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Fatech IT Advisors has been serving the Herndon area since 2007, providing IT Support such as technical helpdesk support, computer support, and consulting to small and medium-sized businesses.

How Data Can Help You Outsmart the Competition

How Data Can Help You Outsmart the Competition

For anyone who has seen the movie Moneyball, remember Billy Beane and the Oakland A's? In the early 2000s, Beane revolutionized baseball with "Moneyball," a radical approach to team building. Faced with a shoestring budget, he eschewed traditional scouting metrics and instead used sabermetrics—advanced statistical analysis—to identify undervalued players. The result? A small-market team consistently outperforming richer rivals, proving that data, not just dollars, could buy success.

Fast forward to today, and the principles of Moneyball are more relevant than ever for modern businesses. In an increasingly competitive landscape, every company, regardless of size or industry, can leverage data to make smarter decisions, optimize resources, and ultimately, build a better business for less.

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Do You Really Know How Much That Fax Machine Is Costing You?

Do You Really Know How Much That Fax Machine Is Costing You?

Let’s face it, your business probably can’t remember the last time it used that old fax machine sitting in the corner. It’s taking up precious time, money, and resources that could be reinvested into other parts of your business. Don’t believe us? Here are three reasons why you should ditch the fax machine.

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The Most Powerful Word in Your IT Budget: "No"

The Most Powerful Word in Your IT Budget: "No"

Business technology can often put business owners in a tough spot. There are dozens of options out there in terms of hardware and software alike, each promising earth-shattering changes… many with an equally earth-shattering price tag.

This presents a significant dilemma for business owners. While the goal is to innovate and empower their teams, it can seem like many of these tools are simply not worth the investment, but at the same time, denying access feels like denying innovation.

The solution to this dilemma, however, is fortunately simple: leaning on data to inform your decisions and enable yourself to say the dreaded two-letter word: “no.”

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How to Predict the “Unpredictable,” at Least Where IT Costs are Concerned

How to Predict the “Unpredictable,” at Least Where IT Costs are Concerned

Some surprises can be lots of fun. That said, any surprise impacts to your business’ IT won’t be.

Whether a server crashes, your wireless connectivity goes kaput, or you’re suddenly dealing with a security threat, the outcome is likely the same: the problem is fixed, but the invoice delivered to you a week or so later introduces a brand-new issue… the bill.

Nowadays, there is no reason for this little scenario to happen. Instead, your IT can be treated as a predictable utility cost without any dramatic surprises to throw off your plans.

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How Proactive IT Solves the Biggest Challenge Business Owners Face

How Proactive IT Solves the Biggest Challenge Business Owners Face

How many duties and responsibilities fall on you as a business owner? More often than not, you’ll find yourself wearing multiple hats, picking up the slack where you can because you just don’t have the time or the resources to hire staff for certain specialized tasks. Unfortunately, IT maintenance and management is one such role that falls to the wayside all too often—but it doesn’t have to.

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The Huge Benefit of Cloud Computing’s Scalability

The Huge Benefit of Cloud Computing’s Scalability

Cloud computing has altered how businesses operate forever and it’s because it brings unprecedented levels of flexibility and efficiency. One of its most compelling features is its scalability, the ability to easily handle a growing amount of work by adding or removing resources as needed.

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You Need to Upgrade to Windows 11… The Sooner the Better

You Need to Upgrade to Windows 11… The Sooner the Better

October 14th will be here before you know it, and when that happens, Windows 10 will no longer be safe to use. Without extreme and expensive measures in place, almost every threat will have nothing to stop it.

In short, you need to prioritize your migration to Windows 11 to ensure you aren’t facing severe challenges.

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Some Businesses—Like Microsoft—are Water-Cooling Entire Buildings

Some Businesses—Like Microsoft—are Water-Cooling Entire Buildings

Water cooling is a common method of keeping computing hardware at reasonable temperatures, particularly for gaming PCs, data centers, and similar high-demand applications. What if, however, a business used a similar method to keep their entire building climate-controlled?

Microsoft intends to do so in some new data centers, as many residences have begun implementing a version of this system.

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Tariffs Could Impact the Economy… and Your Business

Tariffs Could Impact the Economy… and Your Business

As an information technology provider, we are tasked with helping your business make the best decisions possible related to your IT infrastructure. In this role, we offer a gentle recommendation that you purchase hardware you expect to need over the next year as soon as possible. If you don’t, you might be left high and dry without any good options to choose from.

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Hardware Acquisition is a Key Part of Project Management

Hardware Acquisition is a Key Part of Project Management

Do you have any technology-related projects that require hardware acquisition? It’s a great time to consider it now, especially considering the expected increase of computing hardware costs. Working with a project management team like Fatech IT Advisors can take out some of the risk, responsibility, and financial burden you might have for any new hardware acquisition during the project management cycle.

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Downtime is an Obstacle You Need to Avoid

Downtime is an Obstacle You Need to Avoid

Downtime is easily one of the most prolific reasons small businesses take in less money than they otherwise could, making it an existential threat to many if a certain threshold is met. Making a bad situation worse, there is no shortage of reasons a business may experience downtime. Let’s examine some of these causes to better understand how to minimize this universal issue.

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Moving to the Cloud Can Be a Great Strategy for Growth

Moving to the Cloud Can Be a Great Strategy for Growth

The cloud has revolutionized how businesses operate across various industries, particularly in terms of financial efficiency. Today, we'll explore three significant ways your business can cut costs by integrating cloud solutions into your operations.

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Is Your Cloud Solution Actually a Money Pit?

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The cloud has proven to be an extremely useful tool for the modern business. Not only does it provide anywhere-anytime access to applications, processing, storage, et al; it also delivers those products as a service, allowing you to budget for recurring costs rather than major upfront ones. This provides your organization with functional, supported, and secure computing environments that eliminate a lot of the support costs that traditional computing environments require. It sounds like a perfect scenario for small and large businesses alike, but things aren’t always what they seem, as a lot of cloud users have found that they have incurred several hidden costs by using cloud platforms. Today, we take a look at these hidden costs.

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