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TRENDING
OVER 80% OF MSPS
FEAR MISSING OUT ON
EXPLOSIVE MARKET GROWTH
Organisations are increasingly using external managed service
providers (MSPs) to maintain aspects of their IT operations with
the aim to capitalise on the expertise of outside bodies.
T
he days where an organisation is
totally responsible for managing all
areas and aspects of their business
are gone. In today’s world, it is common
for certain services, be it telecoms, cloud,
networking, or security services, to be
managed externally.
Whether companies are outsourcing to
reduce or control operating costs, free up
internal resources for other purposes, or
streamline time-consuming functions, it is
clear to see that the potential benefits for
businesses are varied and plentiful.
These types of benefits are especially
pertinent when considering the speed at
which the world is changing using new,
innovative and sometimes utterly mind-
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blowing technology – why risk managing
these changes internally when an expert
can take care of them for you? The last
thing that companies need is to implement
an organisation-wide change, only to
find that the changes are obsolete in six
months’ time and all they have done is
waste a lot of time and money.
However, it is not just when implementing
wholesale changes where an external
expert might be beneficial, some
organisations need support just to
keep the lights on. A new report from
ConnectWise highlights how rising demand
for IT managed services means managed
service providers (MSPs) face significant
pressure to adapt fast to capitalise on new
opportunities, or risk losing out to more
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THE RACE TO
THE TOP OF THE
MSP SECTOR
IS ALREADY
UNDERWAY AND
MSPS WILL HAVE
TO DEVELOP,
INNOVATE AND
ADAPT.
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