In the wake of the pandemic, many businesses have found themselves dealing with excessive costs, supply chain delays, inability to scale, increased cybersecurity threats, and compliance issues. “This is making it exceedingly difficult for businesses to cover IT basics, let alone the complexities associated with cybersecurity and cloud deployments,” said Jim Begley, Chief Technology Officer, ARG. “In the new guide, we provide them a roadmap toward achieving the best results when it comes outsourcing security and managed IT services to an MSP or IT solution provider.”

Within the Managed IT & Security: Insights & Decision Guide, ARG outlines key factors that businesses should consider when making the decision to outsource. These include identifying business value, success criteria, and requirements; evaluating current investment; researching the marketplace for solutions and offerings; soliciting bids and analyzing responses; negotiating the contract and meeting throughout the process with the MSP or solution provider to ensure value is realized and ROI is maximized.

“It is also important to ensure that you have the support of the organization’s executive leadership when outsourcing managed IT and security services, and we provide a checklist of the questions that should be asked to gain support from the CEO, board of directors, finance and peers,” continued Begley.

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