Growing your business often requires hiring and training skilled employees through a costly and time-consuming process. But outsourcing your IT services can drastically reduce the time needed to scale.
By choosing an IT services provider to manage your technology infrastructure, you give your IT team time to focus on strategic objectives and core responsibilities to the business. This, in turn, improves business efficiency and speeds growth.
How an IT Service Provider Helps You Grow
An IT services provider takes unwanted tasks off your plate and offers technology expertise and guidance in a cost-effective way. They also spare you the cost and trouble it would take to hire the same level of resources and knowledge. No matter your company’s size or industry, an IT service provider can help you scale quickly while also remaining flexible to your company’s evolving needs.
Managed service providers (MSPs) and managed security service providers (MSSPs) need to stay current with industry standards, trends, threats, and technology. Their knowledge and access to a wide range of resources give them the speed and flexibility to help clients grow faster.
Because their tools are spread across customers, a managed IT services provider has lower software, implementation, and management costs. That means they can update their tools stack as frequently as necessary to stay ahead of threats.
Services they provide
A top IT service provider will tailor its services for your company, but they will typically include:
- Network management infrastructure support
- Help desk and technical support
- Backup and disaster recovery
- Cloud computing services
- Cybersecurity solutions
- Software installation
- Maintenance and updates
- Hardware and software procurement
- IT asset management
- Consulting and strategic planning
The results
Companies typically save time and money by outsourcing IT responsibilities to a managed service provider. You get access to resources, expertise, and tools for much less than if you had to hire, upskill, or implement these yourself. You can use the cash you save to grow your business. This level of scalability and flexibility is especially important when you’re trying to grow your business.
Choosing a Managed IT Services Provider
If you partner with a company that provides both IT and security, you get full visibility into and full coverage of your technology infrastructure. For example, if your organization is attacked, your service provider can identify and address the incident. But without both IT and security expertise and access, your provider may identify and report an issue, but they may lack the access or means to resolve it.
Questions to ask potential service providers
To get the most value, an IT partnership should last for a long time. Here are some important questions to ask when evaluating IT service providers:
- What are your areas of expertise?
- What are your qualifications and certifications?
- How long have you been in business?
- What technologies do you use?
- Do you have experience in our industry and the technology we currently use?
- Do you have a staff big enough to cover a sudden increase in work?
Corsica IT Solutions Focus on Security and Growth
Corsica puts cybersecurity at the forefront of all our services. With SOC 2 Type II Certification for Cybersecurity and Managed Services, we offer a unique combination of both managed IT and security services.
With 25 years in business, our expertise is in protecting businesses against advanced cyber threats and providing proactive security measures to safeguard critical data. We offer 24/7 monitoring and support but also take a proactive approach to your security and business growth.
We also customize our approach to your business. We can provide onsite support, behind-the-scenes support, strategic guidance, or staff to supplement your IT team.
Once we begin working together, there’s an onboarding phase where our experts learn about your infrastructure, inventory assets, evaluate the current environment and software, determine future business needs, and assign a virtual Chief Information Officer (vCIO) to your account.
Partner with a Trusted IT Services and Cybersecurity Provider
If you want to focus on the growth of your business, outsourcing IT and cybersecurity can be an easy and cost-effective way to free up time and resources. A managed IT service provider like Corsica can also serve as your strategic growth partner to help your business grow.
