Stop Paying for Problems: Your IT Tech Health Check Guide
Most IT problems don’t show up as one big failure. They creep in quietly: licences you’re still paying for, backups that haven’t been tested, patching that slips, and “temporary” fixes that become permanent. This month’s newsletter gives you a simple way to take control, with an IT cost-cutting assessment, a visual breakdown of what a proper tech health check includes, and a quick checklist to spot gaps before they turn into downtime or security headaches.
IT Assessment: 9 Proven Ways to Cut IT Costs
If your IT costs keep creeping up, it’s probably not because of one big purchase. It’s the small stuff that quietly turns permanent: duplicate apps, unused licences, cloud bills that grow month by month, and “quick fixes” that create more tickets later.
In our latest blog, we walk through nine practical checks you can run in a real NZ business to find waste, remove daily friction (like slow laptops and flaky Wi-Fi), and turn the findings into a simple 30/90/180-day plan your team can actually execute.
The Anatomy of a Tech Health Check
Strong businesses rely on healthy technology, but most issues stay invisible until they cause downtime or a security incident. That’s why we’ve put together this month’s infographic: The Anatomy of a Tech Health Check.
It breaks down what a proper tech health check should cover, from a security review (patching, antivirus, access controls) and infrastructure assessment (servers, networks, cloud), through to user access audits, software and licensing clean-ups, monitoring and alerting validation, compliance and policy alignment, and backup plus disaster recovery testing. If you want fewer surprises and more reliability, this is the checklist worth benchmarking against.
Is Your Business Due for a Tech Health Check?
Want a quick reality check on your IT health without sitting through a sales pitch? This month’s checklist makes it dead simple.
It’s a 10-question self-assessment covering the most common warning signs we see in growing businesses: overdue health checks (12+ months), ageing systems (3+ years), recent downtime or data loss, untested backups, no clear IT roadmap, compliance uncertainty, staff complaints about slow or unreliable systems, changes made without reviewing the setup, unclear access rights, and relying on break-fix instead of proactive management. Add up your “yes” answers and you’ll instantly see where you sit, plus what to do next based on the scoring guide (0–4, 5–7, 8–10).
If any of this hit close to home, start with the checklist and see where you land. Then use the infographic as your benchmark for what “good” looks like. If you want a second set of eyes, get in touch and tell us what’s causing the most frustration right now (slow devices, patching gaps, Wi-Fi issues, backup concerns, recurring outages). We’ll help you identify the quickest win and lay out a practical 90-day plan to stabilise things and cut waste.
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