During the recession many companies started
to outsource elements of their business in an attempt to reduce operating
costs. When minding the coffers one of the first areas to look at is staffing
costs. Companies began to realise that they could reduce IT staff to minimal
and outsource their IT requirements from support and maintenance to project
work to an IT Services company.
ITResourcing Services has become big business in
Ireland as companies continue to adopt the outsourcing model despite recent
economic recovery. In the IT Managed Services sector it is common to hear of
level one, two and three support services each requiring a different set of
skills. It is becoming increasingly common for companies to outsource all or
some of the more indepth level 2 and 3 support functions. Often retaining the
lower level and less costly level 1 support person.
Companies are seeing the cost savings that
outsourcing can bring but are also realising that it’s an efficient way to tap
into the latest skills and expertise as IT services staff are duty bound to
continually update their skill set.
Given the pace that technology moves this can bring significant benefits
to a business. Outsourcing the skills also safeguards the future as an IT
Resourcing Service can replace at short notice a member of staff who is either
sick, on leave or chooses to move on to another company. If a company where to
recruit the role internally the skillset leaves with that person, often after
heavy investment in training.
Smart IT Managed Services companies will
have IT Resourcing Services in their portfolio to meet the ongoing demand for
skilled workers.
Novi understands how the right IT staff can
add significant value to overall business performance. For over 20 years Novi
have been placing contract and permanent IT Staff in Ireland’s growing
companies.
Without
IT Disaster Recovery the impact on your business can be fatal
Business continuity in time of unforeseen
critical failure can save a business a lot of money and keep their reputation
intact. Often businesses don’t buy in to the need for an IT Disaster Recovery plan as they think the inevitable will never
happen to them. However, protecting your business and critical data in the
event of fire, flood or other disasters is crucial.
The most important decision for a business
in relation to an IT Disaster Recovery plan is whether to manage it in house or
outsource to an IT Services company. But so far experience has proven that an
in house disaster recovery plan is more likely to fail. According to an IDC
study, enterprises that didn't outsource lost on average $4 million per
disaster incident across a variety of business functions (e.g.,
sales/marketing, financing, e-commerce).
For a smaller midsized company an
affordable Disaster Recovery service is not that easy to find. The right IT
Services company is key. Questions that the company needs to consider are
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How fast you get access to your
data after an outage
- What you personally have to do
to make that happen
- What else comes as part of the
service, such as temporary access to applications hosted by the provider
Novi
IT Managed Disaster Recovery
At Novi our IT experts work with our
customers to understand the business, its systems, infrastructure, data and its
dependencies on same. For example, a business may have a remote site suitable
for to site to site data replication alongside cloud services, or a single site
in which case key applications can be made available in the cloud.
As part of our IT Managed Disaster Recovery
service we plan and test the service according to a schedule that suits your
business.
Businesses need to be prepared. Don’t think
that disaster won’t happen to you – to do so is to put your business and
reputation at serious risk. Contact us on www.novi.ie
