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Top Ten Reasons to Host Your IT: Part Two

by Chas Arnold, VP Sales and Marketing



Taking your IT model from a traditional LAN to a hosted environment is a relatively new concept. While you may feel comfortable with your network equipment and data on your site, hosting, as we explored in part one of this blog, can offer tremendous tax benefits, increased uptime, automatic backups, anytime anywhere access, and tough security. But there’s more! Hosting offers all these benefits plus a few others you may not have considered.

Never Upgrade Software Again
Most solutions come complete with automatic upgrades to the latest features and allow you access to the latest versions of the product. Just as you don’t expect to pay for advances in functionality for your Google mail, hosted IT solutions automatically upgrade you to the latest operating systems for your PC, or the latest version of Microsoft Office at no additional charge. No more saving and scrimping to keep up with latest and greatest, it’s included with a hosted solution.

Go Green
If becoming environmentally conscious is on your list of priorities, add a point to the yes column for hosting your IT. Since you no longer have to power and cool a room full of equipment, you are conserving energy and reducing the size of your carbon footprint. Bonus points if you allow employees to telecommute by accessing the network remotely, reducing traffic congestion and decreasing fuel consumption.

Reduce Maintenance Time
A hosted solution through a managed service provider dials you in to a team of certified IT professionals. While you or your IT manager have a broad skill set, two heads are better than one. Day-to-day IT tasks are done automatically and the bottlenecks are troubleshooted by an experienced team, leaving you to focus on other ways to make your business more successful.

Scalable
Hosting your IT makes adding and removing workstations easy. User profiles are assigned to each employee and are quickly duplicated for a new employee or removed if you need to scale down. There’s no need to purchase additional copies of software or go through time consuming steps to setup new users on the network, while terminated employee’s profiles are removed and data archived at the datacenter.

Flat Fee
IT expenses are predictable with a hosted solution. Your managed service provider often charges a flat monthly fee based on how many employees you have so there are no surprises. Instead of figuring out how much that last helpdesk call is going to run you, a hosted model allows you to budget accurately for upcoming expenses.

Hosting all your IT is a big step for some, but for most it is a step in the right direction towards cost savings and predictable spending, especially given the current economic times. The ability to scale your business on a moments notice, reduce time spent on tedious maintenance, and knowing you’re making a positive impact on the environment carry significant advantages that make it difficult for traditional networks to compare. To learn more about a fully hosted IT solution, visit www.dynasis.com/itility.