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Managed Services provides a stable base for enterprises to build an exciting future
The proliferation of corporate policies needed to meet the demands of BYOD and Big Data are creating major headaches for IT decision makers. CIOs, IT managers and IT directors are under increasing pressure to deliver revenue streams and operational efficiency, with the burden of headcount and budget restrictions. As a result, Managed Services – whereby IT tasks are managed by an external company – are increasingly entering the IT buying conversation. By Asad Malik, Senior Product Manager, Managed Services at MTI.
BUSINESSES ACROSS all industry sectors are beginning to understand the cost and time benefits that Managed Services can deliver – from financial services and legal firms to estate agents and retailers.
Consider, for example, an IT manager within a healthcare organisation, who has been tasked with implementing a BYOD policy. They must meet stringent regulations for high levels of compliance and availability, while also implementing a mobile IT strategy that
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prevents confidential data being shared on devices. But with their workload intensifying, the latter becomes an increasingly difficult task and as a result gaps in service start to appear. The ease of availability and accessibility of smartphones and tablets now enables healthcare staff to take their IT on- the-go, and access documents and patient information as and when they need it. But with the rising consumerisation of IT, these devices inevitably end up being accessed for personal use too.
This creates the risk of private, confidential information being easily leaked through employees’ personal email or social applications. Managed Services offers this IT manager a vital lifeline – a ‘resource on tap’ that helps them manage their IT systems, while they focus their attention on how to implement their highly desirable mobile IT strategy.
New technology has accelerated the trend towards Managed Services, as businesses
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