MAINTAIN : Network refresh cycle

Bluewave is a premium product and service provider and as such strongly recommends that clients are proactive in their network refresh cycle.

Keeping hardware and software beyond their reasonable "use-by-date" can lead to lower staff productivity, higher network maintenance costs and technology incompatibilities.

Planning a network replacement cycle can allow businesses to budget for IT to ensure that when hardware fails beyond a warranty period some funds are available for its replacement. This is particularly important for any organisation where IT makes up a large proportion of their per staff costs.

As a general rule, the annual average renewal cost is equal to the total IT asset value of a business divided by three or four. This guide is affirmed by the Australian Tax Office allowing companies to depreciate technology assets by 30% per year.