{"id":5043,"date":"2019-10-16T11:17:57","date_gmt":"2019-10-16T15:17:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.atyourbusiness.com\/blog\/?p=5043"},"modified":"2019-10-16T11:18:16","modified_gmt":"2019-10-16T15:18:16","slug":"7-essential-benefits-of-managed-it-services","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.atyourbusiness.com\/blog\/7-essential-benefits-of-managed-it-services\/","title":{"rendered":"7 Essential Benefits of Managed IT Services"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

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Running your own IT department used to be commonplace. But that’s changed in recent years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

More businesses are outsourcing their IT department than ever. This has led the IT outsourcing market to reach a total value of $62 billion<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

If you’ve never outsourced before, you might be concerned about bringing in an outside company to help. This post will help ease some of your concerns. Below are seven ways that outsourcing to managed IT providers will help.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n

1. Reduce Your Risk<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Even if you have a talented IT staff, you may not have security experts on the team. If you have people guessing about what to do without experience, you may miss a step and leave your company exposed to hackers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

If you don’t want to hire a security expert full-time, you can outsource this to a managed IT company. They have done the hard work of finding experts in security. You can count on them to put together a plan that will protect your company network.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Once your network is protected, your staff needs to be trained on the dos and don’ts of security. Employee negligence<\/a> is the most common cause of security breaches. Your managed services provider can train your staff on what they need to know.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2. Control Costs<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Have you ever been in a situation where you need to hire a new staff member because your business picked up? It’s great to have that increase, but what happens when it’s gone?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

If you’re hiring a member for your IT team when this happens, you’re going to be left with a team member that doesn’t have much to do. Sure, you can hire temps. But the cost of hiring someone new is high.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

You can control your IT costs by using a managed service provider. Whenever you have a change in business, contact your provider to request the resources you need. You can scale up and down as often as you like.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

3. Get Vendor Help<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Modern businesses use a lot of software to keep things running. Things are great most of the time. But every once in a while, something breaks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The problem is it can be hard to know who to talk to if you want to get your problem solved. You likely have a lot of contacts, and not all of them will have the answer to your questions. And this is if you even know the questions you need to ask.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A managed services company can help you navigate these problems. They have established relationships with the big vendors in the IT world. All you need to do is call them with your questions, and they’ll take care of the rest.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

4. Support Day and Night<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Have you ever gotten a call late at night when a team member is having tech trouble? You can’t get away from this these days with so many people working off-hours. But you can manage the problem.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

If you run your own IT department, this means you need to hire employees to work second and third shifts. Costs can get out of control quickly if you take this route.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But when you outsource an IT department, you can use their resources any hour of the day. Make sure you learn about managed IT services<\/a> that provide 24\/7 support and how they can help you during off-hours.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

5. Get Compliance Help<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Have you heard of the GPDR? It’s the extensive set of laws passed in Europe that deal with consumer privacy. The chances are that it won’t stop with that or stop with Europe.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Consumers are very concerned with privacy these days. There have been too many data breaches over the past several years. Businesses have gotten away with inadequate data protection for too long.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This has led to governments creating more laws and regulations concerning what businesses can or can’t do with customer data. You need to be on top of these if you don’t want your business to be at risk.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But it can be tough to follow all these regulations. When you hire a managed services provider, you can count on them to have the experience needed to make sure your business is up to code.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

6. Implement the Newest Technology<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Do you know if your business is taking advantage of the latest technology? If not, you need someone to make sure you’re using the latest tools.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But unless you have someone keeping track of what’s happening in the tech world, you may not be able to stay up to date. A managed services provider comes into play here.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

They will be on top of the latest tools and help you put them in place for your company to use. You’ll be able to make use of the latest project management, communication, and privacy tools.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

If you’re still using physical servers, a managed services provide can also help you move to the cloud. This will allow your team to work remote so they can work whenever and wherever they want.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

7. Backup Services<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Do you have the tools in place necessary to back up your important files? If not, you run the risk of losing a lot of money when a disaster happens.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A managed services provider can help you set up your backup and recovery plan. You’ll get a cloud backup account that stores copies of your critical files. Whenever an accident happens, all you need to do is log into your account and restore your files.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Most cloud backup solutions also offer a version history. A version history will store several versions of the same file. This capability allows you to roll your data back whenever changes are made that shouldn’t have been done.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Managed IT Makes Sense<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

As a business owner, you need to do what you can to minimize your distractions so you can focus on the things that matter for your business. When you use managed IT services, you can do this. Contact a provider today and let them get your IT where it needs to be.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Do you want to learn more strategies that can help you run your business? Head back to our blog to discover our latest strategies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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