Alexandria Networks - Keeping Your Business Moving

Technology is expensive.We can all agree on that. It seems like every two or three years a new product or software package appears on the market that is “new and improved” and your organization must purchase it in order to stay competitive or to simply continuing doing business with any early adopters who have already upgraded. 90 % of small businesses are late adopters of cutting edge technology simply because they don't have the additional funds necessary keep up with the rapid changes in technology.

Alexandria Networks understands that in today's world IT departments are up against the odds when it comes to annual budgets. We can leverage our partner relationships with our vendors to offer your organization the best possible pricing for technology products. From desktops, laptops and servers to software, services or bandwidth, we have the resources to seek the best possible price while delivering it on time and under budget.

We also have various ways to perform large system upgrades. From our hosted solutions to our attractive leasing terms, large projects are no longer dreams for your organization.

"The reason a small-business customer never buys information-technology equipment is because there is an obsolescence curve," said Irv Rothman, president and CEO of the $8 billion-strong HP Financial Services. Buying makes sense if you plan to keep something for a long time, but technology typically becomes obsolete every two to three years.

"When you know something is going to become obsolete, why does a small-business customer want to be an owner of that equipment, instead of simply a user of that equipment?" said Rothman. Leasing requires another kind of management skill.That is: Lifecycle management.Whereas buying typically means picking up something inexpensive to do the job right now, leasing means that a business is looking at the bigger picture, planning for future upgrades and evolving needs.

That is a plus, according to Matt Millen, vice president for small- and medium-sized business operations at Gateway computers. "When most small businesses go into an acquisition, they are not thinking three years down the road.They don't have a plan," he said. "What leasing can do is to put some rigor and some planning into that acquisition. It provides a level of discipline and road-mapping on the front end to a customer who otherwise might not be looking that far ahead."

Alexandria Networks can provide several different options for your next network upgrade. If purchasing the equipment outright best suits your capital plan, Alexandria Networks can procure the equipment for you and deliver/install it onsite once everything has shipped to our location. We can also provide affordable leasing terms for your business. Rather than exspending a large amount of capital for your next upgrade, you can opt for a lease for a term that better suits your captial plan.

At the end of the lease term the equipment is yours to keep.