If you’re a small to medium-sized business you’re likely to be using some sort of IT systems and there’s a strong possibility you’re handling that yourself or maybe with a small team. If you’re a little further along your business journey then you may be negotiating the perils of ageing IT systems or the growing need to upgrade. Whatever issues your IT may throw at you it’s pretty certain that a Managed Service Provider can help.
Here are some of the most common reasons why an MSP might be for you:
Handling your own IT is hard. Really hard.
If you are running a business, then you are wholly reliant on technical infrastructure that supports that business – but that doesn’t mean you’re an expert in it! You might well have technical support in place – a helpline or similar but if you don’t know the basics of the problem it can be challenging to fix it. An MSP will always be looking for faults, will know before a problem is likely to occur and they’ll probably have fixed it before you even knew it existed, what’s more, they’ll be aligned with your business and how your IT is set up so they’ll know how any issues will directly impact your business.
Buying your own kit is super expensive.
Ever looked into buying a server? or even just weathered the cost of upgrading devices for your teams – pricey right? and then there’s the cost of a technical professional to look after all that stuff. With an MSP you can significantly reduce the cost of your IT Services, you’ll usually have an SLA (service level agreement) which provides exactly what you need and which will address your bespoke IT needs too when devices or packages need to be upgraded
You need a one-stop IT Solution
As your business grows so probably does the amount of devices and different types of tech? Did you start out buying HP and now all your Developers are using Mac? it gets confusing, doesn’t it? but an MSP can pull all this together and provide support – whatever the technology involved. And when it comes to new tech, an MSP will make recommendations based on what they’re specialists in working with, meaning you’ll have the best available knowledge and service.
You need to make strategic changes
Big plans usually mean big changes and tech is no different. In modernising and transforming businesses, systems and processes, tech is essential and working with an MSP can help you seamlessly integrate new solutions and in being part of your big strategic changes they’ll develop a deep understanding of your company and how it works meaning future changes will be simple and efficient and should there ever be business disruption your MSP will know exactly what to do and how that disruption truly impacts your strategic goals.
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