IT Outsourcing – Why IT managed services is the best option

Having a small or medium business and choosing to host your own IT (information technologies) could be a very naive decision. This model could seem like a very viable solution, as your business would have control over the servers, its behavior, the implementation methodologies… in few words, you’d have total control over your IT. But with great control, comes great responsibility.

Managing all the hosting could give you the idea that you’ll have “peace of mind”, but this could not become true. Having full control would mean you’d need to take care about disaster recovery, buying the required software licenses, buying the necessary hardware to host the software, have enough room for placing your hardware, hiring and training the personnel to manage your business’ IT, implementing network security, perform software and hardware maintenance, and the list goes on. Implementing an IT solution by yourself (your business) doesn’t sound like the best idea now, does it?


But what are your alternatives, then? The best option would be IT outsourcing (a.k.a. IT managed services). The best way to get rid of all the trouble is to transfer it to someone else. This solution, apart from eliminating most of the hassle, it could provide several benefits that you wouldn’t get if gone “on-premise”.

There are many IT outsourcing companies that are authorized resellers from important software or hardware companies, which would mean lower costs on your IT implementation. For example, Streamline Solutions a mainly Microsoft Dynamics CRM provider, is a Microsoft Gold Certified Partner and Dell Authorized Reseller. For Streamline to implement CRM hosting and managed services to a customer would require a smaller budget to get all the necessary hardware and software than a company without any affiliation to any providers.

Another important benefit you usually get from outsourcing your IT solution is fixed costs. The contracts for the IT managed services are frequently based on monthly or yearly fees, so you’ll be certain about the budget you’ll need to start your IT hosting and managing. Otherwise, managing your own IT software and hardware would require a variable budget.

As a conclusion, if your business is not big enough to be able to spend the enormous budget IT hosting and management would require, IT outsourcing is the best option you can take.