Stellenbosch SMEs: Why a Quarterly Device Health Check Saves You Money
Technopark SMEs can cut downtime costs with quarterly device health checks. Digissential offers CPA-backed tune-ups, remote support, and reports.
· Digissential Team · 2 min read
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TL;DR: With Technopark’s SME cluster running thousands of devices, downtime is expensive. Quarterly health checks from Digissential prevent failures, save costs, and keep your IT CPA/POPIA-compliant.
Why SMEs can’t skip maintenance
- Hidden costs: emergency downtime costs staff hours, lost sales, and reputational harm.
- Student-style neglect: many SMEs delay maintenance until failure, paying more in recovery fees.
- Compliance edge: CPA, POPIA, and OHS documentation show clients and auditors you’re proactive.
Quarterly vs reactive repairs
- Quarterly: proactive tune-ups, backups verified, and dust cleared.
- Reactive: expensive rush repairs, lost productivity, missed deadlines.
One SME laptop failure in Technopark can waste a full day of staff time. Multiply that across a team, and health checks pay for themselves.
What Digissential provides
- Quarterly Device Health Check — bundled audits + reports.
- Speed-Up / Tune-Up — clean out bloatware, dust, and malware.
- Remote Support Session — many checks/fixes run remotely.
- Compliance documentation: CPA-aligned invoices, OHS safety (on-site), POPIA consent records.
Typical health check flow
- Remote audit — updates, storage, malware scans.
- Speed-up/tune-up — locally or on-site.
- Backup verification — restore test logged.
- Network stability — router/AP firmware checks.
- Report delivered — compliance-friendly document for your records.
FAQs
Q: Why quarterly and not yearly?
A: Four times a year matches business cycles — issues are caught early before they cause downtime during critical periods.
Q: How much downtime can this save?
A: Preventive checks reduce surprise failures. Even one avoided day of outage often saves more than a year of health checks.
Q: Can this be done remotely?
A: Yes. Many checks run via Remote Support. On-site visits are for physical cleaning, dust removal, or part swaps.
Q: Is there a warranty benefit?
A: Yes. CPA-aligned documentation supports warranty claims if hardware fails within supplier terms.
Q: What’s included in Digissential’s health check?
A: System audit, speed-up/tune-up, backup verification, security hardening, and compliance paperwork.
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Updated on 2025-09-11.