When it comes to small businesses, there could be consecutive months where you are having to purchase a new server, replace a tape drive (do you go with another tape drive or replace it with a cloud-based backup strategy?), a computer or laptop, and upgrade software. With such unpredictability, attempting to predict your monthly IT spending becomes extremely difficult – making it a serious challenge to budget IT costs.
By using your existing staff to “help” with IT, you impact your overall productivity, profitability, and employee morale.
You can actually budget your IT costs. MSPs provide services on a flat, monthly fee, so you won’t be trying to predict the unpredictable.
