3 Benefits to Outsourcing Your IT to an MSP

Are you still playing the role of Chief Information Officer for your business when in reality, you should be running it? This is one of the greatest traps any business owner can fall into; you might think you have time to manage IT, but it’s more likely that you have other priorities that demand your attention. Instead of worrying about security, unpredictable technology costs, and endless tech support questions, you should be focused on running your business.

Thankfully, working with a managed IT provider alleviates these issues while solving many more.

Security and Maintenance Go from Reactive to Proactive

When you manage IT in-house without a dedicated technology expert, you’re likely only fixing things when they become a problem, and that’s not the approach you want or need.

This break-fix mentality is what ultimately holds your business’ budget back, as you’re reacting to problems after they have become more expensive than they need to be. This is especially a problem for security, as small businesses often have weaker defenses than enterprises and become the preferred target of cybercriminals as a result. Compared to hoping for the best, working with an outsourced managed service provider gives you continuous monitoring, patch management to address vulnerabilities, and reliable backups to create real, tangible redundancies for your organization.

In other words, you’re not waiting for a problem to strike; you’re taking action now to prevent the problem in its entirety long before it impacts your organization.

Put a Plug in Productivity Leaks

If you are the one managing your company’s IT, then you’re dealing with a massive drain on your team’s energy and productivity.

Businesses without professional IT support might have a designated tech person, but that person is rarely an IT professional; if it’s not you, it’s probably someone else who calls themselves tech-savvy. Being tech-savvy is not enough, and you shouldn’t count on it being enough. That person’s time is likely being monopolized by the endless torrent of technology questions thrown at them on a daily basis, perhaps to the point where they cannot even do the job you hired them to do. And worse, if you don’t have a tech person, your team is struggling with their technology and trying to fix the problems themselves.

Instead of letting your high-value employees struggle with technology, outsourcing to a managed service provider gives the team a single point of contact to address any and all issues, freeing up your and your team’s mental bandwidth for more lucrative tasks.

Make Costs More Predictable and Budget-Friendly

When your technology costs are unpredictable, they become financial whiplash, where unexpected costs impact your budget for months afterward.

One month, your IT costs might be $0, but the next month, a server might crash or a laptop might get stolen. Suddenly, you’re looking at massive costs that weren’t accounted for. Outsourcing your IT through an MSP means that you’re transforming capital expenses into more predictable operational expenses, where you’ll have fixed monthly fees, strategic tech lifestyle management (upgrading before your technology becomes obsolete), and comprehensive vendor management managed and handled by the MSP.

It’s all a very hands-off experience on your business’ part; you’ll achieve financial clarity and peace of mind so you can scale your business without worry.

Don’t let technology hold your business back from achieving its full potential. Working with WatchPoint Solutions and taking full advantage of our managed IT services can help your business reach its goals. Call us at (848) 202-8860 to learn more about managed IT services and start with us today.