subject: Economical Impact Of Managed Networks On Your Business [print this page] Organizational growth of almost every business sector is directly proportional to its financial stability. Therefore, cost saving is our main concern before the deployment of any new technology, service or a business procedure. We have studied the market for analyzing the cost associated with managing your network internally, and as expected there are several reasons for preferring managed networks over internal management. Listed below are some of the reasons why a managed network can serve to be a strategic business solution:
1-Hiring and retention of certified network professionals, who will not stay unless they are paid highly along with a promising career & growth plan and ongoing training. This leaves you with a threat of losing trained professionals any time of your business cycle. A managed network will take care of this hurdle forever.
2-Can you rely on your internal staff to monitor the network 24/7? Not really. The reason is not lack of professionalism but the cost of overheads associated with on-premise monitoring and maintenance such as utility bills, hardware cost and many other expenses including tea and coffee as an add-on. Whereas a managed network will provide services according to the service level agreement (SLA), which gives you the leverage to not only run your operations smoothly but also challenge the provider in case of downtime or service interruption.
3-Complete bandwidth control is nearly impossible due to employee web browsing and running high bandwidth consuming applications. A managed network provider will regulate all such applications and put realistic limits on bandwidth consumption, whilst making the entire system cost effective.
4-The cost goes quite high when youre paying for individual network and telecom services because you have to go with the standard packages offered by the providers. However, outsourcing your network management will lead to paying for only what you consume.
5-Installations and configurations of latest anti-virus and anti spam software are a big hassle, and what if something goes wrong? Get ready to bear the cost of all those extra hours and sometimes days of your entire IT team. Your managed network provider takes care of this part as well and not only saves your cost but also enhances your productivity.
6-Complete data backup including files, emails, presentations, user logs and everything that you want to maintain a copy takes reasonable amount of your routine business hours. Consequently you are not only bearing this big expense but also distract from the mission critical activities. Let your managed network provider do all this for you so you can focus on strategic growth enhancing activities.
