In businesses today, IT managed services are beginning to be used more than before, as they are considered a reliable investment for the future. A provider that assumes responsibility for offering a constant set of services (which are needed by clients) under a regular fee is a provider that uses managed services. There are certain advantages for the business owners and for the customers when the method is applied.

Companies that have the possibility of using such methodologies also have an administrator that handles the operations necessary. The clients can have the advantage of predictable costs, as the fees are either flat or near fixed monthly. A MSP or managed service provider can offer delivery and handling of network based applications and various equipments. A good example of MSP is a hosting company, or access providers that can offer a full range of services (internet, telephony etc).

Actually IT managed services function very much like cloud computing, and for this reasons, these two concepts can go hand in hand. With the aid of cloud computing, the processes can be automated. Using the two methods, small and medium companies can be handled just like bigger establishments. Business owners have the possibility of using a larger infrastructure and the costs may be minimal.

In modern times people are becoming more dependent on IT than ever and this fact leads to the need for experts, who could handle technical infrastructures in the best way possible. Many companies need the safety that may be offered by well managed operations, as various situations can occur and a business has to be prepared for all.

The things that are usually offered may be: firewalls, workstation and server monitoring, data backup, cloud computing and hosting, hosted email and anti spam features. The firewall, for instance can be owned or part of an agreement and can have monitoring by professionals, constant updates, bandwidth control etc. Server and workstation monitoring can assure protection twenty four hours a day and 365 days a year. It may be important to know the symptoms and the crashing patterns of the systems in order to avoid data loss.

The best way to avoid data loss is to make regular backups. Losing important data is usually the most awful thing that can happen to a business. More than seventy percent of the companies that loose valuable data are closed in less than a year. If the employees of a company have to access the data from outside the offices, cloud computing and hosting can be the solution. A company can use a cloud computing infrastructure or the one of a provider.

Having the email hosting inside a company can be a real burden for an IT staff and this is the reason for which using a hosted email service may be recommended. More, if the firm also uses an anti spam engine, a lot of bandwidth can be saved and the email can be made more efficient.

Using all the advantages of IT managed services can be the best thing for many companies. Using the work of a specialized firm could reduce the costs and the efforts invested, making the business more efficient.

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