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The economic collapse of 2008 led many companies and small to mid-size enterprises across all verticals to cost-cutting, and in-house IT operations took the largest hit.
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Real-time Software Management - Enhancement of Application Security and Capabilities The economic collapse of 2008 led many companies and small to mid-size enterprises across all verticals to cost- cutting, and in-house IT operations took the largest hit. During the downturn, CIOs were forced to postpone development of new applications supposedly designed to enhance business security and capabilities and adjusted their hardware replacement cycles to redirect capital away from core IT functions towards “more business-critical functions and processes.” When the economy started to pick up steam, businesses gradually reinvested in software development, only to find that keeping work in-house is a lot more expensive than it was a decade ago. Budgets, therefore, where directed towards more practical managed IT services. Managed IT services and increased investment on outsourced, real-time IT services such as software management, are all part of company’s strategic initiative to gain more flexibility when it comes to enhancing application capabilities and security, all while maintaining efficiency, saving money, and accomplishing their business goals. In their search of higher impact IT outlays, more companies are reconsidering allocating their funds to real-time IT management instead of traditional inhouse infrastructure maintenance. Not only will this provide you with greater flexibility and cost-savings, it will also provide you greater computing capabilities and the opportunity to take advantage of more focused and specialized expertise, while increasing technological competency and security, which third party managed IT service providers offer. The managed IT services support model enables companies to own hardware and software, while securing an IT management agreement with a third-party service provider. This allows expert handling and management of software and application operations and the entire IT infrastructure by a remote team, while you focus on other core competencies that ensure business sustainability and progress. Moving core IT tasks to a reliable managed IT services partner also helps ensure that your systems are maintained using up-to-date standards and industry best practices. These service providers offer a wide range of support services including but not limited to: • Monitoring infrastructure and taking proactive approaches to prevent operationally disruptive problems • Managing software patches and upgrades • Installation of application upgrades and maintaining software security • Installation of brand new or replacement hardware • Disaster recovery • Data backup • System maintenance and documentation • Periodic testing for operation maintenance and ensuring maximum performance; and • Full-service IT management, which enables businesses to focus more on their core business strategies and allow service providers to be 100% responsible for infrastructure management and maintenance.