Outsourcing 4 SMEs- Hibernia Evros

New Report HighlightsThe Benefits Of IT Outsourcing  For SMEs

Company size is irrelevant when it comes to unlocking the benefits of IT outsourcing, according to a new report by Hibernia Evros Technology Group, an Irish-owned  provider of managed services  which recently announced a new infrastructure outsourcing service for SMEs called OmniSource.

John Kennedy, Hibernia Evros Technology GroupSales & Marketing Director said: "Most of the IT outsourcing deals we hear about have tended to be major projects involving hundreds of staff and millions of Euro.

"But the one sector that can really benefit from outsourcing is SMEs,"  at the launch of the IT Outsourcing - Size Doesn't Matter. How SMEs Can Realise the True Power of Technology report.

The report says that technology is moving so quickly that it is difficult for an internal IT department or individual in an SME to remain on top of trends including security, new products, managing mobility, the move to Social Media and other issues.

Kennedy said that for smaller businesses, with either a small or non- existent IT department, the responsibility for IT provision is often assumed by someone who is busy with another day job. "This usually means that the main day-to-day focus is on keeping the existing equipment working - with little or no time for ensuring that the data is safe, the environment stable or how IT can best serve the business in the medium term."

He added that if there is an internal IT department, just outsourcing some elements of the service provision will free up time to focus on more strategic elements of the business.

OmniSource is  the new HiberniaEvros outsourcing infrastructure service geared specifically to the SME market. It is aimed at companies with between 25 and 250 employees. HiberniaEvros says that the OmniSource service can boost efficiency and cut IT costs by 20% or more, as well as helping to avoid costly downtime and emergency repairs.

An earlier study by HiberniaEvros found that of those SMEs who are already using IT outsourcing, 63% listed ‘focus on core business' in the top two reasons for doing so. Cost saving was the second most popular reason, mentioned in their top two choices by 51%. ‘Releasing internal IT staff for more strategic work' was highlighted by almost half (47%).

The IT outsourcing study may be downloaded from the HiberniaEvros website.

Hibernia Evros Technology Group, which employs 80 people in its offices in Dublin, Waterford, Cork, Kildare and Limerick, was formed in November 2008 by the merger of Hibernia Technology Group and Evros The Computer Centre.

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