Riverbank It management

You don't like spending money on computers during an economic downturn. I can sympathise with that because we don't like doing that either. But beware of creating a problem for yourself further down the line.

One Riverbank client recently complained that their computers were running slowly. One of the reasons behind this was that many of the machines were over five years old. Because the company doesn't have a programme of regular replacement of ageing computers they have reached a point where they will soon be forced to spend a lot of cash replacing around half of their computers.

You need a policy for computer replacement. A reasonable policy could be a life span of four years for desktops and three years for laptops. If times are hard you can then stretch that by an extra year. But at least you know what you need to budget for every year and you avoid a pile-up of costs.

If you are about to replace computers ask for Riverbank's advice about what specification to go for. There are further false economies in buying too cheap and in spending too much on features you don't really need. We are always happy to advise.