Most organizations will face the question of whether or not to consider investing in IT consulting, keep operations in-house, or simply outsource their entire IT environment. The truth is, not all organizations know exactly what they’re doing when it comes to IT and it can greatly slow their growth and progress – and cost them a lot of money. There are many advantages to turning to an IT consultant to help your IT goals align with your overall goals.
Below we’ll discuss five advantages of IT consulting and how each can help your organization succeed.
Time
This may be one of the lesser talked about advantages to IT consulting. While there are only so many hours in a day, week, month, or year, you can use your time more wisely. It takes time to recruit the proper talent to fill your IT department, it takes time to implement good IT practices, and it takes time to manage all the things that come with IT. Hiring a top IT consultant can help you reduce the time it takes from concept to implementation: they’ll be familiar with best practices, security compliance, infrastructure, and how to make sure your IT environment is helping your bottom line.
Cost
One of the main concerns is the cost of maintaining a top IT infrastructure. This can be especially daunting if you’re unsure of what you’re doing or you make some mistakes along the way. While growing pains are often part of doing business, it’s entirely possible to mitigate them and reduce costs in the process. Some organizations have seen a reduction in IT costs of 30% or more! By reducing the cost of IT you can use the increased revenue to invest in IT or other aspects of your business. Not only can you reduce the cost of resources, but you can lessen the risk of major disasters that can cost your company time and money.
Security
Your data and infrastructure’s security is imperative to maintaining a successful business in an ever-evolving digital world. We’re all aware of the threat of data and security breaches including from some of the country’s largest companies. IT experts and consultants will be familiar with all types of businesses, all types of data, and the different ways to secure what’s most important to your business. They’ll be able to perform a security risk assessment on your current infrastructure and find ways to not only improve your security but make sure you’re compliant where you need to be. The threat of a virtual attack isn’t going away, so it’s important to have the proper security you need to avoid an attack that can cost your business big time.
Disaster Recovery
Things happen that aren’t always good for business. When a disaster occurs it’s important to know what to do, how to do it, and who is responsible for certain tasks along the way. Having experts at your side can and will make this process much less stressful. What is most important in the face of a disaster is recovering your data rapidly so you can continue doing business. An expert IT consultant will have multiple recovery options to minimize downtime, and a number of cloud and replication options.
Clean Infrastructure
Though it isn’t easily obtainable, an expert IT consultant will provide a holistic infrastructure assessment allowing you to enhance operational efficiency, increase security, cut costs, and achieve compliance guidelines. In essence, this brings all the other advantages together in one. You’ll be provided with a best-fit solution for your IT needs as a company like Neovera will conduct a thorough assessment and gap analysis of your core infrastructure, including architecture design, implementation and migration services.
Having proper IT consulting is a major make or break point for any organization’s operational efficiency. While every incident is not completely avoidable, having the correct protocol in place will allow your business to continue to operate during the solution process. Neovera’s promise of 24x7x365 bespoke IT consulting allows companies to rest assured that their data is secured and protected.