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By Hugh Welsh
In the modern business world, technology is interwoven into day-to-day operations. Extract technology and the business falls apart. Minimize it and your competition gets the upper hand.
Forty percent of businesses worldwide keep IT specialists on staff, oftentimes to the detriment of profitability. Full-time IT administrators fetch among the highest of starting salaries, not to mention salary-related taxes and training. And the costs a company can incur on equipment and software can be prohibitive, especially when your company wants to develop unique software.
While the dollar does indeed travel further, there are significant risks involved in outsourcing IT services abroad. Quality control can be difficult to assure: the last thing your business needs is for your problem to become compounded due to a lapse in know how and/or communication.
Outsourcing your IT needs domestically is an excellent way to secure highly skilled professionals who may be unavailable for full-time employment or demand a salary that’s far beyond your budget.
Other upsides include:
– You can react to whatever changes occur in the marketplace.
– You can receive support and maintenance by the company.
– You’ll know about trends in technology before they go mainstream.
– Professional responsibility is guaranteed.
It is estimated that more than 80 percent of companies will use an IT outsourcing service in the next five years.