Friday, November 27, 2020

5 BENEFITS OF MANAGED IT SERVICES

 Outsourcing your IT with managed services has many benefits. Here are our picks for the top five, although this is certainly not a complete list. 

Benefits of Managed IT Services:

# 1: OPERATING EXPENSES AND IT COST CONTROL

If your environment is ready for managed services, IT outsourcing requires only a small initial investment. Then all your IT needs are built into one predictable rolling monthly payment. This means that managed services are primarily an operational expense and much easier to predict and plan. Controlled and predictable spending for your IT? It is always a good idea.

In addition to eliminating capital expenditures, managed IT services can also reduce IT costs. For example, you can save on licenses, training, consulting, and emergency repairs. You can also frequently get reduced labor rates through a managed services contract, saving you even more.

# 2: ACCESS TO EXPERIENCED AND CERTIFIED IT PROFESSIONALS

With managed services, you are hiring a team of experts who have the training, qualifications, certifications, and experience you need. You have access to high-level IT administrators and specific skills, without the need to find and hire them yourself. It's hard to keep up with the demands for IT expertise. Your managed IT service provider can do it for you or lift some weight.

# 3 FOCUS ON YOUR BUSINESS

With managed services comes the freedom to focus on the core of your business, not the IT issues. As an owner or manager, you can focus on running your business, without the burden of daily IT maintenance. And this is equally true for IT staff, if you have your own in-house IT support. Outsourcing the ongoing management and maintenance of your technology can free up your IT staff to focus on larger, more challenging projects (like major upgrades) that might otherwise happen much more slowly.

# 4 PROACTIVE SOLUTIONS AND PEACEKEEPING

In addition to having access to experts and their expertise, you also get proactive solutions with managed services. These solutions monitor and manage your IT to detect problems before they become serious problems. Proactive monitoring combined with rapid response can help minimize IT downtime and the risk of serious and costly problems. But managed services also mean that you can keep up with the changing demands of the IT experience and can implement new technologies more quickly.

Keeping up with changes in the IT industry can seem impossible or, at best, time consuming. Who do you turn to when you need to make sure your business is in compliance with compliance laws and regulations? Your managed service provider can help you in critical areas like cybersecurity. Emerging trends and IT needs require new IT skills and knowledge, as well as rapid deployment to keep up with cyberattacks.

# 5 REDUCED RISK

Security is a huge area where managed IT services can provide benefits. Security services are also part of managed services, and many vendors are now focusing on becoming Managed Security Service Providers (MSSPs). Managed security services can help fill your organization's security gaps. For example, they can help improve endpoint security and implement tools to detect threats both inside and outside the network. Managed services, with built-in cybersecurity, mean that your infrastructure is constantly monitored, managed and updated, which is critical to reducing the risk of attacks and breaches.

AND THERE IS MORE ...

Of course, there are more benefits to managed services, IT outsourcing, and remote network administration. These are just our top five: controlled costs, access to experts, focus on your business, proactive solutions, and cybersecurity. But remember also that there are advantages such as scalability that must be taken into account. In general, managed services can greatly simplify IT expansion and upgrade as needed over time.

Managed IT services will always evolve. While managed services were once primarily related to hardware monitoring and management, they now also include labor, support, and software as a service.

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