Richard Newman, Accreditation Association for Ambulatory Health Care, Inc, Director, Information Technology
Outsourcing Provides Optimum Service When You Need IT
- One clear benefit of outsourcing IT functions to a service provider is that it allows you to manage the resources you need in the time you need them.
- Outsourcing allows you to spend IT resources more cost-effectively, but the contracted services need to align properly with the business’s needs.
“The service provider shows me my options. He’s acting like a consultant, which is exactly what I want him to be.”
Richard Newman, who has worked in different businesses with different approaches to IT management, says one clear benefit of outsourcing IT functions to a service provider is that it allows you to manage the resources you need when you need them. “When you do everything yourself and you’re dependent on staff at all levels, including specialized technologies, some of those people are not 100% engaged because they don’t have enough work to keep them busy,” he explains. This becomes an expensive way to manage IT infrastructure.
This is an excerpt from 8 Experts On Outsourcing IT For Strategic Advantage. The eBook was generously sponsored by Ntiva.
