New to Managed Services? Here Are 3 No-Brainers to Consider

As your business has grown, have you fallen into the tech trap of DIY IT solutions? While you might have started with just a handful of employees, the infrastructure you’ve built is no longer sustainable or reliable. You need professional help if you want your business to stay competitive, and we have just the thing for you.

Managed IT services are an easy way to level up your operations from just scraping by to thriving. Today, we’ll go over 3 essential managed services that you need to implement right now if you want to take back your time and grow your bottom line.

Managed Cybersecurity and Threat Monitoring

These days, you don’t get a pass for your business being “too small to notice.” That actually makes you a more likely target for hackers, as they’ll assume you have weaker defenses in place.

Running your own security infrastructure is a fool’s errand for most small businesses, especially when you consider you have to outsmart the thriving global cybercrime industry. Managed service providers can help you prevent breaches through a combination of 24/7 monitoring and layers upon layers of proactive security solutions. Some of these layers include endpoint detection and response systems, multi-factor authentication tools, and security awareness training, all of which help you keep threats out and monitor for suspicious traffic on your network.

This isn’t just another solution; it’s the ultimate insurance policy that keeps your business from suffering a security breach that could have been prevented.

Proactive Network and Infrastructure Management

Small businesses have followed the “break-fix” model of IT management for far too long.

They wait until something breaks, then they call someone to fix it, paying a massive hourly bill in the process while their employees sit around, waiting to get back to work. Managed services take a different approach; it prioritizes uptime and preventative maintenance over full-blown repairs for a flat monthly fee. The managed service model depends on your technology never breaking down, whereas the break-fix model rewards providers at your expense, which should make the choice between the two a true no-brainer.

Imagine if you never had to worry about patch management, bandwidth optimization, or hardware lifecycle planning again. These, among others, are all solutions a managed service provider can handle.

Managed Cloud Backup and Disaster Recovery

Although the two are somewhat linked, there’s a big difference between data backup and disaster recovery.

Many businesses think it’s fine to save files to USB storage or to a simple cloud storage account, but this doesn’t cover the potential disasters that could hit your office. What if a fire destroys your property and infrastructure? What if a disgruntled employee deletes your entire client database? You need a managed backup service that guarantees your data isn’t just saved; you need a solution that’s redundant, encrypted, and ready to be deployed at a moment’s notice.

Ask yourself how long it would take for you to get back to normal operations if you suffered a disaster, and be honest. If you don’t have a solid answer, then we have a solution for you: managed data backup and disaster recovery.

The transition from your DIY tech stack to a managed service model is proof that your business is maturing and growing. You can stop treating technology as a cost and start treating it like a scalable foundation today. All it takes is one phone call to Datalyst. Learn more today by calling us at (774) 213-9701 today.