NEED FOR MANAGED SERVICES IS GROWING In today’s fast paced world, it is not surprise that many organizations are looking for extra help when it comes to maintaining a competitive edge. In fact, the demand for managed services has grown exponentially in recent years.
Staff augmentation is simply the use of outside personnel to augment internal teams. The term of a staff augmentation contract might be temporary (ie. the length of a major project) or indefinite (for example, renewed annually depending on IT work needs).
In this blog, we explain why and provide a breakdown of how our team organizes a Power i / IBM i security audit.
We think many businesses would benefit from a similar mindset shift when it comes to moving their applications to third-party servers. Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS) offers more flexible, cost-effective, and de-risked options than ever before. But a traditional mindset keeps far too many companies locked into IT management arrangements that are unnecessarily costly and cumbersome.
In this blog, we take a look at why.
The benefits of utilizing a managed service provider (MSP) to manage your IT infrastructure can be substantial.
In this blog, we break down some key considerations for organizations considering remote monitoring for applications and infrastructure.
Many business professionals talk about “operational excellence”, but few understand that it actually consists of several elements that must be successfully implemented and integrated to be successful.
IHas your manufacturing company experienced considerable growth through acquisition or other significant changes in recent years? While change can be a positive thing, it can also lead to a lack of centralized IT control, in turn creating an IT environment that feels a bit… well, chaotic. This “hodge-podge” type of environment—one that’s characterized by multiple systems managed in functional silos—is actually quite common.
For major projects like an IBM i system upgrade, most companies will readily recognize the need for specialized, outsourced services. In many cases, this means seeking out a traditional managed service provider (MSP) to handle the system essentials – from performing the upgrade, to troubleshooting system problems, to ensuring stable OS performance.
The decision on whether to outsource support for enterprise resource planning and other business systems can be a difficult one, depending on the complexity of the overall IT environment and whatever vendor support agreement may or may not be in place.