Cable Management Tips For Small Business

October 19, 2016
IT WIFI
Computer Hardware
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Cable Management – Tips For Small Business

Cable Management – Tips For Small Business – All IT devices, including servers, are subject to failure for any number of reasons, including misuse, power surges or outages, system corruption, theft, fire and a thousand other factors. The good news is, with proper preparation and a well organised system, you can minimise both your downtime and the impact on your business.

Furthermore, here at IT Wifi, we believe that all businesses should invest the time and efforts to tidy up the cables at their premises, as this would save them money at the long run.

It’s one of the most overlooked aspects of IT management in many businesses both small and large, but quite simply, a well-organized IT infrastructure can be understood quicker by a technician. This allows them to solve problems faster – which is very beneficial if you’re paying by the hour or losing money due to your systems being down!

Nevertheless, even if you haven’t lost access entirely and it’s just one or 2 computers that aren’t working properly, there’s no doubt that effective cable management is beneficial for every business by reducing the time involved in troubleshooting problems as well as reducing cabling change time.

Cable Management – Tips For Small Business

Indeed the mismanagement and mishandling of these connection lines can lead to disastrous outcomes, therefore, there are few things that you need to consider for proper cable management inside your network cabinet:

Separate Power and Network Cables — to avoid all sort of interference between both cables.
Cable bends and twists —to avoid any possible cable damage.
Cable Protection — must keep all cables away from sharp items and always try to avoid high heat zones within the cabinet.
Proper handling of excess lengths of cable — choose the required lengths of cable to avoid excess bends or interference issues.
Secure Cables and Connectors — to reduce accidental disconnection or potential shorts.
Cable Labelling — an essential step during cable installation and handy when making future changes or upgrades.

Cable Management – Tips For Small Business

Nonetheless, if you’re unsure of how to manage this yourself, IT WIFI can provide a wide variety of rack cable management and labelling for networking/IT closets, patch panels and servers. We also offer a pseudo-diagram documentation that would present the network floor-map of the business, along with the details for each IT device on the network. This diagram saves a lot time and money during crisis moments (such as when your server and/or network goes down.)

In site of The computer repair team at IT WIFI are only a call away to help you reduce cabling and troubleshooting time of your cabinet network. We can also help clean up your server and computers from all potential threats like Computer Viruses, Trojans, Ransomware, Malware & Spyware and we can also schedule an automatic backup to ensure that your valuable data is always safe.