1. IT, Software and Web Maintenance - In-house or Outsource: Pros and Cons
Do you ever wonder if it is fine outsourcing your web or IT infrastructure maintenance to a 3rd
party
vendor. Here are a few factors which may help you decide about it.
In-House Maintenance Maintenance by
outsourced vendor
How much training is required? How much does it
cost in dollars and lost productivity?
No training required
What happens when your staff leaves your
company or change jobs? What does hiring,
retention, training, and management cost?
The 3rd
party vendor takes care of the staff
augmentation & retention.
Who covers for your staff on sick days and
Vacation?
No sick days as outsourced team will be having
multiple resources.
What if needs increase or decrease? Can you add a
few hours each week if you need to? Reduce a
few?
Starts immediately. Easy to adjust hours as needed
in any increment.
Does your company own the necessary equipment
and software? How much is that costing you?
Outsourced vendor is responsible to invest in the
necessary software
Does your daily routine occupies most of your time
and you are not able to concentrate on your
business growth?
You will be able to concentrate more on your
business growth and enhancing that.
Do you think IT is not your competency? IT outsourced company work on their IT
competency.
You want to enhance your IT solution but you are
not assisted by your management?
The 3rd
party vendor will assist you in managing
nearly all of your IT needs and at much lower costs
to company.
Do you want to enhance your website by
implementing new tools into it without effecting its
day to day operations?
Outsourcing helps you to accomplish this.
Should you be looking for such a service, feel free to visit:
www.palinfocom.net/maintain.html or email maintain@palinfocom.net
Pal Ahuja: International IT Consultant