3 Ways Managed IT Services Help Businesses Realize Their Full Potential

Outsourcing IT services can help you reduce the overall expenditures of your business by implementing proactive management principles. This service is paid for on a monthly basis, kind of like other utilities such as water, electric, Internet, and so on. You might notice how these services are a bit easier to budget for, as they become predictable rather than unexpected by turning a capital expense into an operational expense. This allows for greater cost savings and budget flexibility in the long run.

The great part of outsourced IT is that it can be applied to any part of your organization’s IT infrastructure. You can avoid up-front costs for IT maintenance and services by paying more manageable monthly payments, making them much more affordable. This allows your business the oversight to better plan for unexpected payments or repairs.

Here are three great examples of how managed service offerings can help your business realize its full potential.

When you first started your business, you might have purchased a full, one-time license of each piece software per workstation. This can be a pretty expensive one-time investment, but what happens when a new version comes out and you need to upgrade? The issue with this approach is that it can get pricey, and might cause budget-minded businesses to put the upgrade on hold. Now you are running out-of-date software, which could lead to a issues. When something does go wrong, you’ll have to make the hard choice to purchase the upgrades AND resolve whatever problem the older software may have caused. Software as a Service aims to take away these issues by providing subscriptions for your mission-critical software, and most software providers keep the updates coming while you are subscribed.

One great example of this is Microsoft Office 365. Just pay for a certain number of users and each of them will have access to the software they need to perform their day-to-day tasks. Since Office 365 is a cloud-based software solution, users can access these apps from any approved device, improving the mobility and flexibility.

If you’ve ever purchased hardware such as workstations, server units, or network components, you know that they can be very expensive. Managing hardware as a service gets around this problem by leasing hardware solutions to companies as a service. This makes it easy to implement hardware refreshes from time to time, as replacing server units or workstations that will fail in the near future is much easier than dealing with the fallout of losing data. You can get all of the technology you need without the huge upfront costs, while maintaining the integrity of your network infrastructure.

Looking at your IT Infrastructure as a service allows your business to take advantage of the many benefits, while allowing them to span your entire computing infrastructure. Thanks to the cloud, you can host your organization’s entire IT infrastructure in the cloud (or at least a part of it). The main goal of this is to virtualize your assets and minimize the amount of hardware that you have to maintain in-house. This can free up space in your office, cut down on energy costs, and create a more efficient network for your staff, as they can then access their work from anywhere with an Internet connection.

The greatest benefit that these services provide is clear and immediate cost savings. If your management is wasting valuable time and resources managing its own technology, remember these outsourced services and the many benefits that they provide. If your organization wants to take the next step toward securing a profitable future, turn to The Walker Group for guidance. Our IT engineers know what all of our hundreds of clients are doing and can apply their cumulative experience and knowledge to help you.

Want to learn more? Sign up for our informational seminar, “Making the Most of Your Managed Services,” on March 16, 2017. To register, Connect with us, and ask to speak to an Account Manager.