The importance of reliability
July 18th, 2010 Posted in General thoughts | No Comments »
Tonight I was sent the link to an aging, yet excellent, video that demonstrates the progression of technology. You can view it to the right of this post. On the surface it presents fascinating facts and figures of how technology has progressed and how much technology (and in specific the computer) has become an every day household tool. Between the lines a different message can be extracted from it as well. It speaks, in essence, of how much we use and depend on the computer and thus, in abstract, how important it is for the computer to be reliable.
Much focus has been placed on cheap, disposable computers. If it breaks, simply dispose of it and buy another one. The development of unreliable computers has created a market for ”extended warranties”. So successful has that campaign become that in Canada we currently dispose of over 118,000 computers a day. Over 90% of those currently end up in landfills. However, there are more problems associated with branding the computer as a cheap, disposable commodity, issues that hit closer to home. These issues include:
- data loss from hardware failures
- down time
- lost productivity
- increased expense
- plain grief and headache
At Northern Protocol, we don’t believe computers should be a burden. They should be a useful, dependable tool to allow us to be more productive. Our focus is on reliability and long term solutions. Our goal is to keep you up and running, to prevent failures, data loss, loss of productivity, etc. We endeavor, through repairs, sales of reliable product, resale of off lease product and recycling to;
- Help you use the computer as a tool to free you of particular chores and problems;
- Keep you productive and connected, preserve your data and save you headaches and money;
- Keep as much electronic waste out of the landfills as we can.
At Northern Protocol, we’re here to help you. When you have a computer problem, come and see us. Work with our friendly, qualified technicians one on one and let us give you the final solution.
