PDK Associates, a Texas company, is in the market of 'service to small business'.

There are many 'assumptions' inherent in the running of a Fortune 500 company, that do not necessarily apply to a small business. There are many, however, that do apply.

One such assumption is that the computers in the company, and the software and infrastructure that allow them to function and collaborate, should be proactively maintained, secured, and protected as key assets to the company. 

A company of 5,000 employees may have dozens of people whose sole function is the ongoing reliable operation of the company's computers computers; 8-10 hours per day, 40-50 or more hours per week.

So, are small business computers 'exempt' from any of the pitfalls, from which the large companies protect themselves ?  Certainly not.  If anything, they MAY be more likely to encounter computer viruses, 'adware', 'spyware', 'iffy' electrical power in a rented business space,  problematic 'small business' software, and the list continues.

The small business is, in fact, statistically more likely to encounter an Information Technology failure that would do tangible damage to their business, if only counted in the lost productivity caused by a computer that can't be used. The other extreme is the potential loss of critical business records, stored as a folder on a single computer, that are totally lost due to a microsecond electrical surge that destroys the storage disk.  Lightening storms ?

PDK Associates is in the sole business of providing small business the attention, protection, stability and reliability in their use of information technology (referred to hereafter as IT).

The service is 'scaled' to meet the needs of the company, usually expressed in time spent at the business location, performing the tasks associated with reliability, availability and security (RAS).  It can range from a single computer, to a network of dozens of computers, servers, printers, plotters, storage devices, etc.

PDK will learn how your business uses IT.  We will survey what you have and how it's used, and if appropriate, make recommendations on more cost effective, or more efficient, ways to use what you have.

Often, PDK works with small businesses who have reached such a size or degree of success that their reliance on information has grown to require better access, better manipulation (trends, summaries, inventories, etc.), and surer availability of their data.  Relying upon PDK Associates as your 'IT Department' really only differs in one significant way;  our cost will be over 40% lower, based upon hourly rates, than companies such as those who use 'Geek' in the name. Now, that REALLY says something to me.

Patrick Kavanagh

Owner

PDK Associates