Overview
Small and medium enterprises face barriers to using the Internet effectively. Research from the Federation of Small Businesses shows that small and medium sized enterprises lack IT skills and good external advice.
Technology is essential to business, with many small enterprises now making a significant proportion of their revenue through online transactions. Business website hosting, particularly secure servers that can enable safe online transactions, is now essential for small and medium-sized enterprises.
Flexible methods of communication such as email, instant messaging and web browsing are some of the more fundamental Internet applications smaller companies are familiar with. Small enterprise Internet use is becoming increasingly sophisticated and it is not unusual for the smallest of operations to use virtual private networks (VPNs) and a variety of security devices.
Small and medium sized enterprises often lack the resources of large businesses to employ an IT department or professional IT manager. Claranet removes the expense of directly employing IT department staff. Our team of professional IT and network managers support more than 36,000 businesses across Europe. Your company can benefit from the expertise Claranet's IT consultants have acquired through designing, building and managing many and various enterprise networks. Claranet understands the multitude of technology options available in order to be able to provide the most appropriate Internet access, connectivity, hosting, security and software for your business. Clients receive IT services that deliver the maximum return on investment and enable them to challenge their corporate competitors.
Claranet is famed for its customer support. The speed of response to our support helpline is outstanding; the average time for a real person to answer calls is just 16 seconds. Our IT experts also provide online tutorials for enterprises and speak in plain English to address your IT issues and talk you through step by step.
Every company needs flexibility to enable sustained and stable growth. Claranet itself grew from a small company to a large pan-European business in just 10 years. This unique experience, along with our knowledge and large international presence, means we can work with you as your technology partner to support your business' seamless global expansion. Claranet’s future-proofed technology products and Internet services are scalable for growth. Claranet can also help companies invest in data back-up and recovery services to avoid potential disaster.
Famed economist Milton Friedman said, "The business of business is business". Focus on your business and contract Claranet to provide the software, network management and other Internet services that deliver network efficiency and effectiveness allowing you to gain a competitive advantage over your competitors.