The more I look at business cases related to whether an organization should consider moving their data center operations over to a managed services solution the more obvious it seems that it should be done. This is especially true for smaller businesses.

I’ll quickly recognize (and diffuse) the argument that some organizations have people on staff that can run their systems, and I don’t disagree.  However, what about making decisions going forward?  Is the current staff focused on just keeping current systems up and running to meet the current needs?  How about handling issues in the future to keep pace with growing tech requirements?  I am certain that the answers to these types of questions seldom consider issues that will be faced down the road, considering that so many teams are understaffed so maintaining current projects is enough to keep everyone busy.

I also used this article: Making the Case for Managed Services to think though other issues that need to be evaluated in the decision, such as hardware, new staff requirements and facilities.  It is also important to remember that costs are not just the people costs for keeping your systems online. 

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