Five reasons to handle the IT systems yourself
1. You become more hands-on: When you manage the IT systems yourself, you are more hands-on with your infrastructure. You can adapt the systems there and then because you see it every day and you can change what is needed with a keystroke or two. This gives flexibility to your everyday life!
2. Fewer costs in the long term: In the short term, it is very expensive to handle IT yourself. Investments must be made in east and west, but in the long term there may be fewer costs by handling IT on your own. You eliminate the need to pay suppliers (such as us) for their services, and you can distribute the costs according to your own priorities.
3. Security check: With internal IT management, you have greater control over which data security measures you take. You like to spend more time following up, controlling access in the organization and monitoring threats when you have time for it. After all, safety is essential in a time like this. Norwegian businesses are attacked indiscriminately all year round.
4. Faster reaction to simple problems: When something goes wrong with the systems, you can immediately react and solve the problem by resetting the router yourself or taking a tour of the servers.
5. You build internal competence: By building an internal IT team, you can develop strong expertise within the organisation. This means you can build and maintain your systems with IT staff who understand your business needs and goals.
As you can probably see, it pays to run IT internally if you have one or more dedicated employees to handle the job. Unfortunately, this is not a job you can have alongside other work tasks. There are several reasons for this, but the most important reason is emergency situations or downtime. No one wants to be stuck with IT problems so they can't do their job, and what's the plan if you suddenly experience a hacker attack?
Five reasons not to handle the IT systems yourself
1. High start-up costs: Building and maintaining an internal IT infrastructure can be expensive. You need to invest in hardware, software, training and hire qualified staff who are ready from day 1. These can be large sums for smaller organizations with limited resources.
As a supplier, we can do this instead. We can make room for you in our server park so that your data is stored safely in Norway. You can rent new Lenovo PCs from us without a commitment period with Microsoft 365 fully installed. We can show you how to make the best use of the software and we can monitor all the services you have with us, so that if a crisis should arise, we are on the ball immediately.
2. Lack of specialized expertise: The technology industry is developing rapidly, and you need to ensure that your IT staff are up-to-date on the latest technology. It can be difficult to keep up with changes and have specialized expertise in all areas of IT. Who is responsible for security? Where should employees go with their IT problems? How do you know that you are doing enough in relation to the risk of hacking your industry faces?
A supplier has a support team that is ready to handle everything from simple questions to complicated challenges. The customer advisors can send you in the right direction to developers, security experts, cloud experts and much more. By using an IT provider, you have a large and broad team of experts in ryggen every day, all year round.
3. Time-consuming maintenance: Operation and maintenance of IT systems can be time-consuming. That alone is up to several full-time positions if you have many different solutions in use. So if you don't have a dedicated team to work with IT, it can lead to employees spending a lot of time on tasks that are not directly related to what you really want to work on.
With us, maintenance is part of the packages we offer, so we carry it out when it's appropriate, so you don't have to think about it.
4. Vulnerability to emergencies: If you only have internal IT operations, you may be more vulnerable to emergencies such as natural disasters, fire or power outages. We offer solutions that ensure that the files will never be lost regardless of the disaster, and that if you are attacked, we will make sure to get you up and running as quickly as possible.
5. Lack of focus on core business: When you spend a lot of time and resources managing the IT systems, it can lead to a distraction from your core business. This can prevent the organization from achieving strategic goals and growth.
In short, there can be advantages and disadvantages to handling the IT systems yourself. Organizations must carefully weigh the costs and benefits and consider their own unique needs and capabilities. Some organizations may have sufficient internal expertise and resources to handle IT effectively, while others will benefit more from outsourcing part or all of their IT infrastructure. Regardless of which approach is chosen, it is important to continuously assess and adapt the IT strategy in accordance with the organisation's goals and needs.
