On your business’ long to-do lists each day, it’s not a productive use of anyone’s time to add time-sucking activities such as maintaining your email solution, upgrading and managing your desktop infrastructure, or keeping your network secure from both internal and external threats to the list. You’ve got better things to do, and it’s not in your job description.
Today, technology touches nearly every industry, so we understand that you need to be able to rely on it in order to focus on the success of your organization. Business management and technology maintenance both hold weight in an organization—just in different ways.
Why Pay Someone to Manage Your IT When You Can Do It Yourself?
More businesses than ever before are outsourcing third-party management of their technology infrastructure rather than investing the time and capital into doing so themselves. The tradeoff might seem a little strange at first, but the payoff ultimately makes sense.
Focus On Your Business Operations Instead
Any time spent on managing your business’s technology is time that you could be spending on streamlining your business’s operations instead. Unless you are an IT whiz, IT management can be overwhelming to navigate alone. Not to mention, technology often needs frequent preventative maintenance and updated hardware to combat evolving cyber threats. The bottom line? Time is money, and passing your IT maintenance along to the experts will provide you with more time throughout the workday… so you can get back to business!
Long-term Cost Savings
The answer lies in the long-term cost savings that managed IT represents. Of course, internally hiring an IT department is an option, but can be a much bigger expense in the long run than simply going through a third-party managed service provider (MSP). If you have to pay multiple salaries, this expense can quickly outweigh paying a monthly operational fee that an MSP might offer. It’s an easy choice to make, but only if you’re willing to make it for the good of your business.
One common misconception about managed IT is that you’ll be giving up control of your infrastructure to strangers. However, this simply isn’t true. Any solid MSP aims to build a trusting relationship with their clients, which involves transparency at every turn. An MSP will work with you, training employees on cyber threats, like spotting phishing emails. Employees hold a significant weight in the safety of your cybersecurity. As a business owner, it’s unrealistic to constantly monitor your networks, and there are better uses of your time than researching the ever-changing scams cyber attackers are conducting. Not to mention, your MSP will provide support when you need them most—helping you minimize risk, navigate backups and updates, train employees on cybersecurity best practices, and troubleshoot IT issues.
Improved Support and Cybersecurity Services
You’ll know when it’s time to improve your IT support. If your business is constantly wasting time on tech issues or suffered from a cyber-attack or data loss, it’s time to upgrade. MSPs offer a plethora of services that your organization can leverage, including:
- Network management and security
- Email management
- Hardware and software procurement
- Remote maintenance and management
- Backup and disaster recovery
- Help desk and onsite support
- Project implementations and migrations
- Email Phishing Training & Analysis Tool
Outsource Your IT with Exact IT
Exact IT can support all of your technology needs so that you don’t have to. Exact It is unique because we approach IT from a business perspective instead of solely a technology perspective. We bring high-quality services to every client, regardless of the industry.
