Managed Services
You hear the term “Managed Services” more and more, but just what does managed services actually mean?
By definition, Managed Services allows a business to hand off IT operations to a service provider such as Intralinks. This "Managed Services Provider" then assumes an ongoing responsibility for round the clock monitoring, managing, and/or problem resolution for the IT systems within a business.
The reality is, falling behind with things such as backups, patches, and security, the odds are pretty high that sooner or later you’ll face an IT outage or another problem down the road that will hurt your business.
Imagine the problems it causes when your email server, customer relationship management system, financial application, or network goes down. These problem mean you lose customers and income.
6 Additional Benefits of Managed Services:
With our relience on technology, can you really afford to simply wait until something breaks before addressing it?
How are Managed Services priced?
Managed services providers typically price their services on a flat-rate monthly basis. Depending on the services included in the program offered, pricing is usually based on the number of devices, with different packages priced at different levels. Some providers offer on-site customer support as an extra fee.
By definition, Managed Services allows a business to hand off IT operations to a service provider such as Intralinks. This "Managed Services Provider" then assumes an ongoing responsibility for round the clock monitoring, managing, and/or problem resolution for the IT systems within a business.
The reality is, falling behind with things such as backups, patches, and security, the odds are pretty high that sooner or later you’ll face an IT outage or another problem down the road that will hurt your business.
Imagine the problems it causes when your email server, customer relationship management system, financial application, or network goes down. These problem mean you lose customers and income.
6 Additional Benefits of Managed Services:
- Increased operational efficiency
- Reduced operating costs
- Cost-effective access to enterprise-level support
- Minimized downtime
- Allows the focus to be on running the business, and not the technology
- Peace of mind from knowing that the network is monitored 24/7/365
With our relience on technology, can you really afford to simply wait until something breaks before addressing it?
How are Managed Services priced?
Managed services providers typically price their services on a flat-rate monthly basis. Depending on the services included in the program offered, pricing is usually based on the number of devices, with different packages priced at different levels. Some providers offer on-site customer support as an extra fee.