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About It Infrastructure Outsourcing
Three-quarters of IT managers would like to outsource selected IT functions to a managed service company so they can focus on more strategic operations
 
To keep pace with today's economic environment, organizations need to focus on their core competence. The easiest way of doing this is to partner with a service provider who understands your business and to whom, you can outsource your non-core, yet critical business processes.
 
IT managers are looking to outsource infrastructure management and focus more on IT strategy, according to a survey.
 
Three-quarters of the 700 managers surveyed would like to outsource some IT.
 
This is in contrast to last year's survey which had 35% of respondents listing outsourcing as the greatest threat to their job.
 
This year more than half of IT managers cited infrastructure maintenance as the main candidate for outsourcing, followed by user support (27%) and staff management (7%).
 
The change of heart appears to be driven by an improved relationship with the board, and 90% of managers said they want to spend less time troubleshooting and more time delivering strategic value to the company.
 
Almost two thirds said they approach the board with strategic advice, and 30% said the board approaches them directly for consultation. Almost one in five discuss IT issues with the board on a weekly basis, and 35% have monthly meetings.
 
But few respondents felt adequately prepared for their new strategic role. Although 28% of IT managers are less worried than before about keeping up with new technologies, 82% want more business focused training in order to prepare them for their increasing strategic responsibilities.
 

Most senior executives have begun to understand the importance of IT for delivering business benefits. With the increase in corporate governance across the board will be turning more and more to IT managers to ensure that the right measures and systems are in place to keep businesses safe.

Why  To Outsource

In the present economy, every industry is stressed to differentiate among its competitors and comply with the ever-increasing demands of the customers. With the competition increasing and the market space showing a slow growth, the true winners are Corporate who provide the best at the least possible price.

The mantra hence is “CUT COST AND IMPROVE EFFICIENCY”. Organizations have realized the value for Information Technology taking a fast stead in helping them overcome and adhere to the persisting mantra.

The world statistics has shown probable success for Corporate who understand the need for a strong IT backbone with adaptability to emerging technologies.

However, the unanswered question does remain about “COST” being the prime factor. The need of the time is to concentrate solely on core competency and rely on partners who provide outsourcing solutions.

For all the above questions, “OUTSOURCING” of the IT Infrastructure is the simple answer.