Managed Network Services: What, Why and When
Posted by Lee Motta on Mon, Sep 21, 2009 @ 02:22 PM
Managed Network Services: what are they and what can they mean to your company.
This is often a very confusing topic for many companies in today's business climate. We are all familiar with the "Do more with less" mentality that permiates our business culture. But do more with what and less with what? These are fair questions.
Here are some brief answers.
Do more with:
- My technology infrastructure and investment
- My people's time, talent, and role with my company
- Do more with what makes my company money
Do less with:
- Managing / Maintaining / Updating my own infrastructure
- Spend fewer FTE hours fixing what breaks and implementing the constant changes that take place on a daily basis within my network and/or systems
- Get back to my "core competencies" as these are the things that make my company money. Spend less time on your systems and processes, and more time with your customers.
Since this is the initial posting to this blog, please stay tuned on a weekly basis to learn in greater detail what Managed Services entail, what they cover, why to do it now, and how they can be that silver lining in the ever present IT cloud.
