The document discusses how companies can lower their total IT costs through outsourcing maintenance and management of servers, workstations, security, backups, and hosted email services to a third party provider. It claims that outsourcing these services can reduce IT costs by 15-30% while improving reliability, security and allowing accurate budget forecasting without requiring additional in-house IT staff. It highlights the growth and awards of the third party provider, EssentiaLink, which provides these outsourced "MaintenanceFreeIT" services.

1. The CEO’s Guide To Effective Management of Information Technology Resources How to lower the TOTAL COST of Information Technology Powered By

2. to change the way you think about Information Technology TOP 3 Reasons Powered By

4. We get results Don’t take our word for it . . . Powered By

5. Success Leaves Clues “ We would like to thank EssentiaLink for helping us with our fantastic growth . . . A particularly nice benefit we have enjoyed is we have grown to a $100 Million company with several hundred employees around the globe. However, we have not had to increase our IT staff to support that growth . For a company this size to run efficiently with an IT staff of only 2 people is phenomenal” - Keith Macurdy, CFO Powered By

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8. IT Departments are like Teenagers You may have noticed Powered By

10. Step 1 – Maintenance Free Server Regaining control of Information Technology Powered By “ All too often, mundane tasks only get partial attention regardless of how critical they are. Worse yet, these tasks get lost in the pile of prioritized projects and never get completed.”

12. Step 2 – Maintenance Free Workstation Regaining control of Information Technology Powered By “ Workstations are like screen doors into your network. If you don’t maintain them, bugs get in. Like screen doors, they need continual maintenance.”

14. Powered By “ Here’s another compelling reason to ensure your network stays up-to-date with the latest security patches. Most hackers do not discover these security loopholes on their own. Instead, they learn about them when Microsoft (or any other software vendor for that matter ) announces the vulnerability and issues an update. ”

15. Step 3 – Maintenance Free Security Regaining control of Information Technology Powered By “ An overworked IT staff trying to stay on top of intrusion prevention and detection is like using duct tape to patch a leaky pipe.”

16. Hackers Love to Attack Businesses “ Security is a real problem for businesses. Many simply cannot afford to hire additional 24/7/365 IT staff. So their IT security suffers. Hackers and Internet pirates don’t just know this, they depend on it. They love it. It makes your business their next target.” Powered By

18. Powered By “ Experts have conducted experiments where a single computer was connected to the Internet with no firewall. Within hours, over 13 gigabytes of space was taken over by malicious code and files that could not be deleted”

19. Step 4 – Maintenance Free BDR Regaining control of Information Technology Powered By “ 93% of companies that lost their data center for 10 days or more due to a disaster filed for bankruptcy within one year of the disaster, and 50% filed for bankruptcy immediately.”

21. Powered By “ JC Penny learned recently that there are serious security risks associated with backup tapes, even when they are stored off-site. Jan 17, 2008 The Associated Press reported that “ Personal information on about 650,000 customers of J.C. Penney and up to 100 other retailers could be compromised after a computer tape went missing. ” The tape was not stored in some corner in the back of a server room. The tape was misplaced at the Iron Mountain data warehouse facility!”

22. Step 5 – Maintenance Free HME Regaining control of Information Technology Powered By “ The GREAT news is, licensing, installing, managing, and maintaining Microsoft Exchange is no longer the expensive hassle it used to be.”

24. MaintenanceFree IT is Right for You! Only you know if “ Because of the procurement services and MaintenanceFreeIT services you provide for us, we have been able to keep our focus on the business of growing our business.” Powered By

26. Do You Qualify For MaintenanceFreeIT? “ EssentiaLink has won 13 growth awards in the past 3 years. The reason for our growth is simple: We deliver on our promises!” Powered By

28. EssentiaLink’s Growth Awards Don’t Settle for amateurs! “ In spite of the .com bust, in spite of recessions, we grow because we provide valuable services that help our customers lower their total operating costs AND, get Green !” Powered By

29. Growth Awards PCI/Entrex Index * U.S. Top 10 Growth Company Q3 2008 * U.S. #1 Top Growth Company Feb 2008 * U.S. Top 5 Growth Company Q1 2008 * U.S. Top 5 Growth Company Q4 2007 Inc. 2007 * #576 for revenue growth in the U.S. * #25 for revenue growth U.S., Business Services * #10 for revenue growth in Colorado Denver Business Journal * 10th Fastest Growing Small Private Company 2006 * 12th Fastest Growing Small Private Company 2005 Colorado Biz *Top 250 Private Companies 2005 *Top 250 Private Companies 2006 *Top 250 Private Companies 2007 *Top 250 Private Companies 2008 Powered By