IT OUTSOURCING: ALL THE BENEFITS

2. Access to the best-in-class technology
Hardware and software become rapidly obsolete in this industry, and for a business is difficult to keep updated about all the new technologies, especially if the IT staff consisting in only one person or few more. In this regard, outsourcing represents an excellent solution to benefit from the best-in-class technology available in the market at competitive prices.

3. Specialized and high-quality staff
Since it’s their core competency, outsourced IT vendors look to hire staff with specific qualifications and certifications, that can provide a high-quality service in the IT area required by the client. In this way you gain access to exceptional capabilities and you can benefit from the collective experience of an entire team of IT professionals, that would not be possible if the IT management remains at the business level.

4. Flexibility
Vendors have multiple resources available to them, both from the technological and human perspective, and thanks to that, they can provide flexible solutions, capable of adapting to specific requirements of the company. On the contrary, internal staff may have limited resources and capabilities, and may be unable to satisfy the business needs.

5. Focus on core business
It is not possible to be a jack of all trades for a company. Outsourcing allows you to focus on your core competencies and improve them, while IT providers focus on theirs, furnishing a high-level specialized service.

6. Free internal resources for other purposes
Outsourcing lets you to retain employees for their highest and best use, rather than wasting their time on things that may take them longer than someone who is trained in these specific areas. So, through the IT outsourcing, you can benefit of a quality service offered by a specialized company and set your internal human resources free to dedicate themselves to other activities.

7. Business functions difficult to manage or control
This is a typical scenario when outsourcing can make a big difference: the control and the management of IT functions and processes are assigned to IT experts and the problem is solved. But don’t forget to maintain a minimum level of control on the outsourced functions, even if the “problem” is handled by a third party company.

8. Make financial funds available
By outsourcing non-core business activities and processes, capital funds could be spent in items directly related to your product or costumers, investing on the increase of your company.

9. Technical assistance service
A great benefit is represented by the assistance service, extendable to 24x7x365. Indeed, usually, the assistance is limited to working timetables and days. With outsourcing of IT services, it is possible to customize the service and take advantage of h24 technical support of experts, every day of the year, unthinkable when IT is managed internally.

10. Reduction of risk
Keeping update with technology required to run your business is expensive in terms of time and money. Entrust IT functions to specialized providers enables the access to the expertise and best practice of the field: experts work with multiple clients, they have a good knowledge of the subject and they can guide you towards the best solution for your business. In this way you reduce the risk of implementing a costly wrong decision for your company.