Many business owners and IT managers still view IT as a “necessary evil”: abstract, complicated, and expensive. Yet in an era of AI-driven digitalization and constantly emerging cyber threats, modern IT has long become a decisive competitive factor. Those who cut corners risk falling behind their competitors—and in the worst case, the very existence of their company.

 

A look at the numbers makes this clear: The average damage caused by a cyberattack is currently more than 4 million euros—resulting from revenue losses, reputational damage, and penalties. 9 out of 10 companies have already been affected, knowingly or unknowingly. At the same time, competitors who consistently invest in digitalization and security are overtaking those who stand still.

 

Why Private Cloud is the smarter alternative to traditional on-premise Servers: With classic servers in your own data room, you bear all costs yourself: expensive hardware, electricity, cooling, maintenance, and replacing systems every few years.

 

Private cloud solutions can reduce operating and maintenance costs by up to 30%, because the entire infrastructure is centrally managed and highly redundant at the provider, you can scale resources flexibly and only pay for what you actually need, updates, backups, physical security, networking, encryption, and hardware virtualization are taken care of by professionals.

 

Companies with multiple locations or home office employees benefit especially from uniform, secure, and location-independent access.

 

Qualified IT staff with this level of expertise is extremely difficult to find today—and when available, very expensive due to ongoing training requirements, social costs, vacation, and sick leave. Outsourcing to an external service provider is often far more efficient.

 

The hidden cost driver are software licenses: What many underestimate: In most IT environments, software licenses (Windows Server, SQL, security solutions, etc.) already account for 60–70% of monthly IT expenses—and prices continue to rise each year.

 

This is due to high development and personnel costs among software manufacturers and the ongoing shortage of skilled workers.

 

These costs cannot be avoided entirely—but through intelligent architecture and optimization (e.g., correct licensing models, virtualization), they can be significantly reduced.

 

Why cybersecurity services often seem Flat-Rate and “Expensive”: Modern security solutions—Zero Trust, multi-factor authentication with smart cards, secure remote work, identity providers, etc.—require deep specialist knowledge in cryptography, network engineering, current cyber threats.

 

This expertise cannot be acquired within a few months—it requires years of experience and continuous training, as attack methods evolve daily.

 

Before a solution is installed at the customer’s site, it is developed, hardened, and tested in our separate test and demo environments—a process that often takes weeks of intensive work. The actual installation on-site may indeed take just one day. Nevertheless, a flat-rate fee instead of hourly billing is fair and common practice:
You are not paying for mere “hands-on time,” but for expert knowledge, extensive preparation, and the assurance that the solution works and protects you reliably.