Step FWD // IT provides managed IT services, cloud solutions, disaster recovery, and on-premises support to help businesses reduce costs and risks from unexpected IT failures while improving productivity through a proven approach of reliable, available, and high-performing networks, systems, and applications. Their services include IT managed services, cloud SAAS and IAAS, and disaster recovery planning and testing to ensure critical systems, applications, data, and uptime requirements are protected.

1. Step FWD // IT
Chris Mannering

2. // About Us
 Founded by Chris Mannering 2009
 Core Values of developing long term mutually
beneficial relationships
 High level customer focus & care
 Leverage technology leaders to deliver solutions

3. // Services
Business Availability, Growth & Productivity
IT Managed Cloud Disaster On Premises
Services SAAS & IAAS Recovery Support

4. // Managed Services

5. Step FWD // IT Approach

6. // The Step FWD // IT
Proven Approach Delivers
• Reduce Business Risk
– Improves the network, systems and apps reliability, availability and performance
– Reduces the risk of unexpected IT network, systems, apps failures
• Reduce Costs
– Reduce the actual cost of sudden, unexpected IT Failures and onsite visits
– Minimise opportunity costs associated with network, systems or apps failure; strengthens competitiveness
– Reduces overall costs of the IT function and IT Service fees
– Reduce the Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) of your IT equipment
– Improves overall return on investment in IT
• Smoother Cash Flows
– More predictable budgeted monthly costs (down to the single users)
• Improves IT Productivity
– Improve utilisation & Job satisfaction of IT Professionals on more strategic projects
• More socially responsible
– “Greener” approach to IT Management
• Substantially more than an insurance Policy

7. // Cloud //SAAS

8. // Cloud // IAAS

9. // Disaster Recovery
• Critical Hardware or
Install • Ensure backups are running
Systems • Preform routine test
• Key applications • Fit for purpose solution restores
• Critical Data • $$$ • Review backup strategy still
• Uptime or Recover time • Time fit for purpose
requirements • Data
• Recovery
Manage /
Learn
Monitor

10. // Disaster Recovery
• Only 35% of SMBs have a comprehensive disaster-
recovery plan.
• Fewer than 10% have crisis
management, contingency, business recovery and
business resumption plans.
• 2 out of 5 businesses that experience a disaster will go
out of business within 5 years. –Gartner 2011