In a recent ProPrint poll, we asked: “Does your company have dedicated IT staff?” – 56% of respondents said no.

It’s a concerning figure considering the kinds of IT requirements faced by modern print shops.

Small businesses in every corner of the economy have to contend with unprecedented demands for information technology, but printing companies face perhaps some of the greatest challenges as services like web-to-print online ordering and personalised digital printing rapidly turn humble print shops into a data-driven technology companies.

That’s why ProPrint has partnered with our sister title, Bit, to offer readers free access to a series of how-to guides to solve your IT issues.

Dealing with an IT disaster should be front of mind for printers, but when we polled readers about their disaster plans back in February, 55% said they didn’t have one.

So today, we kick off with this article on backing up – do you have a contingency plan for mission-critical files?

Bit article: How often should you backup?

Steven Kiernan, Editor