Investing in IT is one of the most challenging tasks facing today's senior management. It is becoming harder for organisations to manage the increasing number of new technologies effectively. It is always important to implement the right IT solution for the right business process, to the right extent, at the right time.

The fast-paced technological innovation has added complexities and uncertainties. We cannot operate effectively with inflexible infrastructures in a dynamic environment. Information technology may sometimes be considered as the source of inflexibility in today's businesses.

IT outsourcing is changing the way organisations manage their IT investment. In today's fast-paced business environment, many organisations have outsourced all or part of their IT operations to external specialists like MCMS.

Probably, the key reason many organisations outsource their IT infrastructure is to reduce cost. If external providers can manage and operate your IT system with lower costs, you may not want to keep it internally.

However, many are beginning to outsource for more strategic reasons. Outsourcing becomes a boardroom issue, as businesses adopt an outsourcing strategy to focus more on their core capabilities and to become more adaptive in today's dynamic marketplace.

Generally, the key factors that are fueling the adoption of IT outsourcing:

• Lower Initial Investment and risk
  
  • Companies do not have to make huge initial investments on technology.
  • Implementing new IT infrastructure often means massive reengineering and huge consulting fees.
  • Our IT Managed Services allow businesses to leverage today's IT at a much lower investment, as businesses lease the IT services from MCMS. We can achieve economies of scale and scope and that is why we can offer our clients at a much lower cost compared to the total cost of owning the IT infrastructure.
  • Companies prefer to wait for new technologies to mature before investing to bring the capability in-house.
     
• Shorter Implementation Time
  
  • Businesses can immediately use the IT systems without waiting through a long development and implementation period.
     
• Fast changing technology
  
  • Companies no longer need to worry about upgrades and maintenance as our IT managed services professionals are responsible for managing the IT infrastructure.
     
• Focus on what you do best
  
  • By outsourcing the management of the IT infrastructure to a third party, executives can be more focused and allocate resources efficiently.
  • Organisations will have more resources to create and deliver greater value to their customers.
     

Our IT Managed Services are not only about outsourcing of IT operations for cost-saving, but also to improve our clients' business performance.

Services Include:

• applications maintenance and management
• network management
• end-user computing support
• system planning and management
• application software acquisition
• business process outsourcing
• data centre management
• disaster recovery services
• project management
• systems integration
• security management
• infrastructure management