If your company is considering outsourcing the maintenance and monitoring of your in-house computer network, here’s a simple checklist to guide you.

Is Your Company Facing Challenges?

• Staffing IT professionals
• Staying up to date with new technologies, security monitoring, and IT skill sets
• Managing & maintaining your current infrastructure, hardware, and software
• Securing data, transactions, and communications
• Responding quickly to time-to-market demands
• Remaining flexible enough to maintain your competitive position
• Operating in real-time in order to meet 24/7 requirements

Is Your Company in Transition?

• It’s time to upgrade, move, or relocate existing infrastructure
• The scope or scale of your current business operations is changing
• A merger, partnership, or acquisition is altering operations
• Your customer service levels need to improve to retain customers or meet competitive challenges
• Projected growth targets are dependent on implementing new technologies
• You’re expanding to national or international markets

Is Your Company Growing?

• Need to focus on core competencies and mission-critical processes
• Interested in purchasing specialized services to complement your core business
• Need to implement network services, but lack the resources
• Need a more secure network to meet privacy or security regulations
• Need to keep up with the latest security threats
• Lack the resources to keep up with technology