Businesses fail to maximise growth opportunities, warns London data centre City Lifeline

Despite the UK economy’s continued growth, almost a quarter of businesses are failing to take advantage, a survey carried out by City Lifeline has shown.

Wednesday, 22nd October 2014 Posted 10 years ago in by Phil Alsop

The survey of senior IT personnel found 22 per cent stated network scalability is not central to their business growth plans, despite the vital role this plays in accommodating future development.

Roger Keenan, managing director of Central London data centre City Lifeline, is warning businesses are risking their future potential by taking a short sighted view on investment in growth.

“When businesses start out, there is often a temptation to minimise expenditure to ensure they survive the first few years, but it’s unforgivable for larger businesses to limit themselves in such a way. Businesses must remember that as a company grows, so must its technology and network scalability is central to this,” he says.
“Investing in network architecture which grows with your business can admittedly be a large expense at first, but basing your organisation on a system which fails to support growth will be much more costly in the long run.

“Businesses with the ability to grow without replacing their existing IT architecture will immediately be at an advantage. To ensure your company isn’t restrained by IT capacity, network scalability must be at the forefront of growth plans, as to overlook this may put the future of your business in jeopardy.”