Are Cloud Managed Services Right For Your Business?

Businesses worldwide are evolving. The pandemic has taught us that we could accomplish certain tasks in ways that we couldn’t imagine before. All modern businesses keep running on data and most of them have already moved to the cloud and hence without extensive cloud administration, your business is vulnerable to security threats, extensive downtime, and information loss. If not looked at with proper attention you could lose valuable data which no money in the world could recover. So, the question is, how do we take this on? Hiring an in-house team with omniscient talent? Of course, but it’s not that simple. Let’s see how and why.

Why Prefer Cloud MSP Rather Than In-House Staffing?

Ultimately, an in-house team is available onsite all the time, so shouldn’t they be better able to handle the day-to-day operations and infrastructure management? Don’t they integrate better into an organization's culture, goals, and objectives? While it’s beneficial to have an in-house IT team, there are certain downsides as well. Let’s take a look.

When cloud operations are managed in-house, it is impracticable to obtain the entire range of IT skill sets from a single resource. For the successful management of network and technology, multiple staff members with diverse skill sets are to be hired. In the end, to build an industrial reputation with a workforce that shows a great deal of preparedness and market awareness, workforce upskilling needs to be continuously taken care of. On the whole, employing an in-house workforce is straight-up expensive, shouldering the fully burdened cost of workforce salary, benefits, and training.

In particular, in-house staff can respond to issues instantly, but what turns out when they’re not at work? Enterprise infrastructure becomes vulnerable to downtime, security breaches, and any other threat that might affect the optimal functioning of enterprise operations.

Questions to ask when choosing between an In-House Team and Cloud MSP?

Cloud technology is heavily influenced by the ability to maintain appropriate technology infrastructure. So, to deal with ever-increasing dimensions of IT-related tasks, businesses are forced to choose between in-house teams or managed service providers.

1. What are you in need of? Are you just looking for a workforce to handle simple IT concerns and queries or do you require a full suite of managed IT services? Building an in-house IT workforce will be more difficult for the latter as it requires a workforce that is quite large in number and with a diverse skill set and would require constant upskilling which adds to your staffing expenses considerably.
2. What are your current IT capabilities? A large enterprise holding a pool of non-technical workforce requires considerable assistance when compared to a small enterprise with the greatest technical workforce. So, enterprises falling under the former criteria can derive maximum benefits if partnered with MSPs.
3. Which model is cost-efficient for my enterprise? Who doesn’t want to control the budget? Partnering with MSPs, you are free to go for a fixed monthly service plan that’s customized to meet your precise business needs and you won’t be paying for overtime and other unexpected expenses.
4. Do you require round the clock assistance or just during business hours? Can your IT staff tackle the workload and stress when someone is not at work?

These are some of the questions to be answered before considering whether to outsource or not.

Why HashRoot?

HashRoot helps the businesses to navigate into digital transformation and accelerate innovation through a high-performing cloud platform. With a plethora of cloud managed services available, we adopt best practices to reduce the IT budget while delivering maximum value to the business.

What more? Scale your cloud operations with HashCloud, a complete cloud package that can help accelerate and automate operations across single, multi, or hybrid cloud environments.

To know more, visit HashRoot’s Cloud Managed Services page, or submit a form to discuss your project.