Office Move IT Support

Planning your IT Move

When moving your IT infrastructure to a larger office it is significant for you and your company to be able to have a simple and streamlined move. The relocation process can be pretty frightening when you realize how many moving pieces there are between computers, networking equipment, storage devices, and more.

Thankfully, Better IT Services is here to make that process as smooth, precise, and swift as possible so that you can sit back, take a deep breath, and relax.

Streamlined IT Services for your Office Move

1. Seamless IT Move: Plan Ahead for Ongoing Support

The first item that your company should focus in on is planning ahead for a more seamless IT move. Through less cable chaos and more cable configuration you save a large sum of time and money.

Included are threats of moving on your own:

• Threats of damages to IT equipment are more likely to occur.
• Data loss through improper shut down or not backing data up.
• Data leaks can lead to security risks.
• Without proper safety tools employees may be injured.
• Networks may not connect properly without proper network configurations.
• Redownloading confusing software can lead to issues and time consuming processes.

Therefore, creating a check list of items from months to even a year before the move can help you.

Included are some of the items to have on your list:

• Scheduling an onsite meeting at the new office location with your IT specialist.
• Analyze the equipment you already have and what you may need at your new office.
• Letting internet service providers be aware of your move.
• Meet with your architect or contractor to map out where everything will go.
• Estimate your moving costs through a concreate budget.

2. Analyze Your Equipment

Before diving in to packing up your shop make sure to take time and analyze your equipment.

• Aging technology can be unreliable and in turn will need to be replaced.
• Upgrading or tossing old equipment before you move allows you to save money on installation.
• Finally please make sure to return any leased IT equipment that is not needed.

3. Consider New Cable Requirements

New cable requirements may be based on location of cables or just average infrastructure. Some additional things to think of for this topic include:

• Your VOIP phone system will require new networking.
• Backing up data before transporting telecommunication systems.
• Understanding what type of internet access you will need.
• Making a plan to receive calls during the moving process.

4. Arrange Your New Office Workspace

The most important activity for you during this process is to map out how you will need to arrange your new office workspace. Including your cabling and IT company during a site visit is highly recommended. Overall, drawing out where all the office equipment will need to go will offer greater yield in your investment.

• Pinpoint where all of the outlets are around your office and decide the location of office equipment that is most adequate.
• Check if the cooling, security, and electrical work in the server room meets minimum requirements or higher.