IT outsourcing has a number of great benefits for your business but only if it's leveraged properly. This quick presentation covers the 5 ways in which your organization can get more bang for its buck when utilizing outsourced IT services.

1. 5 Ways to Leverage
Outsourced IT
Services

2. Although There are Many Choices
in How You Outsource…
Supplement in-house IT staff
Complete IT department
Project work only
Consulting only

3. How You Leverage Them
Remains the Same!

4. #1 – Fixed Fee or No Go
 More accurate budgeting
 More proactive management
• the last thing you want are unpredictable bills.

5. #2 – Keep it Local (when possible)
 Ability to quickly solve onsite
issues
 You could visit the provider’s
office
 Contribute to the local economy
(assuming that’s important to you)

6. #3 – Supplement Your In-House IT
 Expanded technical resources
 Provides basic redundancy
 Improves the efficacy of solutions

7. #4 – Consulting Required
 Improves direction and strategy
 Reduces security/compliance
risks
 Advanced insight into new tech
 Valuable 3rd party perspective

8. #5 – Communicate Openly & Often
 Faster issue resolution
 More accurate
forecasting/strategy
 Improve quality of services
 Reduces ambiguity and
frustration

9. Conclusion…
Technology is engrained in your
business’s day-to-day activities. Get the
most from IT outsourcing by:
1. Always requesting a fixed-fee
2. Keeping I.T. local (pun intended)
3. Supplementing any in-house IT staff
4. Require that consulting be included
5. Communicating freely and often

10. Want to learn more?
Visit our related blog “5 Simple Ways to
Effectively Leverage Outsourced IT Services.”
Or visit our website at
www.VelocityNS.com