Why Outsource IT ?
Information Technology Management (ITM) is becoming more complex and more time consuming every year. Outsourcing IT delivers effective mission-critical support, while maximizing efficiency for clients.
Top reasons for
IT Outsourcing
Access to up-to-date, enterprise-quality Best Practices and IT Solutions, Manageable and predictable IT costs, Continuity and longer-term strategy in IT management and support, cybersecurity and uninterrupted operations.
We are able to help you maintain your institutional knowledge
Continuous Operations
A capable Outsourced IT Department like Linked MSP proactively manages your current and future IT needs and challenges, ensuring that you have the support and the data you need. With the speed of business today, you cannot afford to have your operations interrupted because of data breaches or IT failures. Proactive IT management means that your outsourced IT partner is continuously monitoring your network and your critical devices to check for anything out of the norm that could impact your ability to access and manage information.
Responsive, Highly Capable Support
Inevitably something will go wrong. It could be a power outage, minor (or major) disaster, broken equipment, cyberattack or an employee who mistakenly or intentionally causes damage to your business. When a problem does occur, an outsourced partner can get you back in business quickly. They will have implemented best practices for a situation like this, minimizing Recovery Time Objectives (RTO) and your Recovery Point Objectives (RPO).
- RTO is the amount of time that passes between application failure and full availability of recovered data.
- RPO is the amount of time between the loss of data and preceding backup.
Your Outsourced IT Partner will have developed and updated regularly a business continuity and data recovery plan for you. They will be continuously monitoring your network and critical devices to quickly identify a problem, lock down problem areas immediately, and recover any lost data as quickly and efficiently as possible.
Efficient Use Of IT Resources
Typically, most small companies get more value by outsourcing, than by hiring full time internal people. If they have internal IT support, then Outsourcing certain elements of the IT needs can help them be much more efficient in utilizing those resources.
Outsourced IT providers (such as Linked MSP) can supplement internal IT teams effectively by enabling those internal teams to focus on their core areas of expertise, and relying on outsourced partners to supplement the internal knowledge. As a result, companies that outsource some of their IT needs can save money, time and a drain on people.
Scalability
Outsourcing can help companies in need of IT support for rapid or unplanned growth. Rather than hire teams, especially for help in the transition phases of growth, companies will choose to outsource for services that enable them to grow at their pace needed at a particular time.
By outsourcing, companies can expand or contract their support quickly, without going through the process of hiring and firing people. Often, in periods of rapid growth, companies will need specific areas of support for limited timeframes. As they scale their business, they can wait to hire full time support as needed, once they fully understand the challenges that their new, larger organization present.
Ability To Focus On What You Do Best
Most companies are NOT in the business of Information Technology Management. So rather than devote their valuable resources toward IT management, companies outsource their IT management, so they can focus on what they do best.
Several studies support the idea that companies are more profitable, and employees are more productive, when the organization focuses on leveraging their strengths, more than trying to fix their weaknesses internally. Source: Psychology Today (among others).
Finding The Right Fit For You
Not all Outsourced IT Partners are the same. Some focus on “break/fix” or purchasing hardware or software others like Linked MSP provide enterprise-level support to smaller companies. Unfortunately, there are MSPs focus on offering minimal reactive service, and devote their resources to fixing problems after they become an issue. This often saves money up front, but creates far greater problems (downtime, business interruption, etc.) and increases costs down the road.
- Data Analytics (and Outsourced IT Departments that can provide this) are increasingly important. According to a CIO Magazine survey in 2019 CIOs are taking on new responsibilities in Data Analytics – more so than other areas of IT interest. They said these are the areas of New Responsibilities in 2019
- 64% Data Analytics
- 43% Operation
- 38% Business Development
- 32% Customer Service