Outsourcing frequently has a bad reputation, yet we do it more often than we think. We outsource to experts to fix our plumbing, repair our cars, build our houses and even cook our food at times. We are constantly leveraging the expertise of others so that we can free up our own time to focus on what we’re good at. From a business perspective, companies typically don’t think twice about outsourcing their legal needs or financial services. So why do businesses think they shouldn’t outsource their data center or managed IT services as well?
When it comes to running a business, managing all technical operations in-house is not is time consuming, but also strains staffing and financial resources. Businesses wishing to manage all of their technical operations and infrastructure – including everything that goes into their data center servers, storage solutions and hosting network – better have a really good reason. Otherwise, they should stop trying to be infrastructure designers and outsource their data center operations.
The trick when outsourcing is to find a service provider that is an absolute expert in the services that you need. Many company see the cloud as an easy entry point to hosted services, but the key word there is service. With the cloud, there isn’t any. The disadvantage to the cloud is that it puts all effort back on the company to manage its technical operations and troubleshoot problems. So what are the cloud alternatives for companies wishing to outsource their technical operations?
Many service providers offer managed hosting solutions for companies that want to outsource their technical operations department. How do you know which one is a good fit? It is difficult enough for companies to trust another entity to run their data center, as any mishaps including downtime or slow service could negatively influence their business. This should only be of concern if the company they outsource to lacks industry expertise for managing technical and IT operations. Picking the wrong company to run your data center is what would negatively affect the business, not outsourcing it. Picking the right solution comes down to trust in the provider and services it offers that will meet your needs.
Selecting Magnet Solutions Group Manged IT Services allows you to outsource your entire technical operations department – from managing concept and design, build and execution, as well as maintenance and ongoing support. The Magnet Solutions Group way lets you focus on tasks critical to your business, rather than spending time plumbing the Internet to maintain servers, install operating systems or upgrade software.
Magnet Solutions Group becomes your entire technical operations department. We are more than just a managed hosting provider or partner, instead, we become an integral part of your company’s technical operations, from concept and design to build and execution to maintenance and ongoing support. Our services let you put your people to work on tasks critical to your business, rather than spending time maintaining servers, installing operating systems or upgrading software. When you outsource your technical operations and hosting to our experienced engineers, solution architects, and support staff, your company is free to focus on your intellectual property, customers, or sales and marketing – the areas where you actually make money – because your core business people have better things to do than spend time on data center administration.
David Blair ~ January 7, 2015
