This is not another desperate plea from a business IT support or service company. In 2019, outsourcing your business IT should be the real deal, something at the forefront of your strategic business planning. Outsourcing IT means giving cybercrime a smack in the face. By extension, this means protecting your emails and critical data.
Here’s some food for thought as you begin your IT outsourcing journey:
End-user Focus
In 2018, countless businesses were subject to phishing and ransomware attacks costing £millions. Why did this happen? Because hapless employees opened a suspicious email or clicked on an insecure link.
How can a business IT service provider help? First off, train your staff to stave off cybersecurity breaches. Also, proactive network monitoring and threat detection mean a rapid response to any suspected intrusion.
Complex IT Infrastructure
Your business can’t survive without data. And behind your data is a secure IT infrastructure.
With many of your employees working remotely, many more end-points than before, and data getting bigger by the minute, outsourcing IT support is a simple and cost-effective solution to keeping your network, data and employees safe.
Co-managed IT Service
Historically, Managed Service Providers (MSPs) had an all or nothing approach to fully managed IT support. Times are changing, though. You don’t need to outsource all your IT. Let the MSP handle your complex IT requirements, monitoring, patching and updating. You can easily manage hardware installation and maintenance, telephony and the rest onsite.
Decentralise IT
The use of web applications by businesses is growing day by day. This is complicated by the fact that companies that are mainly cloud-based are working with numerous suppliers. This decentralises IT support, and it becomes difficult to ensure continuity and security.
Here’s where outsourced IT support comes into play: your MSP will manage and coordinate all vendor relations and contracts. You and your employees can get on with what you do best…
