Posted on July 12th, 2010
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Once you’ve made the decision to adopt a managed infrastructure, you need to identify the factors that matter most to your company. Quite simply, you want to know that your infrastructure will be there for you when you need it.
While service-level agreements (SLAs) provide procedures and remedies for downtime, performance degradation and other potential problems, they are inherently retrospective: SLAs talk about how a problem can be fixed. When choosing a managed services provider, you should take a look at the measures in place that will keep problems from arising.
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Posted on June 30th, 2010
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The in-house versus outsourcing decision shouldn’t be an easy one. After all, you’re infrastructure is at stake … which puts your company’s ability to operate in play. The risks don’t mean that you should choose one option over another, but they do suggest that you should treat this decision with the appropriate gravity.
If you’re thinking about moving to a managed infrastructure, which can come with many advantages, think about the IT resources that your company consumes, as well as how heavily you want to commit to operating and maintaining your own infrastructure. Variable system demand and a desire to focus on your core business while maintaining a lean IT department usually indicate that a managed services approach to your IT infrastructure is prudent.
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Posted on May 26th, 2010
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Have you ever had to deviate from your capacity plan to add equipment? When this happens, you have to do more than dip into your budget and get the requisite approvals. You also need to divert resources from your infrastructure team to plan, execute, test and monitor the change to your server environment, which can cause other projects to fall behind. Expenses increase not only for your datacenter team but for all the IT and business areas affected. Your budget assumes a certain amount of predictability, but real life doesn’t always cooperate.
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Posted on May 5th, 2010
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For new businesses and entrepreneurs, 2009 was grim. The effects of the financial crisis made it much harder to get a new business off the ground. Venture capital money just wasn’t flowing, and innovation was forced to take a back seat to the survival instinct. We’re experiencing signs of economic recovery now, but it’s still slow and cautious. Nonetheless, new businesses are starting to pop up, and the folks with the cash are beginning to invest again. Cost discipline remains the norm, however, with every dollar allocated carefully. Frankly, it’s the perfect situation for managed services from MTM.
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Posted on April 7th, 2010
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The buzz around cloud computing is palpable. Though its penetration into IT infrastructures is still relatively low, professionals are discussing the potential of this new technology. Many are considering at least limited implementations to gauge the effectiveness of this approach to computing.
Since the market moves quickly, here are five things you should know about cloud computing when evaluating whether it’s the right move for your datacenter:
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Posted on March 8th, 2010
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Nobody is in just one business any more. Whether you run an investment bank or sell shoes – or do anything in between – you’re also in the IT business. You don’t have a choice. What was once good for a competitive advantage is now the price of admission, and it’s getting steeper every day. In addition to having to implement and maintain systems that support your business, you need to keep pace with innovation, ensuring that you don’t fall behind the competition.
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Tags: Tags: Aware 360 v2, business operations, competitive advantage, infrastructure management, IT operations, MSP, operations
