Did you know that your IT infrastructure is in a constant state of change? Even if you’re not adding a fancy new application, your systems are being altered daily by any number of user - or vendor - initiated events.

The bottom line is that your IT infrastructure is being asked to perform tasks it may not have been designed to handle. Some time down the road the repercussions of this extra duty will affect the performance of every application you run — and, ultimately, every aspect of your business.

Why wait for trouble? My recommendation is a formal Infrastructure Analysis every one to two years — unless you’re growing rapidly or are not actively monitoring the environment on a day-to-day basis. In either of those cases, you’ll want to undertake an analysis every six months or so.

This kind of analysis will reveal your most important issues, rank them based on need, and provide recommendations for action. You can do the analysis yourself if you have the tools, time, and people. Or you can ask a trusted third party to help.