10 Reasons to Outsource IT

During the downturn, businesses were faced with tough choices affecting funding, staffing and project priorities. Companies held off on making IT investments and "made do" with an aging infrastructure. However, putting off making IT investments can only hold so long without impacting the business. So executives are seeking cost-effective ways to reinvest in their IT infrastructure (and hopefully position for growth!).

On-demand Services and Support

More and more businesses are discovering that an outsourced solution is the right fit. Here are ten factors to consider, taken from CenterBeam's article "Does Outsourcing IT Make Sense?":

 1.    You need a low risk way to get access to incremental IT resources without a long term commitment
 2.    Your users need 24x7 support
 3.   You have a mobile workforce that requires remote support across multiple time zones and in different
          technology environments (hotel, regional office, home office, multiple mobile devices)
 4.   You would rather access support expertise on an as needed basis versus staff full time
 5.   You're experiencing too much downtime on mission critical applications like email
 6.   You want proactive management and round-the-clock monitoring of key systems
 7.   You want to ensure all your key databases are backed up and quickly accessible
 8.   You want to mitigate the capital expenditures to buy, implement and upgrade your own technology
 9.   You want your internal IT staff to focus on business driving applications, not routine issues
10.  Your organization is highly dispersed geographically and has to support several different locations

Read the full article: "Does Outsourcing IT Make Sense?"  (html)