In today’s day and age virtually all businesses are almost entirely reliant on technology. It is very difficult to maintain and grow a business without a reliable and secure IT infrastructure. Managing and maintaining today's complex technologies is not something that should be left to an amateur, nor should one ignore it and wait for something to go wrong before calling an IT professional. Failing to properly maintain and manage an IT system runs the risk of critical devices failing, causing great financial loss to the business and in some cases, can mean an end to the business entirely. Studies have shown that a majority of businesses that lost their critical data due to not maintaining their IT system properly had to close down their business within a year. As the saying goes ‘an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure’.