3 Reasons Businesses are Choosing Managed IT Services
According to Market Watch, the managed services market will grow an additional 16.2% by 2024. The main reasons behind the growth are due to the complexity of the technology market. Your business needs IT to operate and produce the service or products you provide to your customers. You need tools and applications to be available anytime from anywhere. You need solutions that are consistent and operate as expected. You need to ensure the business is protected, secured and in compliance. Like your customers, you rely on a partner that that is knowledgeable, skilled and trusted.
The idea of relying on a single IT generalist or depending on a single resource to complete their role and carry the burden of IT responsibilities is no longer effective and is putting your business at great risk. Adopting a managed services solution has proven effective in at least 3 specific areas described below.
Efficient & Reliable
Every prospect we meet, they share one or more of the following:
Multiple tools and applications
Difficult to use or incomplete solutions
Non-compliant or unknown information
Too many options
Too many sources of information
The intent of having an IT team and/or a managed services provider is to advise, implement, and manage IT related solutions. The truth is, the business is often driving IT solutions and hasn’t enabled IT to step into the driver’s seat. Symptoms of this are shown in the list and we refer to this as IT Debt. Once the business decides to trust in an advisor, the accumulated IT debt can be identified, planned out, and eliminated. The fruit of this labor is an efficient & reliable environment that empowers your business to soar!
Enhance Security & Compliance
An outsiders point of view often provides unbiased perspective. It’s our trusted family or friends who can give us the most pointed advice that we may not want to hear but need to hear. In most cases, the advice is heard and behavior is changed. This is because of trust and a history of sound advice. This same trust and sound advice can be implemented in business and applied to security & compliance. The ability to take an outsider’s perspective to identify blind spots, prioritize importance, plan remediation, and implement secure long lasting results.
Cost Reduction & Return on Investment
Technology advancements have created an endless amount of options for businesses to leverage. These same technology providers have procured or developed new advancements that may now overlap with other products you utilize in your business. It is important for managed services to take a vested interest in understanding the business processes to identify opportunities for consolidation and cost savings. These consolidations will also reduce the IT debt and symptoms identified in section 1, creating a clear path for business processes to speed up. The cost reductions and increased speed of business is the true ROI of IT.