Budgeting for your IT Needs – Outsourcing your IT Department

Recent research shows that small and medium sized businesses are struggling to find affordable IT staff with the breadth and depth of experience needed to maintain successful and efficiently working computer systems. Budgeting, therefore, has become a question that we hear all-too-often here at M&H Consulting. Often the question revolves around the problem of finding IT experience that can change to the evolving needs and specialty of a certain field of business. It’s almost like companies need IT professionals that are “jack-of-all-trades”, knowing something about everything like security, upgrades, backup options, and software, but also need someone who knows specifics about your field of business. It is truly a double edged sword.

One of the solutions we offer to this budgetary problem is outsourcing. M&H Consulting has experts that know your specialty as well as have extensive knowledge of the newest advances in the technology field. Here are just a few reasons why using M&H for your IT needs may save you money and keep you in the loop to the newest technology.

• Security – Keeping up with the latest malware and threats to the security of your computer systems could be a full-time job. Small and medium size companies don’t have it in the budget to expand the IT department solely for this purpose so, many companies are choosing to outsource for this reason.
• Specialists – Many companies do not have it in the budget to find talented specialists to hire full time in-house for their needs. M&H has consultants whose job it is to become specialists in your field and understand the needs that are unique to your field. This comes with years of training and the ability to recruit some of the top consultants.
• Cost – Yes, it sometimes comes down to the almighty dollar. The bottom line is that outsourcing your IT needs can significantly reduce your IT costs. If you’re able to better accommodate shifting projects and priorities, spread out resources where you need them, gain access to talented specialists when needed, and free up your internal resources, you can reduce costs across the board and improve the effectiveness of your overall IT department.

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