Business owners often face many decisions about the future of their company. Finding the right employees, making clients satisfied, and staying on top of the latest technology for your field are just a few of the hundreds of tasks that business owners deal with on a daily basis.
Outsourcing IT needs is one such decision that needs to be made. What are the pros and cons of outsourcing versus hiring a full time IT department for your company? Let’s take a closer look at the benefits of outsourcing your IT needs with a company like M&H Consulting.
Budget Benefits
One of the main reasons that small and medium-sized businesses choose to outsource their IT needs is the substantial savings that it brings. Imagine the cost of hiring, training, and providing constant training and education to your own IT department? According to research by 3Points Business online, businesses can see savings of up to 40% by outsourcing their IT tasks. In large part, the lower costs of outsourcing stem from the money businesses save on hiring and training internal IT staff.
A Pool of Experience and Knowledge
By hiring an IT group, you have access to a larger pool of IT experts. This means that if you need help with security, a security expert can help set up your server, firewalls, and a host of other security protocols. You would have someone who was trained and experienced in that particular IT need. Then, when you need help maintaining compliance, you would draw from that pool someone who has that particular experience. If you rely on your own IT person, they may have general knowledge that will guide your company. By outsourcing you have access to experts in many IT fields who can assist your company with whatever project is looming.
Always “In the Know”
By outsourcing rather than relying on one or two people to operate your IT department, you have people who are constantly learning and right on the cutting edge of what is happening with technology in your field. Having an in house person many times means they are overwhelmed with the business at hand and do not have time to train and learn about the latest security or vulnerabilities.
Fewer Maintenance Headaches
Part of the joy of outsourcing your IT needs is the fact that you no longer worry about what maintenance needs to be done and when. Your IT team will now take care of all of that including, hardware replacement scheduling, software updates, installing security patches, and keeping your business team up to date on the newest tech for your business services/products. By putting your IT needs in the hands of the experts, you no longer have the headache of planning these things for your company. This can lead to better efficiency, productivity and, overall, a better customer experience. Lastly, it allows you to focus on the business at hand rather than the minutiae of IT tech.
Do you have IT needs that are currently not being met? Is your IT department overwhelmed and looking for support? Do you even have an IT department or does it fall to one individual to handle all the tech problems on a daily basis? If you need to outsource your IT needs call M&H Consulting for more information at 1-866-964-8324.
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