Moving Offices? Relocate Your Digital Assets Safely with the Office Moving Specialists

Modern-day businesses rely heavily on digital data and records, with technology increasingly being integrated into even the most routine of tasks. Computers, peripherals, servers, and other digital assets are critical towards organizational function and efficiency. The biggest disaster that can hit you as a business owner would be any sort of damage to this crucial equipment whilst moving to your new office.

 

While it may seem like a smart idea to do the move on your own—especially if the size of your enterprise is small to medium—the chance of anything going wrong is not a calculative risk that you should take.

Disruptions and delays aside, even a singular small hardware failure can cause workflow and financial losses that can have a drastic impact on your organization. Listed below are some ways you can make mitigate the risk of damages with the help of a competent office moving company.

Plan Ahead

A specialist office moving company can prepare a plan of action in advance so that you and your team can be back to work within the shortest possible time. A good notice time will ensure everything in place for the IT equipment relocation to be smoother.

At BRL, we will create a timeline for you with every step explained—beginning at the very site of your move. Constant improvisation and outreach by our team at each of these steps will guarantee that your move minimises business downtime to the lowest level possible. Your ultimate goal is to ensure that your IT equipment is up and running before your staff returns to work.

Data Protection

Before the actual move takes place, backup all your organization’s data properly. From cloud drives to actual hard drives to remote servers, you need to store all the information securely before the machines are plugged off and dismantled. Test these backups, and test all data recovery processes for current hardware. Moving server rooms also require specialist planning. Have a contingency ready for the actual shift days. Emails, phones, and other communications still need to be operational during those business hours.

Consider Every Detail

Whether it is simple progressions like orderly dismantling, allocation, labeling, and packing, or larger tasks such as a full inventory overhaul, no detail is too small to overlook. Check and recheck everything that will need to be done and communicate with your mover outlining how you envision it.

BRL will not just do the mere basics mentioned above but help you meticulously plan. From insurances, to coordinating with electrical and IT contractors, to ideal work station reassignments, and network setups, every milestone that you need will be executed with careful consideration.

Trained Specialist Movers

The number one cause of damage to IT equipment is handling by unskilled workers. Experts, who are experienced in handling such sensitive hardware, are the only ones you should entrust this job to. BRL comes with decades of industry experience in executing safe IT relocations. Our staff is exceptionally electronic and IT equipment handling. When you hire our services, your inventory is in good hands, trained with skills to do this job efficiently.

Have Your New Space Ready

BRL can help you prepare your new office space in advance so that it is ready to receive your computers, printers, phones, adapters and servers.
We work closely with electrical, data and IT contractors to ensure seamless transition into your new premises with minimal or zero downtime.

A Good Time to Update

When you plan your move to the new space, you can take stock of all the IT equipment you own and look at purchasing newer upgrades. An excellent time to ethically discard all obsolete and redundant items, an intelligent investment at this point of time will help your new business run more efficiently. Make sure you place your new orders well in advance to match the time of final shift and relocation.

Closer to Date

Let your staff take up the responsibility of packing smaller items such as company cellphones, tablets, and hard disks. These are always better protected in individual hands. Work together with your office moving company to assign numbers or identifiers for each work station. Return all leased equipment you don’t need and make a list of repairs. Finally, when it’s time for the actual move, experts like BRL will streamline the whole process for you. You may also assign some of the resettlement responsibilities to your inhouse IT team.

With the above factors in mind, the daunting process of IT relocation becomes much easier.

Don’t risk your company’s IT assets with amateurs, use the heavyweights in office and commercial moving. With decades of experience moving for businesses, government entities and tertiary institutes in Auckland, Hamilton, Christchurch and Wellington- Business Relocations Ltd will get it right the first time.