and managed services, we can look beyond an isolated internet connection and consider how connectivity fits into your broader ICT environment.
Most importantly, we believe your technology partner should grow alongside your business.
Because the best connectivity solution is not the one that fits neatly into a package.
It is the one that fits your business.
Looking for business connectivity built around your requirements?
Talk to Converged Group about a bespoke connectivity solution designed around where your business is today and where you want to take it next.
